diff --git a/deepl/src/main/java/com/github/gtache/autosubtitle/translation/deepl/DeepLTranslator.java b/deepl/src/main/java/com/github/gtache/autosubtitle/translation/deepl/DeepLTranslator.java
index 7ce4bea..e491b13 100644
--- a/deepl/src/main/java/com/github/gtache/autosubtitle/translation/deepl/DeepLTranslator.java
+++ b/deepl/src/main/java/com/github/gtache/autosubtitle/translation/deepl/DeepLTranslator.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.github.gtache.autosubtitle.translation.deepl;
 
 import com.deepl.api.DeepLException;
+import com.deepl.api.TextTranslationOptions;
 import com.github.gtache.autosubtitle.Language;
 import com.github.gtache.autosubtitle.subtitle.Subtitle;
 import com.github.gtache.autosubtitle.subtitle.SubtitleCollection;
@@ -12,14 +13,17 @@ import com.github.pemistahl.lingua.api.LanguageDetector;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.prefs.Preferences;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 /**
  * DeepL implementation of {@link Translator}
  */
 public class DeepLTranslator implements Translator<Subtitle> {
+    private static final Pattern START_END_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("<start>(?<start>\\d+)</start>(?<content>.+?)<end>(?<end>\\d+)</end>");
 
     private final Preferences preferences;
     private final LanguageDetector languageDetector;
@@ -61,12 +65,65 @@ public class DeepLTranslator implements Translator<Subtitle> {
 
     @Override
     public SubtitleCollection<Subtitle> translate(final SubtitleCollection<?> collection, final Language from, final Language to) throws TranslationException {
-        final var subtitles = new ArrayList<Subtitle>(collection.subtitles().size());
-        for (final var subtitle : collection.subtitles()) {
-            subtitles.add(translate(subtitle, from, to));
+        final var toTranslate = getToTranslate(collection);
+        try {
+            final var result = translate(toTranslate, from, to);
+            final var text = result.stream().map(Subtitle::content).collect(Collectors.joining(""));
+            return new SubtitleCollectionImpl<>(text, result, to);
+        } catch (final DeepLException e) {
+            throw new TranslationException(e);
+        } catch (final InterruptedException e) {
+            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+            throw new TranslationException(e);
         }
-        final var text = subtitles.stream().map(Subtitle::content).collect(Collectors.joining(""));
-        return new SubtitleCollectionImpl<>(text, subtitles, to);
+    }
+
+    private List<Subtitle> translate(final Iterable<String> toTranslate, final Language from, final Language to) throws DeepLException, InterruptedException, TranslationException {
+        final var result = new ArrayList<Subtitle>();
+        final var options = new TextTranslationOptions().setIgnoreTags(List.of("start", "end")).setPreserveFormatting(true).setTagHandling("xml");
+        final var currentTranslator = getTranslator();
+        if (currentTranslator == null) {
+            throw new TranslationException("DeepL API key is not set");
+        } else {
+            for (final var text : toTranslate) {
+                final var from2 = from == Language.EN ? "en-GB" : from.iso2();
+                final var to2 = to == Language.EN ? "en-GB" : to.iso2();
+                final var translated = currentTranslator.translateText(text, from2, to2, options);
+                final var parsed = parseTranslated(translated.getText());
+                result.addAll(parsed);
+            }
+            return result;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static List<String> getToTranslate(final SubtitleCollection<?> collection) {
+        final var ret = new ArrayList<String>();
+        final var builder = new StringBuilder(32000);
+        for (final var subtitle : collection.subtitles()) {
+            final var transformed = "<start>" + subtitle.start() + "</start>" + subtitle.content() + "<end>" + subtitle.end() + "</end>";
+            if (builder.length() + transformed.length() > 32000) {
+                ret.add(builder.toString());
+                builder.setLength(0);
+            }
+            builder.append(transformed);
+        }
+        if (!builder.isEmpty()) {
+            ret.add(builder.toString());
+        }
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    private static List<Subtitle> parseTranslated(final CharSequence text) {
+        final var matcher = START_END_PATTERN.matcher(text);
+        final var subtitles = new ArrayList<Subtitle>();
+        while (matcher.find()) {
+            final var start = Long.parseLong(matcher.group("start"));
+            final var end = Long.parseLong(matcher.group("end"));
+            final var content = matcher.group("content");
+            final var subtitle = new SubtitleImpl(content, start, end, null, null);
+            subtitles.add(subtitle);
+        }
+        return subtitles;
     }
 
     private com.deepl.api.Translator getTranslator() {
diff --git a/ffmpeg/src/main/java/com/github/gtache/autosubtitle/ffmpeg/FFmpegVideoConverter.java b/ffmpeg/src/main/java/com/github/gtache/autosubtitle/ffmpeg/FFmpegVideoConverter.java
index 79ee40b..2bb08d5 100644
--- a/ffmpeg/src/main/java/com/github/gtache/autosubtitle/ffmpeg/FFmpegVideoConverter.java
+++ b/ffmpeg/src/main/java/com/github/gtache/autosubtitle/ffmpeg/FFmpegVideoConverter.java
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public class FFmpegVideoConverter extends AbstractProcessRunner implements Video
     }
 
     private SubtitleConverter<?> getSubtitleConverter() {
-        return converterProvider.getConverter(preferences.get("outputFormat", "ass"));
+        return converterProvider.getConverter(preferences.get("outputFormat", "srt"));
     }
 
     private static String escapeVF(final String path) {
diff --git a/whisper/whisperx/src/main/java/com/github/gtache/autosubtitle/subtitle/parser/json/whisperx/JSONSubtitleConverter.java b/whisper/whisperx/src/main/java/com/github/gtache/autosubtitle/subtitle/parser/json/whisperx/JSONSubtitleConverter.java
index 1d2d01c..7703bcf 100644
--- a/whisper/whisperx/src/main/java/com/github/gtache/autosubtitle/subtitle/parser/json/whisperx/JSONSubtitleConverter.java
+++ b/whisper/whisperx/src/main/java/com/github/gtache/autosubtitle/subtitle/parser/json/whisperx/JSONSubtitleConverter.java
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public class JSONSubtitleConverter implements SubtitleConverter<SubtitleImpl> {
             if (newLength > maxLineLength * maxLines) {
                 final var newSubtitle = new SubtitleImpl(builder.toString(), currentStart, currentEnd, null, null);
                 ret.add(newSubtitle);
-                builder.delete(0, builder.length());
+                builder.setLength(0);
                 builder.append(text);
                 currentStart = start == 0 ? currentEnd : start;
             } else if (areDifferentLines(builder.length(), newLength, maxLineLength)) {