DVD-subs to text without OCR?

[tominator]

Hi
I have always been under the impression that subtitles on a DVD were actually bmp-files showed on top of the DVD-movie as a little movie on its own.

Therefore I thought it to be impossible to extract the subtitles from a DVD without using OCR (Subrip).

But according to a person I spoke to FarUseWizard http://www.fairusewizard.com is supposed to be able to do just this.

Have I got it all wrong? Is it possible to extract subtitles from a DVD to text without using OCR?

[setarip_old]

Perhaps you or the person you spoke to misunderstood the other party.

You can extract subtitles without applying OCR. However, this will not result in text subtitles...

[manusse]

If you want to make text subtitles from some bitmaps, the only way is OCR.

From your own link, I found:
http://www.fairusewizard.com/lang_en/fairuse_wizard_dvd_divx_xvid_backup_tool_faq.html

I would like to have subtitles as a separate file rather than embbeded in the video ?
Check the "extract subtitles" box and select the desired subtitles track to get an IDX file and a SUB file. The files have the VobSub format, and can be read as is on most standalone players.
You can also use VSRip or SubRip to extract and/or convert the subtitles from the IFO and VOB files extracted in the project folder if "extract subtitles" is checked.

VobSub subtitles are bitmaps!

Cheers
Manusse