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Nazgulled
16th February 2007, 01:48
I have tried and tried to play around with Subtitle Workshop but I can't seem to find a way to easily sync this subs and I need your help...

The subtitles are in the srt format and they start synchronized, the first couple of lines start exactly where people speak but then start to get a little bit fast and in the end they are like 5 seconds early. (the 5 seconds is just an example)

But they are not always 5 seconds early. Let's just say the video is divided like this:

|----|----|----|----|
A B C D E

In point A the subs are synced, point B they are 0.5s earlier, point C 1.0s earlier, point D 1.5s earlier, point E 2.0s earlier and so on... Of course, these values are just examples so you understand what is happening. From the start to the end of the movie, the subtitles are getting faster and faster, they start ok, but then they are showing earlier and earlier within each second.

How can I fix a problem like this?

BigCondor
16th February 2007, 03:49
I think the problem is caused by drop and non-drop issue in NTSC.
Use SubResync (part of VobSub) to adjust the separate points by double clicking the time on the left and enter a new value. First try A and E and check the value of C. If you are with luck the problem may be solved. Otherwise adjust C and check B and D. Cut into further steps if you are not satisified.
Cheers!

Nazgulled
16th February 2007, 04:31
That will be painless, cause for posting purposes I divided into 5 sections, but the subtitle could easily be divided in dozens of sections which would make that a really tedious work. And this happens to be a series which has 24 episodes...

BigCondor
16th February 2007, 09:38
If you are only encountering drop issue, adjusting the start and end points will do the trick, most likely your subtitles will be in sync. The subtitles that tends to be problematic are those of the wrong version or the video has been modified.

Nazgulled
16th February 2007, 15:23
I already tried to adjust the start and end points but it didn't work, the subs in the middle of the movie were all wrong... Or Maybe I didn't do it right... Is there an utility to do that instead of Subtitle Workshop?

BigCondor
16th February 2007, 16:44
Use SubResync, it is better to adjust sections of a subtitle.

Nazgulled
16th February 2007, 22:06
I tried, but it didn't help much...