Need numbers going up on every blank line followed by a previous line break for subtitles

Clayton Lewis

(Before)

00:03:26,487 --> 00:03:28,448
Do you mind the radio?

00:03:29,198 --> 00:03:30,717
Do you want me to turn the radio off?

00:19:07,990 --> 00:19:10,367
Okay. Be a good girl.
Get out and go home.

(After)

1
00:03:26,487 --> 00:03:28,448
Do you mind the radio?

2
00:03:29,198 --> 00:03:30,717
Do you want me to turn the radio off?

3
00:19:07,990 --> 00:19:10,367
Okay. Be a good girl.
Get out and go home.

PeterJones

@Clayton-Lewis ,

search/replace doesn’t have a way of counting, so it’s more complicated than some questions.

If you have the PythonScript plugin, you could write a script that would do it.

However, if you are willing to do a multi-step process, what I might suggest is:

Search/Replace: FIND = \R(?!\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}) REPLACE = ☺ SEARCH MODE = regular expression, REPLACE ALL => this will turn your data into

00:03:26,487 --> 00:03:28,448☺Do you mind the radio?☺
00:03:29,198 --> 00:03:30,717☺Do you want me to turn the radio off?☺
00:19:07,990 --> 00:19:10,367☺Okay. Be a good girl.☺Get out and go home.☺
...

Insert a smiley at the beginning of each line: FIND = ^ REPLACE = ☺ SEARCH MODE = regular expression, REPLACE ALL
Use Column Select mode to select the zero-width first column. The standard way of doing a column select is Alt + Click-and-drag… but if your file is long (and I assume it is), you will want an alternate:this post describes a way to accomplish it:
1. Click in the upper-left corner of the modified document
2. Edit > Begin/End Select
3. Ctrl+End to get to the end of the document
4. Alt+leftClick to the left of the first character on the last line
5. You should now have a column selection to the left of the first column of data:
⦿ Edit > Column Editor
1. Number to Insert
2. Initial Number: 1
3. Increase By: 1
Convert the smilies back to newlines: FIND = ☺ REPLACE = \r\n SEARCH MODE = regular expression, REPLACE ALL =>

Hope this helps

—
PS: If you find yourself often wanting to be able to do the begin/end selection in column mode, you can make a macro following instructions in this linked post

Clayton Lewis

@PeterJones said in Need numbers going up on every blank line followed by a previous line break for subtitles:

⦿ Edit > Column Editor

Number to Insert
Initial Number: 1
Increase By: 1

Convert the smilies back to newlines: FIND = ☺ REPLACE = \r\n SEARCH MODE = regular expression, REPLACE ALL =>

Awesome, thank you very much! worked like a charm except for step 3 part 2-4.
Scrolling down to the last line before the first character then holding Shift + Alt did the trick.

PeterJones

@Clayton-Lewis said in Need numbers going up on every blank line followed by a previous line break for subtitles:

except for step 3 part 2-4.

You are right. After 3.4, I should have said another Begin/End Selection. Sorry. But yes, what you described is equivalent.