My Neighbor Totoro AV Sync

[HartleySan]

I do have a quick question, though: When editing the subtitle color scheme in VobSub, there are only four colors to change around. However, with PgcEdit, like you said, there's a 4x4 matrix (16 colors.) So, how do I know which colors in the matrix correspond to the ones I should use in VobSub? Thanks.

[manono]

Admittedly, if all 4 show in VobSub Configure (or in the CLUT) as green, then you have a problem. But that's a one-in-a-million occurance, isn't it? I've had that a few times, and solved it with trial and error. Change some colors and see how it turns out when playing the subs with an AVI. Then change them again, until you get it right. Like I said, the subtitle colors you want are usually in the top row of the CLUT.

Perhaps the easiest way without having to do much work is to open a SUP file in DVDSubEdit where it shows you what the main color, antialias color, outline color, and transparent background color are. You can also open VOBs, if that's any help.

You can convert to SUP from IDX/SUB and back again using SubtitleCreator. Once you have the SUP file, open it in DVDSubEdit and you'll quickly see what has to be done. Once you get the SUP file the way you want, convert it back to IDX/SUB. That's one way, anyway. But I'm not sure I've answered the question.

[HartleySan]

I'm not sure if this is actually the case or not, but I have encoded My Neighbor Totoro several times now and whenever I don't add any video processing options (i.e. Field Deinterlace, etc.) and then add subtitles, it's fine, but if I use Field Deinterlace, etc. and try to add subtitles, they don't go in. Is there something here that I don't know or am I just a complete idiot? Thanks.

[manono]

You wouldn't use FieldDeinterlace on Totoro as it's film and doesn't need to be deinterlaced. If you can't create a 23.976fps D2V using Force Film in DGIndex (which you can, I think), then create a 29.97fps one (using Honor Pulldown Flags) and IVTC it in the script.

But I don't see any reason why using any filter wouldn't also allow you to add in the subs for hard coding.

[HartleySan]

Well, it's all right. I ended up just sticking with the one that wasn't FieldDeinterlaced. For some reason though, I was always thinking that it's better to always FieldDeinterlace videos. I did use Force Film, though. I always use that, too.

[manono]

Deinterlacing when it's not necessary is one of the worst things you can do to a movie. Unless the source is interlaced (and movies aren't interlaced), don't deinterlace. Sometimes movies may appear at first glance to be interlaced. Maybe the movie has been hard telecined (and you IVTC it); maybe it has been field blended (and you unblend it); maybe it's had the fields phase-shifted (and you realign them properly). But it isn't interlaced. NTSC interlace is created by 30fps video cameras, not 24fps progressive film cameras.