Shortest way to correct spell.mistakes?

[Weirdo]

Hi there, I have some original DVD's with crappy subtitles, in greek language. I'd just like to correct the spelling mistakes (either manually, which should take quite a while, or with a spell checker) and various errors and put it all back in, in new DVD-R's or DVD-R DL's, whatever the originals may be, keeping the menus and all of course. Is there a way to do this... ?

Thanks

[CoNS]

There's no easy way, as DVD subtitles are bitmap images... Here's how it can be done (the applications mentioned are the ones I happen to use. There are other apps available for the same procedures, though):

1. Rip your DVD subtitles to text format using SupRip
2. Correct the spelling mistakes, for example by loading them into M$ Word and running a spell check, or do it manually
3. Convert your corrected text subtitles to bitmap subtitles in SUP format, using SubtitleCreator
4. Separate main movie into video stream, audio stream(s) and original subtitle stream(s) using PgcDemux. Also, use this tool to save chapters (celltimes.txt file) and check a/v delay.
5. Mux ("put together") the video and audio stream with your new SUP file and any of the original subtitle streams you want, using MuxMan. Remember to import your celltimes.txt file and specify any a/v delay
6. Use VobBlanker to copy the newly muxed main movie DVD into the old DVD structure to keep menus, extras etc.

[Weirdo]

I was afraid it was going to be sth. similar to this...:eek: Thanks CoNS. It's really a shame I have to waste all this time since it's a very nice dvd boxset, a flagship release that contains a specific spelling error throught that ruins it.

[CoNS]

it's a very nice dvd boxset, a flagship release that contains a specific spelling error throught that ruins it.There may another way:

IF the spelling mistake consists of one or more extra letters to be removed, you can quite easily use DVDSubEdit to do so (Load main movie full domain, select the subtitle stream, run OCR, search for the problematic subpic(s) containing the misspelled text string, use the Erase Text function to correct it, save modifications).

DVDSubEdit works directly with the bitmap DVD subtitles, thus saving you lotsa time compared to the other method.

However, IF the spelling mistake requires you to insert additional letters/words, too, DVDSubEdit can't help you.

You *could* try to convince jeanl, the author of DVDSubEdit, to implement a function that lets you import a bitmap image to replace an existing subpic. You can already save a selected subpic as bitmap image in DVDSubEdit, and this way you could export the problematic subpic(s), edit the file in a paint tool and import it back to the DVD.

(AFAIK such import bitmap function would have an important limitation: The bitmap cannot be larger than the original bitmap. However, in many cases original subpics are larger than they appear due to the use of a transparent background pixel, so it could actually work for you)

[Weirdo]

Thanks again CoNS, I've already tried your link below to change subtitle colours, and it worked like a dream. I couldn't believe DVDSubEdit could handle subtitles that easily, and so fast, incredible application.

As for my problem, I'll probably have to take the longest route, since in the erratic original subs, a space is in the place of a specific letter, 8 out 10 times this letter should appear.

[Weirdo]

Oh dear, SubRip OCR introduces many more errors... But maybe I just can't use it well. Spell checking is going to take a while with Word....