Scenarist subtitles bug - HELP

[paulspurrier]

Using Scenarist 4.3

Having given up on text subtitles, I have now tried to add subtitles to a clip using PG subtitles.

I created the PNG files in Subtitle workshop.
Note that the PNG output of Subtitle workshop is wrong. The actual letter goes transparent. You can only see the outline.
However, it is fairly simple to write a photoshop action to batch convert to the correct palette.

Also, there is no option for a 24fps output (which I need), so one has to edit the xml

Anyway, having done this, the subtitles now display fine.

But...

about one in ten to twenty subtitles simply doesn't display when testing the muxed project.

I have checked everything that seemed obvious.

I have checked for overlaps and created a greater timing gap between the missing subtitles. This doesn't help.

I have checked in the PGeditor window that they display correctly.

Two clues to the error:

1. The missing subtitle always appears to be the first display set within an epoch.

2. If I delete the last display set of the previous epoch (i.e. the preceding subtitle), the missing subtitles now appear perfectly.

Can anyone shed any light on this?
It's driving me mad.

Paul

[paulspurrier]

I have discovered that the 'missing' subtitle problem appears only to be a problem in Total Media Theatre.
When I burn onto a BD-RE and play back on a 'proper' player, the subtitles all appear.

This is very irritating.

The verification process of Blu Ray seems to be a nightmare.
It would seem that no two players ever seem to behave in quite the same way.

Now, how can I be sure that if Total Media Theatre is having problems, that this won't affect some players when the disc is replicated?

[Rectal Prolapse]

paul, have a look at this post (regarding text subtitles in scenarist):

http://chrishatton.homeip.net/bdjforum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=70&p=905#p905