Announcing DVDSubEdit Version 1.51

[President]

Originally Posted by CoNS

Hmmm, President, that's strange. I'm running the app on a Danish version of Win2000 SP4 without problems.
Anyone else having similar problems?

It amazed me too:-((. What global differences between versions? I try to clean windows registry, but not found any suspicious key. I'm shocked:-(. System events log is also empty. What does it matter? May be new app use microsoft .NET or somewhat else?

[jeanl]

No no, no .net or anything, but you're not the only one with this problem, unfortunately, and I'm having a hard time figuring out what the heck is going on. Try this however: Remove the DVDSubEdit.ini file (it's in C:\Documents and Settings\YOURNAME\Application Data) and see if the app starts. If it does start, then close it and try to start it again. If it crashes at this point, I think I know what the problem is.

If that's the case edit the .ini file and remove the line
MainWindowPos= x y z o

and try to restart the app. If that does the trick, I'm going to have to look into a way to avoid that pain in the neck annoyance...
jeanl

[mpucoder]

I had that problem with MuxMan, too - invalid or off-screen coordinates. I added a sanity check (within the bounds of the display).

   // create the window
   DlgSz.cx = 568;
   DlgSz.cy = 326 + 15;
   ConvertDialogUnitsToPixels(hDlgFont, &DlgSz);
   DlgSz.cx += 2*GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXFRAME) + 2*GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXFIXEDFRAME) ;
   DlgSz.cy += 2*GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYFRAME) + 2*GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYFIXEDFRAME)
   	+ GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYMENU) + GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSMCAPTION);
   x = GetPrivateProfileInt("General","Left", CW_USEDEFAULT, "Muxman.ini");
   y = GetPrivateProfileInt("General","Top", CW_USEDEFAULT, "Muxman.ini");
   if (y < 0) y = 0;
   if ((y+50) > GetSystemMetrics ( SM_CYFULLSCREEN ) ) y = GetSystemMetrics ( SM_CYFULLSCREEN ) - 50;
   if ((x+(short)DlgSz.cx-100) < 0) x = (short)(100-DlgSz.cx);
   if ((x+100) > GetSystemMetrics ( SM_CXFULLSCREEN ) ) x = GetSystemMetrics ( SM_CXFULLSCREEN ) - 100;

   hWnd = CreateWindow( gszMuxmanClass, gszAppName,
	   WS_OVERLAPPED | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU | WS_THICKFRAME | WS_MINIMIZEBOX /*| WS_MAXIMIZEBOX*/ ,
	   x, y, DlgSz.cx, DlgSz.cy, NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL ) ;

[jeanl]

Thanks mpucoder. In this case, I'm not sure the problem is invalid or off-screen coordinates. I've seen it happen with perfectly legit values for x y, cx and xy. The crash happens in a call to SetWindowPos (IIRC), and that makes not sense whatsoever...

Jeanl

[Mtz]

jeanl, can you use the location of the ini file in the same folder as the user have DVDSubedit.exe?

enjoy,
Mtz

[jeanl]

Mtz, that wouldn't be a bad idea... I'm not sure why I selected that location, probably because most apps use it... But that makes it difficult to find the ini... I will add a shortcut to open the ini file automatically in notepad...
jeanl

[President]

Originally Posted by jeanl

Try this however: Remove the DVDSubEdit.ini file (it's in C:\Documents and Settings\YOURNAME\Application Data)...

That's right. I deleted both files in this folder. That will do. Thank's.
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Hmmm, sorry, it's me again. Apps start normally one time and crash again at the second start. I deleted "MainWindowPos" line from ini. A situation is repeat. First start nomally, second - crash.
My display resolution is 1280x1024 if it can help you.

[President]

Originally Posted by jeanl

Mtz, that wouldn't be a bad idea...I will add a shortcut to open the ini file automatically in notepad...

One more idea. You place a first line in ini:
DVDSubEdit version 1.321
Apps check this line from each start and delete old or incorrectly modified file (then create a new ini) if any mismatch detected.
In this case users has not necessary know what is the ini-file in general:-).

[jeanl]

President, I know the problem. The first time is OK because the value isn't there, but then the second time you open DVDSubEdit, you get the crash. OK. I'm going to post a quick fix which will lookup a value in the .ini file to tell it whether to read the position or not. This will solve your problem, until I can get to the bottom of that stupid crash. Sorry about that...
Jeanl

[jeanl]

President, go to the home page, and update to version 1.322.
Edit your ini file and at the bottom add the line:
NoSize=1
The app should now start just fine, but it won't remember the last size/position you used. This should fix your problem for now...
Jeanl

[President]

Originally Posted by jeanl

President, go to the home page, and update to version 1.322.
Edit your ini file and at the bottom add the line:
NoSize=1
The app should now start just fine, but it won't remember the last size/position you used. This should fix your problem for now...
Jeanl

Thank you very much. I don't extremely needed this app now (but I'll download update:-) ). I don't hurry you by no means. I just want to help you to improve a very good soft for all users. Thank's once more for fast response in any case.
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I downloaded update. All is Ok. Problem was killed:-).

[kumi]

jeanl:

Would it be possible to add an extra option called "All DCSQTs" to the dropdown DCSQT chooser? I find myself with a track where some of the SPUs have up to 17 DCSQT commands If I want to change a value globally, like color, I have to run through the whole color-picker thing for each DCSQT, as it is right now.

[jeanl]

Kumi, you're not the first one to mention/ask for that... I'll look into it. It might be a bit more complicated than it looks but I'll see... What I can probably include is an option, in the "Apply to all" dialog, to apply to all DCSQTs. Would that be OK?
jeanl

[kumi]

Absolutely, that would work just as well. Thanks for considering it :o)

[Skiro]

Is there possible to change text of selected subtitle?
I can erase but i can't change text.

[jeanl]

kumi, I'm looking into it, but I'll need some time.
Skiro. No, not possible, very very very hard!
jeanl

[Mtz]

Originally Posted by jeanl

Skiro. No, not possible, very very very hard!
jeanl

But if you'll make this someday, you'll "kill" many guides about "adding subtitle to a DVD". Also I wrote 2 guides about that in my native language. But no problem, I'll write another one for DVDSubEdit in my language. In english I'm sure that CoNS will write one. I'm sure many eyes are watching you regarding this when you are releasing new versions of the program.


enjoy,
Mtz

[jeanl]

Mtz, really I don't know how to do this well.
One way would be to go through subpics and find templates of each letter (assuming you can really cut a letter out from its neighbors, which usually you can't in a clean way) then cut/paste them anywhere you like... But this would be quite tricky, and would require there being subpics already in your DVD, so not good for adding subpics from scratch.
Besides, what people usually want to do is add another stream, which means finding space in the VOB for the new subpic packs, then muxing them in. That's even worse than retiming (where the overall size of the VOB does not change) because you're trying to add stuff here...
Given that there are some great tools (and guides) for doing it, I don't see the point of trying to implement that...
Jeanl

[Skiro]

I think that, if is it possibility to change subtitle whitch is already in VOB's.
Now we can only erase text in existing subtitle, not (that it'll be very useful) change letters in existing subtitle

[jeanl]

Kumi, here's a quick update of DVDSubEdit
http://www.videohelp.com/~DVDSubEdit...bEdit1.323.zip
which implements the "select all DCSQT" feature. Just use the drop-down list to select all DCSQT. The slider and color adjustments will then be applied to all DCSQTs that have a color/contrast command. Apply to all will also apply to all DCSQTs if the corresponding checkbox is selected in the Apply to all panel...
Let me know if this does not work.
jeanl