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robz · 20th February 2003, 16:28

Hi,

I've been roaming the forum and found no answer to my problem.

Which is this: after creating the DVD layout in scenarist NO subtitles show. The preview in scenarist is fine, nice subs and PowerDVD lets me switch them on and off... but they're not visible.

Here's what I do:

1. Encode 522x380 divx avi file to 352x288 MPEG-2 using TMPGenc
352x288 is half-size DVD (PAL) (right?)

2. Import into scenarist
scenario is PAL, 720x576, 4:3

3. convert .ssa subtitle file to .sst and corresponding bitmaps
I've tried both 720x574 and 352x286 BMP's

4. Import .sst into scenarist
This went fine after some fiddling with pixel_area and display_area

With the 720x574 BMP's scenarist's preview shows subtitles in the right place at the right times

With the 352x284 BMP's the subtitle appears roughly at the bottom of the left top quarter of the screen (which I can understand) (I hope you understand my description so I've drawn a map

)

('sub' marks the spot)

+-------------+
|
| sub
|
|
+-------------+

When I generate the DVD I get no errors (after some tries and the deletion of failing subtitle bmp's) (weird problem, that)

However, No subs in PowerDVD.
I've used SubRip to test for existence of the 720x574 subs... and guess what? They are all there...

I've tried a forced start (in the .sst file) to no avail.

I haven't tried on a standalone player yet as I don't want to waste a DVD+R, which is the only format my standalone accepts (no DVD+RW)

BTW: I have created 16:9 DVD's with working non-forced subs. (MPEG2 720x576 as I live in PAL-country)

Any ideas anyone? Is this because of the half DVD size I used for the video? And if so... why won't the 352x286 BMP's work?

Thanks
Robz

20th February 2003, 16:28	#1 \| Link
robz Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 32	Subtitles on PAL 4:3 MPEG2 352x288 video in Scenarist Hi, I've been roaming the forum and found no answer to my problem. Which is this: after creating the DVD layout in scenarist NO subtitles show. The preview in scenarist is fine, nice subs and PowerDVD lets me switch them on and off... but they're not visible. Here's what I do: 1. Encode 522x380 divx avi file to 352x288 MPEG-2 using TMPGenc 352x288 is half-size DVD (PAL) (right?) 2. Import into scenarist scenario is PAL, 720x576, 4:3 3. convert .ssa subtitle file to .sst and corresponding bitmaps I've tried both 720x574 and 352x286 BMP's 4. Import .sst into scenarist This went fine after some fiddling with pixel_area and display_area With the 720x574 BMP's scenarist's preview shows subtitles in the right place at the right times With the 352x284 BMP's the subtitle appears roughly at the bottom of the left top quarter of the screen (which I can understand) (I hope you understand my description so I've drawn a map ) ('sub' marks the spot) +-------------+ \| \| sub \| \| +-------------+ When I generate the DVD I get no errors (after some tries and the deletion of failing subtitle bmp's) (weird problem, that) However, No subs in PowerDVD. I've used SubRip to test for existence of the 720x574 subs... and guess what? They are all there... I've tried a forced start (in the .sst file) to no avail. I haven't tried on a standalone player yet as I don't want to waste a DVD+R, which is the only format my standalone accepts (no DVD+RW) BTW: I have created 16:9 DVD's with working non-forced subs. (MPEG2 720x576 as I live in PAL-country) Any ideas anyone? Is this because of the half DVD size I used for the video? And if so... why won't the 352x286 BMP's work? Thanks Robz Last edited by robz; 20th February 2003 at 16:40.