Bad Subs: Timecode restart after 1:03:06.04

[CrazyJ32]

Help, I am trying to convert a pair of subs (not hard sub) to srt for DVD-Lab pro authoring, but no matter what I do the second subtitle file starts out fine but restarts after 1:03:06.04 and then again after 29:36.16.

I am using SubRip 1.50 beta-4.

:devil:

[mjr4077au]

I found in a couple of IDX files that on the first timecode, there is a - infront of the first time and it threw the whole file off. If you see any negative value infront of the first timestamp, leave the time but remove the negative and see what it does.

[CrazyJ32]

OK, I checked both of my .idx's and there is no "-" after the first timecode.

Also, in order to properly view the .sub's I had to remove the .idx's; otherwise all I got was a distorted FBI message.

Another note, the idx's have a bunch of strange code at the top, all starting with #'s. Could this be causing the FBI warning?


Also: Do you or anybody here know of a program that can be used to offset .srt timecodes and all timecodes below them?

[mjr4077au]

Subtitle Workshop should be able to fixup timing.

If you have an .IDX file and a .SUB file, you shouldn't be able to see any text in notepad or be able to view it as the file only contains graphics, no visible text. A .IDX file should look similar to this:

# VobSub index file, v7 (do not modify this line!)
#
# To repair desyncronization, you can insert gaps this way:
# (it usually happens after vob id changes)
#
# delay: [sign]hh:mm:ss:ms
#
# Where:
# [sign]: +, - (optional)
# hh: hours (0 <= hh)
# mm/ss: minutes/seconds (0 <= mm/ss <= 59)
# ms: milliseconds (0 <= ms <= 999)
#
# Note: You can't position a sub before the previous with a negative value.
#
# You can also modify timestamps or delete a few subs you don't like.
# Just make sure they stay in increasing order.


# Settings

# Original frame size
size: 720x480

# Origin, relative to the upper-left corner, can be overloaded by aligment
org: 0, 0

# Image scaling (hor,ver), origin is at the upper-left corner or at the alignment coord (x, y)
scale: 100%, 100%

# Alpha blending
alpha: 100%

# Smoothing for very blocky images (use OLD for no filtering)
smooth: OFF

# In millisecs
fadein/out: 50, 50

# Force subtitle placement relative to (org.x, org.y)
align: OFF at LEFT TOP

# For correcting non-progressive desync. (in millisecs or hh:mm:ss:ms)
# Note: Not effective in DirectVobSub, use "delay: ... " instead.
time offset: 0

# ON: displays only forced subtitles, OFF: shows everything
forced subs: OFF

# The original palette of the DVD in PGC#1
palette: 0000e1, e83f07, 000000, fdfdfd, 11eb10, ea12eb, faff1a, 095d76, 7c7c7c, e0e0e0, 701f03, 077307, 00006c, cc0ae9, d2ab0f, 730972

# Custom colors (transp idxs and the four colors)
custom colors: OFF, tridx: 0011, colors: e0e0e0, 000000, e83f07, 0000e1

# Language index in use
langidx: 0

# English
id: en, index: 0
# Decomment next line to activate alternative name in DirectVobSub / Windows Media Player 6.x
# alt: English
# Vob/Cell ID: 1, 1 (PTS: 0)
timestamp: 00:00:17:615, filepos: 000000000
timestamp: 00:00:28:159, filepos: 000000800


If the first timestamp looked like this:

timestamp: -000:00:17:615, filepos: 000000000


With the hyphen in front of it, that's what could be causing your problems. It's caused alot of problems for me.

Check further down the timestamp list and look for anything odd about the timings where the conversion skews. Depending on how many languages are in the .IDX/.SUB files, there could be a long scroll, also depending on where the English Track is in the list (If you're ripping English Dialogue).

[CrazyJ32]

Thanks for the help :)

Yeah, even though it's a but glitchy I figured out a way to use Subtitle Workshop, along with notepad and Subrip, to fix the problem.

A little bit of custom delays in between broken subs and I should be done soon :cool: