Scenarist Subtitle Problems

[bobspliff]

I've been following the Multi PGC guide and i'm having problems importing my subtitles. The DVD is Sopranos Season 2 Disc 5.
I edited the top of the header in the subtitles field so i dont get the too big error, but now i get this error.

Info Checking Subtitle File. Stream ID = 1, File = (D:\sopranos5\VTS01\sub1\Sub1.sst)
Error The subtitle start timecode should be bigger than background video start.
Error The start time should be smaller than end_time. [00:00:00;24 - 00:00:00;24]
Error The subtitle start timecode should be bigger than background video start.
Error The start time should be smaller than end_time. [00:00:00;24 - 00:00:00;24]
Error The subtitle start timecode should be bigger than background video start.

Head and first couple of lines of my sst file:

st_format 2
Display_Start non_forced
TV_Type PAL
Tape_Type NON_DROP
Pixel_Area (0 573)
Directory .
Subtitle Sub1
Display_Area (0 2 719 574)
Contrast (15 15 15 0)

PA (0 0 255 - - - )
E1 (255 0 0 - - - )
E2 (0 0 0 - - - )
BG (255 255 255 - - - )

SP_NUMBER START END FILE_NAME
Color (3 3 3 3)
Contrast (0 0 0 0)
0001 00:00:00:-2 00:00:00:-1 Sub1_0001.bmp
0002 00:01:35:18 00:01:35:18 Sub1_0002.bmp
Color (9 10 3 3)
Contrast (15 15 0 15)
0003 00:01:35:22 00:01:37:11 Sub1_0003.bmp

Can anyone help
Cheers
Bob (Bobspliff@hotmail.com)

[robz]

First,
The start and end times of your first sub are negative.. this is impossible because that would mean that you want the subtitles to display BEFORE the movie starts... This cannot be done (to my knowledge)

Change them to 00:00:00;01 to 00:00:00;2 or something if you want them to show...

Second by setting the contrast to (0 0 0 0) NOTHING will be displayed anyway so you might as well delete the lines completely (this takes care of the first problem also :D)

Third there are subs with the same start time and end time (00:00:00;24) This is also imposible. Change the end time to at least 00:00:00;25 after the start.

Finally it pays to experiment with the sub color and contrast settings in scenarist's simulation window (to directly see the effect) and then enter the values you like in the .sst file (or get subrip or MaestroSBT to do it correctly for you - which I have not yet succeeded in...)

Here's my standard header for scenarist subs.
If u use MaestroSBT default scenarist colourmap settings (white bg, black outl, red anti-a, blue text) then it will result in nice white subs with antialiasing and a thin black outline. (if there too bright change the 14 (93%) to 13 (87%) in contrast settings)

(Ignore the palette entries... I do! ;) )

BTW this belongs in the Subtitle section I guess... not here... can anyone move this????

st_format 2
Display_Start non_forced
TV_Type PAL
Tape_Type NON_DROP
Directory E:\DVDXFi~1\1-6\sub
Subtitle XF1-6-sub

Pixel_Area (0 574)
Display_Area (0 2 719 574)

Color (3 4 4 1)
Contrast (15 10 14 0)

#
# Palette entries:
#
# 01 : RGB(255,255,255)
# 02 : RGB(135,135,135)
# 03 : RGB( 16, 16, 16)
#

PA (0 0 255 - - - )
E1 (255 0 0 - - - )
E2 (0 0 0 - - - )
BG (255 255 255 - - - )

SP_NUMBER START END FILE_NAME
0001 00:00:10:19 00:00:14:08 XF1-6nw_0001.bmp
0002 00:00:18:00 00:00:21:09 XF1-6nw_0002.bmp
0003 00:00:35:09 00:00:37:15 XF1-6nw_0003.bmp
0004 00:00:39:22 00:00:41:21 XF1-6nw_0004.bmp