Subtitles only for the scenes that are not English?
Hi guys
I have come to encode a dvdrip of "Sum of all Fears" movie, and about 15min into movie there is scene where it is arabic language i think, anyway i want this to have English subtitles and only the scenes that are not English. Whats the easiest and quickest method for this :? Thanks all :) |
You see the problem is i have given the dvd back, so i am not sure what they are supposed to be saying 8O All i have is the vobs on hard drive now. I have ripped the subs from the vobs but as i have said i don't have original dvd :cry:
Is there anything i can do to resolve this or something that automatically knows where the subs are placed. Thanks. :) |
I'm no pro with subtitles, buy I'll try to help. :wink:
Did you use DVD-Decrypter to rip? If so, you could look at the "Stream-Information.txt" file that was created when you ripped the movie to see which subtitle tracks are listed, and where. What you want is the "Forced" subs. Some movies have a separate track for Forced Subs, while others might combine forced and non-forced subs into the same track by using flags that tell your dvd player which are which. Use VobSub Configure to rip the subtitle track you want. It will create a .sub and a .idx file for you. If there was a separate "Forced" subtitle track listed in DVD-Decrypter and this is the track you used in VobSub Configure, then you shouldn't need to do anything else except add a VobSub line to your avisynth script similar to this: Code:
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth2\plugins\MPEG2DEC2.dll") If the subtitle track you used in VobSub Configure was not listed as it's own separate "Forced" Subtitle track in DVD-Decrypter (i.e. if there's just 1 subtitle track that says English which uses flags within it that force your dvd player to display them at the appropriate time, like when an alien is speaking in a language you can't understand), then you'll want to open the .idx file that VobSub Configure created for you, and scroll down to the line that says: Code:
# ON: displays only forced subtitles, OFF: shows everything As I said earlier, I'm no subtitle pro (maybe there's an easier/better way), but these are the methods I used successfully on the few movies I've encoded which had forced subs in them. Hope it helps. :wink: Good luck. -d&c :idea: By the way, if you're reading this Kwag, maybe a separate Subtitle Forum or at least a subtitle sticky-thread of some kind might be a good idea for kvcd.net? There are some subtitle guides at other sites, but they're a bit lacking and you've gotta combine 2 or 3 of them to figure out how they apply to kvcd-ing. Also, I think it'd be great if we could get a thread going of movies that have forced-subs in them...it could save some people from having to re-encode their movies a 2nd time! Just a thought. |
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Hi
Thanks for the long explanation dazed&confused :) much appreciated. I am alittle confused with vobsub configure though. When i open the IFO and get to the select PGC screen on the top right pane it displays a list of languages 00-17. The strange think is though 04 13 14 16 17 are all English is this right :? Another problem is that all the languages don't appear to work if i choose 00 which is Arabic this shows subtitles but i choose any other language tmpgenc displays nothing :( What am i doing wrong :cry: Thanks again |
Sorry for the delay Adder...been pretty busy with the holiday weekend and all. Have you already managed to figure out your VobSub problem? (hope so!).
:oops: As I said before, I'm definetly not that well-versed with subtitles (in fact, I've only encoded 2 movies so far that had forced-subs in them, requiring me to learn how to use VobSub!). I had to hunt and peck through a few different guides at doom9 and vcdhelp (Sefy just updated his guide with some Forced-Subs info, so that might be helpful). I'm affraid I don't really know the answer to your problem...I think you'll probably just have to figure out which subtitle track contains the exact subs you want through trial-and-error. Forced-subs are a pain in the arse...in a perfect world, forced-subs would always be hard-coded directly into the movie. Was that dvd a Region2 PAL, or Region1 NTSC disc? I may be able to borrow the NTSC one from a friend (if they have it) and take a look at it (though I can't promise I'd actually be of any more help to you! :lol: ). Hopefully someone else can chime in here with some words of advice though. Good luck. -d&c |
Hi dazed&confused
Hope you had a good break i know i have :wink: I have figured out vobsub configure now and got subs working in movie :) Thanks for you great advice. I do agree with you about setting up a new forum for subtitled movies which kwag has already done :D cause i have wasted afew cds figuring out where subs in movie are etc :x Anyway cya later. |
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