Vobsub: how to reindex?

[piscator]

I've a vobsub file with subtitles on index 0 and index 4. No subtitles on the indices in between. I want to move/reindex these subtitles to the indices 0 and 1 (because my stand-alone player doesn't get it right). I tried the Vobsub tools, but I can't find out how to do it.

btw, I just tried changing the index in the idx file, but that doesn't work.

thanks,
Piscator

[mic]

Haven't used vobsub all that much -- hopefully someone with more knowledge will chime in if there's a simpler way.

Going over the vobsub docs, found: "It is only a stripped vob containing only the subtitle related blocks.". Assuming you're stuck with the subs at 0 & 4, how about demuxing & removing sub at 4 and remuxing at 2 using ifoedit, rejug, or similar?

[piscator]

The original DVD didn't have the desired subtitles, so I got them from somewhere else. Hence, I can't use IfoEdit.
If I could rip one of the subtitles to a new Vobsub, I would also be happy (don't want to use Subrip to make srt's, too much work).

Any ideas for other tools that might do the job?

[str8]

It'd be much easier to just use PGCEdit and redo the mapping as you've specified. It'll take you a bit to learn PGCEdit, but I kid you not that as an experienced PGCEdit user, I could do what you just said in about 1 minute.

Since I probably won't see any new responses in the thread, I'll just tell you basically here how to do it. Once you load the DVD, double-click on the main movie PGC. When you get PGC details, in the subtitle section you'll probably see something like...

0 0 0 0 0
1 - - - - (not set)
2 - - - - (not set)
3 - - - - (not set)
4 0 4 4 0

you can either set 1 to the values 4 has ("0 4 4 0" in my example) and set 4 to "not set", or just leave 4 alone and set all the ones in the middle to the same values as either index 0 or index 4 (as desired). Good luck (feel free to PM me if you get stuck).