MaestroSBT going open source - developers wanted

guillep2k · 31st August 2005, 15:04

Hi. After years of having no time at all to dedicate to MaestroSBT, I decided to make it open source. I know, I should have done that before, but anyway. I'm looking for developers/testers/documenters/technical support to join the project with some (or most) of the following:

- Some time to dedicate to the project.
- C++ skills (Visual C++ 6.0, MFC, nothing too fancy).
- Attention to details: algorithms are quite complex and might be broken easily.
- Decent knowledge of DVD technologies and will to learn some more.
- Commitment to serve a community of users who are not always grateful

.
- Willing to respect existing export formats, and introduce some more.

If you are not a developer, you can be tester, documenter or technical support. Your work will be always welcomed. In this case, attention to details and good communication skills are good assets.

If you think you're up to the task, PM me some lines telling me what you know, what you think you could do in the team and what amount of time do you think you're willing to give to the project (and for how long).

Guille

Liisachan · 4th September 2005, 18:12

I think I'll test it anyway when the new version is out

I hope it'll get Unicode-based, supporting also 'new' formats like ASS, USF, TTXT.
When I tested Version 2.4.3.5 long time ago, it was not an Unicode app,
and had some problems with Double-Byte characters in Japanese and in Chinese--maybe in Korean too. Among other things, it was confused if the 2nd byte of the double byte character is 0x7b, which would be the special character in SSA { if it was not the 2nd half of a double-byte character.

guillep2k · 4th September 2005, 18:21

Great!

MaestroSBT does have a Unicode version, now. It is only lightly tested, and has some interoperatibility issues (when passing between ANSI and Unicode and back). Check here:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...roup_id=147340

Also, some MBCS issues were corrected on the road. You might want to try the ANSI version too if the Unicode version gives you problems.

Asmodeus · 22nd January 2006, 22:35

Hi.
First I must say that this is a hell of tool

I use to make svcd subtitles with it about 1,5 year ago. Now I'm searching for decent DVD subtitle tool. While SubtitleCreator is my favorite, it's builded uppon .NET framework. It would be no problem, but I'm on my way to drop MSwindows out of my life

Now I'm pretty happy with my DesktopBSD, but there is no good DVD subtitle tool for *nixes. But of course there is WINE

Of course .NET ain't working under wine, MONO does but I have no idea how to use it as substitute of .NET, so I can't use ST.
Lately I refreshed my mind, and searched for maestro. It's pretty good tool, as I mentioned, but I always had have some problems with it. So let me start. This will be constructive critisism

1. Is it possible to write some default settings to file (to file cause of reinstallation, and of course my wine

). Best will be to have few couple settings and can restore them with one or to clicks

(I saw this in your ToDo list, so I think it's right one)
2. Ability to open other formats, SRT, {Micro}{DVD}, hh:mm:ss (I think thouse 3 will do, they most popular)
3. If it's possible add sup output format. All sst related bitmaps (tiffs, maps bitcompressed or not) are very space consuming (50MB for whole move is smalles you can get), while sup grows no more than 5-10MB.
4. I have serious issue with central european fonts no mater if ssa file is in ISO, Windows, or UTF, I can't get them to be displayed properly

I know that I'm probably annoyng, but I wanted to bring something good to this project while I think that it's one of best subtitle tools. Hope I can help in the future.

PS: Maybe there is a way to fully implement it to *nixes. It would be revolution to DVD subtitling

You Know · 13th April 2006, 20:12

thanks for great WORKS!!!!
I have avoided to finalize a similar program using DirectShow ->AVS Script ->grabbing BMP
THANKS

Only a request:

for SSA file is possible using tags (if present) PlayResX and PlayResY to resize rendering of text to avoid recalculate and change all text styles size and position tags "move" "pos" of each sub.

collision work very good

for the future
render "\fade" or "\karaoke" tags using Color and Contrast SST command should BE great

A dvd-video with karaoke it's a dream

guillep2k · 14th April 2006, 03:55

Hi to all. Thanks for the compliments!

Sadly I must clarify that this thread is not appropriate for feature requests. People should add their wish list to the MaestroSBT SourceForge site.

All in all, there is one tiny little problem: there are no programmers currently working on this tool, so there are no modifications planned.

Guille

You Know · 6th October 2006, 18:15

rendering->Screen and bitmap size frame->minus2 are default.
If I disable (with NTSC DVD in output resolution) the chioce is not saved on ssa file (is a little bug).
When I reopen ssa file always enabled minus2 option.

Where I can find the source code?

guillep2k · 6th October 2006, 19:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by You Know

rendering->Screen and bitmap size frame->minus2 are default.
If I disable (with NTSC DVD in output resolution) the chioce is not saved on ssa file (is a little bug).
When I reopen ssa file always enabled minus2 option.

Where I can find the source code?

http://maestrosbt.sourceforge.net/

You Know · 17th November 2006, 19:34

is possible to have source code?

guillep2k · 17th November 2006, 19:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by You Know

is possible to have source code?

Sure; just follow the links!

That's why it is called "open source".

kumi · 17th November 2006, 19:37

Instructions for CVS access to the MaestroSBT code tree are here: http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=147340

Liisachan · 17th November 2006, 19:38

http://maestrosbt.cvs.sourceforge.net/maestrosbt/

kumi · 17th November 2006, 19:41

x 3

Jim_Pansen · 10th March 2007, 20:54

Hi!

Is anyone still working on the project?

Jim Pansen

Anime · 17th November 2007, 09:01

ah~ i also wish if anyone can continue contribute to the project.

i find that maestrosbt doesnt read the pos tag inside ssa, which will cause a reverse order of multi lines of translation in a picture.
this issue

Original picture.... for project

vobsub preview window which is correct pos

maestro output or preview window which is messup

and only works if manual editing the ssa or maestrosbt [gui-edit] to define position
i find that the difference is only timing(becuz overlap) & extra line ontop of the need-to-pos-line
Comment: Marked=0,0:12:07.71,0:12:08.21,*Default,,0000,0000,0000,,MSBTUSER: POSX=90;SNAPX=1;POSY=76;SNAPY=1
Dialogue: Marked=0,0:12:07.71,0:12:10.03,KagamiTsukasa,,0000,0000,0000,,{\c&H80FFFF&\bord0\fs20\pos(90,76)}Mini hamburg

~please anyone?

ukendt · 16th March 2008, 23:41

I'm going to "unstick" this thread....

31st August 2005, 15:04	#1 \| Link
guillep2k MaestroSBT help Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Posts: 124	MaestroSBT going open source - developers wanted Hi. After years of having no time at all to dedicate to MaestroSBT, I decided to make it open source. I know, I should have done that before, but anyway. I'm looking for developers/testers/documenters/technical support to join the project with some (or most) of the following: - Some time to dedicate to the project. - C++ skills (Visual C++ 6.0, MFC, nothing too fancy). - Attention to details: algorithms are quite complex and might be broken easily. - Decent knowledge of DVD technologies and will to learn some more. - Commitment to serve a community of users who are not always grateful . - Willing to respect existing export formats, and introduce some more. If you are not a developer, you can be tester, documenter or technical support. Your work will be always welcomed. In this case, attention to details and good communication skills are good assets. If you think you're up to the task, PM me some lines telling me what you know, what you think you could do in the team and what amount of time do you think you're willing to give to the project (and for how long). Guille __________________ Thompson & Company was a very successful mining company of Wales, until one of the associates died: Henry Company. Last edited by guillep2k; 31st August 2005 at 22:26.

4th September 2005, 18:21	#3 \| Link
guillep2k MaestroSBT help Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Posts: 124	Great! MaestroSBT does have a Unicode version, now. It is only lightly tested, and has some interoperatibility issues (when passing between ANSI and Unicode and back). Check here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...roup_id=147340 Also, some MBCS issues were corrected on the road. You might want to try the ANSI version too if the Unicode version gives you problems. __________________ Thompson & Company was a very successful mining company of Wales, until one of the associates died: Henry Company.

14th April 2006, 03:55	#6 \| Link
guillep2k MaestroSBT help Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Posts: 124	Hi to all. Thanks for the compliments! Sadly I must clarify that this thread is not appropriate for feature requests. People should add their wish list to the MaestroSBT SourceForge site. All in all, there is one tiny little problem: there are no programmers currently working on this tool, so there are no modifications planned. Guille __________________ Thompson & Company was a very successful mining company of Wales, until one of the associates died: Henry Company.

10th March 2007, 20:54	#14 \| Link
Jim_Pansen Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 4	Is anyone still working on the project? Hi! Is anyone still working on the project? Jim Pansen

17th November 2007, 09:01	#15 \| Link
Anime Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 59	ah~ i also wish if anyone can continue contribute to the project. i find that maestrosbt doesnt read the pos tag inside ssa, which will cause a reverse order of multi lines of translation in a picture. this issue Original picture.... for project vobsub preview window which is correct pos maestro output or preview window which is messup and only works if manual editing the ssa or maestrosbt [gui-edit] to define position i find that the difference is only timing(becuz overlap) & extra line ontop of the need-to-pos-line Comment: Marked=0,0:12:07.71,0:12:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,MSBTUSER: POSX=90;SNAPX=1;POSY=76;SNAPY=1 Dialogue: Marked=0,0:12:07.71,0:12:10.03,KagamiTsukasa,,0000,0000,0000,,{\c&H80FFFF&\bord0\fs20\pos(90,76)}Mini hamburg ~please anyone? Last edited by Anime; 17th November 2007 at 09:06.*

4th September 2005, 18:12	#2 \| Link
Liisachan 李姗倩 Lǐ Shān Qiàn Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,098	I think I'll test it anyway when the new version is out I hope it'll get Unicode-based, supporting also 'new' formats like ASS, USF, TTXT. When I tested Version 2.4.3.5 long time ago, it was not an Unicode app, and had some problems with Double-Byte characters in Japanese and in Chinese--maybe in Korean too. Among other things, it was confused if the 2nd byte of the double byte character is 0x7b, which would be the special character in SSA { if it was not the 2nd half of a double-byte character.

22nd January 2006, 22:35	#4 \| Link
Asmodeus juzer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Poland Posts: 110	Hi. First I must say that this is a hell of tool I use to make svcd subtitles with it about 1,5 year ago. Now I'm searching for decent DVD subtitle tool. While SubtitleCreator is my favorite, it's builded uppon .NET framework. It would be no problem, but I'm on my way to drop MSwindows out of my life Now I'm pretty happy with my DesktopBSD, but there is no good DVD subtitle tool for nixes. But of course there is WINE Of course .NET ain't working under wine, MONO does but I have no idea how to use it as substitute of .NET, so I can't use ST. Lately I refreshed my mind, and searched for maestro. It's pretty good tool, as I mentioned, but I always had have some problems with it. So let me start. This will be constructive critisism 1. Is it possible to write some default settings to file (to file cause of reinstallation, and of course my wine ). Best will be to have few couple settings and can restore them with one or to clicks (I saw this in your ToDo list, so I think it's right one) 2. Ability to open other formats, SRT, {Micro}{DVD}, hh:mm:ss (I think thouse 3 will do, they most popular) 3. If it's possible add sup output format. All sst related bitmaps (tiffs, maps bitcompressed or not) are very space consuming (50MB for whole move is smalles you can get), while sup grows no more than 5-10MB. 4. I have serious issue with central european fonts no mater if ssa file is in ISO, Windows, or UTF, I can't get them to be displayed properly I know that I'm probably annoyng, but I wanted to bring something good to this project while I think that it's one of best subtitle tools. Hope I can help in the future. PS: Maybe there is a way to fully implement it to nixes. It would be revolution to DVD subtitling

13th April 2006, 20:12	#5 \| Link
You Know Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 75	thanks for great WORKS!!!! I have avoided to finalize a similar program using DirectShow ->AVS Script ->grabbing BMP THANKS Only a request: for SSA file is possible using tags (if present) PlayResX and PlayResY to resize rendering of text to avoid recalculate and change all text styles size and position tags "move" "pos" of each sub. collision work very good for the future render "\fade" or "\karaoke" tags using Color and Contrast SST command should BE great A dvd-video with karaoke it's a dream

6th October 2006, 18:15	#7 \| Link
You Know Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 75	rendering->Screen and bitmap size frame->minus2 are default. If I disable (with NTSC DVD in output resolution) the chioce is not saved on ssa file (is a little bug). When I reopen ssa file always enabled minus2 option. Where I can find the source code?

17th November 2006, 19:34	#9 \| Link
You Know Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 75	is possible to have source code?

17th November 2006, 19:37	#11 \| Link
kumi Straight to video Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 634	Instructions for CVS access to the MaestroSBT code tree are here: http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=147340

17th November 2006, 19:38	#12 \| Link
Liisachan 李姗倩 Lǐ Shān Qiàn Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,098	http://maestrosbt.cvs.sourceforge.net/maestrosbt/

17th November 2006, 19:41	#13 \| Link
kumi Straight to video Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 634	x 3

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ukendt Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 515	Last post is too old I'm going to "unstick" this thread....

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