Patent ID: 8761568

Claim:
A method of synchronizing subtitles from a stored subtitle file with a video displayed on a video display, the sub-titles and the video being displayed on a common video display, the method comprising: on receipt of a user input, displaying a graphical user interface on the common video display to enable a user to intuitively vary the relative timing of the subtitles and the video; receiving at least first and second user inputs at corresponding at least first and second times, the at least first and second inputs indicative of a synchronization error between the video and the subtitles displayed on the common video display; when each of the at least first and second user inputs are received, determining the relative synchronization between the subtitle and the video at the at least first and second times; determining an initial timing of subtitles within a subtitle file; and in dependence on the relative synchronizations at the at least first and second times, modifying the initial timing for the subtitles in the subtitle file in real time and without altering the subtitle file so as to modify the relative timing of the subtitles and the video displayed on the common video display during playback of the video on the common video display.