Correcting Menu Sub-Title Buttons After Stripping Unwanted Subtitle(s)
So you stripped a subtitle stream and it so happens to be one in the middle of a group of them. So after you save and play your movie and you then select and test all your subtitle buttons in your menu, you find that some of them don’t work the way they supposed to. Especially the ones that you kept. In this guide, I will show you what happens from start to end and how to fix your sub-title buttons. I did a previous guide on
Correcting Language Buttons After Stripping Audio(s), might as well do one for subtitles.
Below is an example of what information you will see in an original movie IFO on Sub-Titles or Subpictures before doing any stripping. The subtitles are will be stripped in example are SubPicture 2:
Français and SubPicture 4:
Thai.
In VTS overview...
VTS overview:
Menu attributes:
Title Set (Movie) attributes:
...SubPicture 1: English....(2-bit rle )(ID:0x20)
...SubPicture 2: Français...(2-bit rle )(ID:0x21)
...SubPicture 3: Chinese....(2-bit rle )(ID:0x22,0x23)
...SubPicture 4: Thai.......(2-bit rle )(ID:0x24,0x25)
In VTS_*_0.IFO / VTS_PGCITI / VTS_PGC_1...
Sub-picture stream 1 status..........................-2147483648...[80000000] English
..Sub-picture stream 1 uses stream nr.(4:3):.........0
..Sub-picture stream 1 uses stream nr.(wide):........0
..Sub-picture stream 1 uses stream nr.(letterbox):...0
..Sub-picture stream 1 uses stream nr.(pan&scan):....0
Sub-picture stream 2 status..........................-2147417856...[80010100] Français
..Sub-picture stream 2 uses stream nr.(4:3):.........0
..Sub-picture stream 2 uses stream nr.(wide):........1
..Sub-picture stream 2 uses stream nr.(letterbox):...1
..Sub-picture stream 2 uses stream nr.(pan&scan):....0
Sub-picture stream 3 status..........................-2147351808...[80010100] Chinese
..Sub-picture stream 3 uses stream nr.(4:3):.........0
..Sub-picture stream 3 uses stream nr.(wide):........1
..Sub-picture stream 3 uses stream nr.(letterbox):...1
..Sub-picture stream 3 uses stream nr.(pan&scan):....0
Sub-picture stream 4 status..........................-2147220224...[80010100] Thai
..Sub-picture stream 4 uses stream nr.(4:3):.........0
..Sub-picture stream 4 uses stream nr.(wide):........1
..Sub-picture stream 4 uses stream nr.(letterbox):...1
..Sub-picture stream 4 uses stream nr.(pan&scan):....0
Sub-picture stream 5 status..........................0.............[00000000]
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.
.
Sub-picture stream 32 status.........................0.............[00000000]
AFTER STRIPPING
Here’s what you’ll get below when SubPicture streams 2 (Français) and 4 (Thai) were stripped out. Pay close attention to the stream shift of #3 into our new stream #2 spot.
VTS overview:
Menu attributes:
Title Set (Movie) attributes:
...SubPicture 1: English....(2-bit rle )(ID:0x20)
...SubPicture 2: Chinese....(2-bit rle )(ID:0x22,0x23)
Sub-picture stream 1 status..........................-2147483648...[80000000] English
..Sub-picture stream 1 uses stream nr.(4:3):.........0
..Sub-picture stream 1 uses stream nr.(wide):........0
..Sub-picture stream 1 uses stream nr.(letterbox):...0
..Sub-picture stream 1 uses stream nr.(pan&scan):....0
Sub-picture stream 2 status..........................-2147351808...[80010100] Chinese
..Sub-picture stream 2 uses stream nr.(4:3):.........0
..Sub-picture stream 2 uses stream nr.(wide):........1
..Sub-picture stream 2 uses stream nr.(letterbox):...1
..Sub-picture stream 2 uses stream nr.(pan&scan):....0
Sub-picture stream 3 status..........................0.............[00000000]
Sub-picture stream 4 status..........................0.............[00000000]
Sub-picture stream 5 status..........................0.............[00000000]
.
.
.
Sub-picture stream 32 status.........................0.............[00000000]
If you had selected selected Chinese in your Subtitle option menu, you will get English because since there is no stream status available for #3, it defaults to #1, which is English. We need to manually correct this if we want the SubTitle Menu to work properly. It’s really easy.
CORRECTING THE STREAM STATUS
Starting from the last stream, double left click to get value window. The value should be highlighted by default. Right click and select Cut or Control+C to cut the value. Now go down to the original stream status where it was and double-left click to pull up the value window again. WE need to paste the our value in here so Right click and select Paste or Control+V. Repeat this for other subtitles if you had stripped more than 1. Basically, you are putting all existing Subtitles back into their original spots using your original IFO as reference.
NOTE: You may have to check your other PGCs for shifts too if your movie IFO has multiple PGCs. Below is the results of your edits.
VTS overview:
Menu attributes:
Title Set (Movie) attributes:
...SubPicture 1: English....(2-bit rle )(ID:0x20)
...SubPicture 3: Chinese....(2-bit rle )(ID:0x22,0x23)
Sub-picture stream 1 status..........................-2147483648...[80000000] English
..Sub-picture stream 1 uses stream nr.(4:3):.........0
..Sub-picture stream 1 uses stream nr.(wide):........0
..Sub-picture stream 1 uses stream nr.(letterbox):...0
..Sub-picture stream 1 uses stream nr.(pan&scan):....0
Sub-picture stream 2 status..........................0.............[00000000]
Sub-picture stream 3 status..........................-2147351808...[80010100] Chinese
..Sub-picture stream 3 uses stream nr.(4:3):.........0
..Sub-picture stream 3 uses stream nr.(wide):........1
..Sub-picture stream 3 uses stream nr.(letterbox):...1
..Sub-picture stream 3 uses stream nr.(pan&scan):....0
Sub-picture stream 4 status..........................0.............[00000000]
Sub-picture stream 5 status..........................0.............[00000000]
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.
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Sub-picture stream 32 status.........................0.............[00000000]
Now all you need to do is save your IFO and Press DVDPlay to test your Sub-Title buttons.