Styled .ASS subs into a .sup for AVCHD

[shinohara]

I'm working on converting some .mkv encodes of anime into AVCHD discs so I can play them from my PS3 and was wondering if there's any software that can either render styled .ass scripts into .sup files for tsmuxer, or render them into images and a timing script that can then be converted into .sup. Currently I just convert the .ass into .srt but this is inconsistent and loses all the fonts, colors, and any display effects.

[Daiz]

Me and another person have made a program that can convert .ass files to BDN XML subtitles and PNG images using AviSynth. It works, but the problem is that I haven't found any way to convert the BDN XML and PNG files to .sup for use with TsMuxer (and other programs) that wouldn't require something like Sonic Scenarist or other ridiculously pricy Blu-ray authoring software.

[Oleg Rode]

I'm working on converting some .mkv encodes of anime into AVCHD discs so I can play them from my PS3 and was wondering if there's any software that can either render styled .ass scripts into .sup files for tsmuxer, or render them into images and a timing script that can then be converted into .sup. Currently I just convert the .ass into .srt but this is inconsistent and loses all the fonts, colors, and any display effects.

Sorry for my English

Yes, this is a big problem...
There was a nice project about converting ASS subs to .sup for DVD
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=139478
But it is badly working with text subs. This script creates sub frame for EVERY frame of the movie. So, we have a HUGE temp file (25GB for 10 min. video) and the resulting .sup file is very big for DVD. :(
IMHO the only way to solve the problem is to ask manusse to continue work on this project. The idea was wery great and I am too sad that manusse stopped developing this converter. :(

[Daiz]

Well, the only thing required for this project would be to have a program to convert BDN XML + 8-bit PNGs to Blu-ray compatible SUP files (without having to use pricy Blu-ray authoring software). Can it be really that much harder than converting SRTs to BD-compatible SUPs, which is already possible :( ?

[shinohara]

Basically TSMuxer just needs support for .ass added since it's much more common than .SRT, even if it is a bit more complicated to render.

[Daiz]

I think support for .ass would be asking for too much, but support for BDN XML + 8-bit PNGs certainly wouldn't be.

[Rectal Prolapse]

So, tsmuxer can take a .sup file and mux them into an m2ts file right?

I have a tool that can convert SRTs to BDN XML (TextST blu-ray format, not bitmaps) files for Scenarist. But I don't think such a thing will work in tsmuxer, as I *think* text-style subs in Blu-ray has to be done out of mux (ie. its own dedicated m2ts file).

[deank]

No, text subtitles (converted to sup) are in the same m2ts as the main movie if tsMuxer is used.

multiAVCHD (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=143744)converts on-the-fly SSA subtitles from MKV and passes them to tsmuxer. I had no time to work on colors and styles, but I may find some.