DivX Media subtitle creation (xsub)

[Tentakulokans]

I found srt2bmp a really useful and easy to use tool.

However, I have noticed a little problem in the generated BMP files when the option "Force bold style" is disabled.

If so, the lines of the SRT file including italics ou bold tags are not correctly clipped.

Here are two examples (oh yes, by the way... I'm a French ) :





You see that the right part of the text is cropped and it will not appeared on the screen when playing the divx file (even if I disable the "Clip BMPs" option).


I have also noticed the problem with the last test version of srt2bmp (however, I prefer the old one because I think that the alignment of subtitles relative to the bottom margin is a better choice).

[vsr]

Hi Tentakulokans,

I found that bug and I'm working to fix it. In a few days I'll release an "new" version (I'm a little busy now).

vsr

[bratao]

vsr,
I´m waiting for the new version !

Private to Vsr:
Velho, seu programa é muito massa !, muito bom mesmo !
Quem sabe voce poderia colocar ele como Open-source !, tenha certeza que mesmo não gostando de delphi, ajudaria na programação !

[Tentakulokans]

Originally Posted by thefluffy

That is correct.
For NTSC the resolution limit is 720x480.
For PAL the resolution limit is 720x576.

I have made some tests with PAL and NTSC videos on my standalone DivX Player, and I'm still a bit confused about the choice between the two available resolutions for the subtitles.
At first, I must say that my player is NOT DivX certified, and I don't know if an other player would give the same results. So, before I burn my videos on CD-R or DVD-R, I'd like to be sure of what I'm doing.

With my player, I observed the following results (regardless of the PAL or NTSC standard of the video) :

Video with H<=480 and Subs 720x480 -> OK
Video with H<=480 and Subs 720x576 -> subtitles too low (off screen)
Video with H>480 and Subs 720x480 -> subtiles too high in the picture
Video with H>480 and Subs 720x576 -> OK

I'd like to know if this behaviour is consistant and compliant with the DivX Media specifications, to ensure that my subtitles will be correctly shown on an other (certified) player.

Thanks for your help.

[effat63]

Hello All
I hope I'm not too late, but I need real help.
I'm new in divx-xvid, I get a new Hardware player (DVD player with divx 6 support- JVC N342S), because of the language problem, I failed to use .str subtitle so i turned to .xsud
Ok, I read those 11 pages several times, but I failed to solve my problem.
And the problem is:
After using several programs ( AVISUB, STR2BMP, SUB2DIVX, BMP2XSUB, DIVXMUX, DIVXMUX-GUI, FUSE,...... ), on the pc no thing wrong, but on JVC N342S:
The sub title is displayed OK
The Audio track is played OK
but the video is shifted to the upper left corner and it is about 50 pixle out of the screen!!!
I discovered that the .avi file I'm using is XVID 528x256 PAL 25 fps.
Is it some thing that could be solved or it just my JVC???

[vsr]

Originally Posted by effat63

but the video is shifted to the upper left corner and it is about 50 pixle out of the screen!!!
I discovered that the .avi file I'm using is XVID 528x256 PAL 25 fps.
Is it some thing that could be solved or it just my JVC???

Hi effat63,

I think that is a firmware issue, my old dvp642 has the same problem (the first versions of divx player too). On dvp642 the issue is solved when you press system menu twice or fast review and play again. The problem occurs only when you mux a XVid video (the movie resolution is irrelevant, at least in my player).

cheers,
vsr
(PS. Sorry about my English)

[effat63]

A lot of Thanx vsr, I'll give it another try. If there will be any success, you will know. Also, if you got any other idea to help, just let me know.
Ciao
Effat

[effat63]

vsr, Hi
It took me some time to try. Since JVC tech.support did not reply with any thing usefull for my N342S firmware , I tried what you did. AND IT WORKED !!!.
I pressed fast review and then play, and the video played correrct in the middle of the screen.
Thanks a lot vsr for your valuable reply.
Effat M

[numaios]

Hi!

Please, can anybody help me at this issue?
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=137220

Thanks!