InqScribe Beta Version History

Current Release

Latest Version: 2.1 (What's new?)

What is Unlicensed Mode?

By default, InqScribe runs in unlicensed mode. In this mode, everything works, with these exceptions.

You can't save documents.
You can't export transcripts. (Copy and paste still work.)
You can't export subtitled movies.
You can't print transcripts.
You can't use background shortcuts.

You can use InqScribe in unlicensed mode for as long as you want.

Reference Movies for Analog Transcription

If you are working with an external source (such as an analog audio tape, or a VCR), it can be handy to have a reference movie in InqScribe that matches the length of your source. Reference movies are simply blank movies that can keep InqScribe's clock running along with your external source. Simply load a reference movie of the appropriate length into InqScribe, simultaneously press play on your external source and play in InqScribe, and InqScribe timecodes will keep pace with your external source.

Here are some reference movies for 30, 60, 90, and 120 minute durations. Note that each movie is very small, about 5k. (You may need to right-click the links to download the movies.)

Demo/Test Files

Here are some public domain files for you try InqScribe out.

Declaration of Independence. This is an audio recording of the Declaration of Independence by Jim Caldwell (more info). Download both the MP3 file and the InqScribe file and place them in the same folder, then open the InqScribe file. The InqScribe file demonstrates how you can create subtitles.

Windows: Right-click the file to save the file to your hard disk.
Mac: Ctrl-click on the file to save the file to your hard disk.

InqScribe Beta Version History

This page lists the changes from the last public release (2.1) through the most recent beta release.

No current beta release

There is no current beta release at this time. Use the official InqScribe 2.1 release (r225).

InqScribe 2.1 r220

Fixes

Temporarily changed the seek behavior for WMP-based playback to deal with a Windows 7 bug. Behavior now matches that of Windows Media Player itself: when you jump to a time, the timeline updates, but the video itself will not update until you actually hit the play button.
Added provisional support for exporting FCP markers. It works, but we need feedback to improve the utility of the exported file.
Exporting contiguous subtitles to FCP no longer results in a 1-frame gap.
FCP exports will subtract the media start time from all time codes, which solves the issue of all your subtitles showing up an hour too late in the FCP timeline. Make sure you've set the start time appropriately!
InqScribe can handle alternative datetime format delimiters within a WAV BWF chunk.

InqScribe 2.1 r214

Fixes

Fixed unbracketed time code parsing, which broke in r212 (17065).

InqScribe 2.1 r213

Improvements

InqScribe can now insert time code series, e.g. "lay down a time code every 30 seconds" (9777).
InqScribe can now export a time code series, or all time codes in a transcript, as a set of JPEG files (5273, QuickTime only).

Fixes

Keyboard shortcuts no longer fire in modal dialogs (16229, introduced in build 212).

InqScribe 2.1 r212

Fixes

InqScribe no longer fails silently if you try to save to a read-only location (14017).

InqScribe 2.1 r211

Fixes

Exported FCP XML now imports properly into Final Cut Pro 7 (14553).

InqScribe 2.1 r210

Improvements

Some shortcuts now work when InqScribe is the background application (2353). Currently this is limited to non-keyboard triggers (e.g. foot pedals, gamepads) and media transport controls (e.g. play works, insert time code does not). Activate background shortcuts in Preferences; see the docs for more details.

Fixes

InqScribe no longer shows the "Missing Media" dialog when it can't find a media file. Instead, it just notes the error in the video space. Use Media > Reload menu item to try again, or Media > Select Media File... to choose an alternative file (11281).
Fixed rare nil object exception in button drawing (12257).
Minor menu cleanup (13519).

InqScribe 2.1 r208

Improvements

Support for importing and exporting SCC files (9571)
Time code fields in various dialogs now auto-format and have key shortcuts (see the tooltip) that let you quickly increment/decrement specific fields (4008)
Changed what InqScribe does when it finds auto-backup files on launch. Instead of directly opening the backups, InqScribe now opens a window listing all found backups. The user may then choose to recover files individually, or delete the files (6154)

InqScribe 2.1 r207

Improvements

App bundle identifier set (10167)
Word count is now much faster and more responsive (11246)
Contextual menus in dialog text fields now reflect the current selection better (11293)
Edit > Clear menu item renamed “Delete” on OS X, which better matches current expectations (11294)
Developmental builds now identified as such (11350)
Floating windows now hidden when About InqScribe menu item is selected (11090)
OS X help docs moved inside the app bundle (11355)

Fixes

Fixed OS X bug where all floating windows were shown after the layer was hidden (9867)
Windows not longer snap when moved, which solves a common race condition crash on Windows (9726)
Clicking an empty row in the Go to Time dialog no longer generates an out of bounds exception (10589)
Using skipback with paused media no longer accidentally sets the play rate to 0 (10959)
Fixed bug where it was possible, on Windows, to generate out of bounds errors while editing shortcuts (11029)
Conversions from NTSC DF to frame number no longer tries to add drop frames (12843)