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WildTexasChef
23rd February 2010, 11:03
Is their a way once I rip a Blu-ray and when createing an MKV file to actually "OVERLAY" the subtitle track onto the actual video?

Using Uleads Videostudio X2 Pro, & SD-DVD's I can get the subtitle track to "OVERLAY" the actual video of the SD-DVD. Doesn't matter if I create a h.264 file, or a MPG2 file.

When you play back the h.264/MPG2 reencoding of that SD-DVD you ALWAYS see the subtitles. Because they have been "OVERLAYED" onto the video track to become a part of the video.

However Uleads VideoStudio X2 Pro Won't do this with HD h.264 or MPG2 files, It doesn't even work with VC-1 video encoding as the software isn't licensed to edit VC-1 video. VideoStudio claims to work with HD video but it does a crappy job of it. When it does work.

I don't want a true subtitle track muxed in with my MKV or MP4 HD video. As my "hardware" player has issues with playing back actual subtitle tracks. Thus I need to find a way to actually OVERLAY the subtitle track onto the actual video track.

This is extremely beneficial for Foreign movies, and for those Blu-rays that have a forced subtitle track.

Like I said Uleads VideoStudio Pro X2 does this for SD-DVD's but won't work properly with HD Video. (Doesn't seem to matter what you convert the PGS/SRT/SUB track to or from.

WTC
Ghitulescu
23rd February 2010, 13:25
All subtitles are overlayed.

There are however another category, those called burnt-in, but since they are part of the image now it is no longer technically correct to identify them as subtitles. It's your brain that interpret them as subtitles ....

So you want burnt-in subtitles, or selectable/overlayed ones?
txporter
23rd February 2010, 18:29
Sounds like he wants hardcoded/burnt-in/burned in subs. It's fairly trivial to do with vsfilter/avisynth and srt/smi/sub format subtitles (plus others, I have direct experience with those). You can build your own avs file to feed into x264 or just use one of the GUIs that will do it for you Staxrip, XVID4PSP, etc etc.
setarip_old
23rd February 2010, 22:34
@WildTexasChef

The wonderfully flexible multiAVCHD can readily do this for you...
WildTexasChef
24th February 2010, 00:26
All subtitles are overlayed.

There are however another category, those called burnt-in, but since they are part of the image now it is no longer technically correct to identify them as subtitles. It's your brain that interpret them as subtitles ....

So you want burnt-in subtitles, or selectable/overlayed ones?

Burnt-In. To make it a part of the original source and therefore unremovable once they become a part of it. So they can be displayed by ANY device that is capable of playing that file type (MKV, MPG2, MP4) etc... without having the need for that software &/or hardware to support subtitle tracks.

Ie... Burnt-In as you combine the subtitle and video track to form ONE Video track.

TGC/WTC
WildTexasChef
24th February 2010, 00:28
@WildTexasChef

The wonderfully flexible multiAVCHD can readily do this for you...


Been using to convert VC-1 encoded files to H.264. Not for sure how to do the subtitles though. Will play around with it and see what I can figure out.

TGC
Ghitulescu
24th February 2010, 08:33
Burnt-In. To make it a part of the original source and therefore unremovable once they become a part of it. So they can be displayed by ANY device that is capable of playing that file type (MKV, MPG2, MP4) etc... without having the need for that software &/or hardware to support subtitle tracks.

Ie... Burnt-In as you combine the subtitle and video track to form ONE Video track.

TGC/WTC

I assume you have already red my post in the other topic of yours -> http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1376879#post1376879