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bagge1
16th February 2009, 20:47
Hi

I have a problem when creating HD-DVDs with subs created from .srt files. I usually take the .srt file and convert it to a .sup with SubtitleCreator. After that, I load it into Supread and export it as a scn-sst file and PNGs. (Then I use a Photoshop action to change the location of the text on the screen.)

The thing is that Scenarist ACA doesn't accept subtitles where a line begins exactly where another line ends.

E.g:

71
00:09:26,300 --> 00:09:30,500
...är intresserad så kan jag erbjuda er den.
- Underbart tack så mycket.

72
00:09:30,500 --> 00:09:34,400
- Åh bra kanske vi kan...
- Kan vi göra det på måndag?

In this case, I need to change either line 71 so it ends at 00:09:30,400 or line 72 so it begins at 00:09:30,600. This can be quite a job for a file with 1400 lines.

I guess this can be done in an editor with regular expressions, but I'm not at all familliar with that.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get around this?

GrofLuigi
17th February 2009, 11:18
Subtitle Workshop can fix that (in the .srt file).

If you haven't used it before, function to look for is "Information and errors", and the term is "Overlapping subtitles".

Another thing SW can do, it can snap to possible start/end values (frames can't fall on EVERY milisecond - there are finite possibilities, depending on the FPS). Sorry I can't explain better right now, haven't slept for many hours. :) Just touch (don't change) Input FPS or Output FPS. This might also separate overlapping subtitles.

GL

bagge1
18th February 2009, 13:29
Thanks alot!