Option for smaller TextSub()

[Betsy25]

Hi,

I'm using StaxRip to convert my French movies (without subs) into h264 MP4's playable on PS3, but since Sony took away the option to show subs in them, I can only use the option to burn them in the stream using TextSub() , They show great on TV now, but they are HUGE !!

Is there any option to make them a little smaller please ?

P.S. Subtitles are .SRT from the site ( www.defunes.be )

[Keiyakusha]

Convert subs to ASS and set any font size or appearance. For SRT it uses default settings, but they probably have no effect on avisynth/vdub plugin. However you never know... you can try to change them too (if you have vsfilter registred).

And what to you mean by slower? They appear too fast on the screen before someone actually says something? Shift timing forward then.

[Betsy25]

Convert subs to ASS and set any font size or appearance. For SRT it uses default settings, but they probably have no effect on avisynth/vdub plugin. However you newer know... you can try to change them too (if you have vsfilter registred).

And what to you mean by slower? They appear too fast on the screen before someone actually says something? Shift timing forward then.

Keiyakusha,
Oops, somehow I typed "slower" when I meant "smaller".

I have no single experience with .ASS files, do you have any tip which program would do great, even for a total newbie ?

Thanks a lot.

[Keiyakusha]

Aegisub (http://www.aegisub.org/).

open srt -> subtitles -> style manager -> double click on style -> change font size -> ok -> close -> file -> save -> done

[Midzuki]

Another option: build a graph that uses the DirectVobSub filter,
and then apply DirectShowSource() on it.

[Betsy25]

Aegisub (http://www.aegisub.org/).

open srt -> subtitles -> style manager -> double click on style -> change font size -> ok -> close -> file -> save -> done

Thanks, I just noted, when comparing the .srt and the aeguisub saved files, that it messed with the timings of the subs, without me doing anything about that, I only did what you told me. :confused:

[Keiyakusha]

Simply impossible.

[txporter]

Here is what I do. I have a file called style.txt. If I want to adjust a srt file with Textsub(), I copy that file to a file called: <srtfilename>.srt.style.

You should have the following files when you are encoding (example):
movietitle.mpg
movietitle.srt
movietitle.srt.style

The style.txt file contains this:
ScriptType: v4.00+
PlayResX: 1280
PlayResY: 720

[V4+ Styles]
Format: Name, Fontname, Fontsize, PrimaryColour, SecondaryColour, OutlineColour, BackColour, Bold, Italic, \
Underline, StrikeOut, ScaleX, ScaleY, Spacing, Angle, BorderStyle, Outline, Shadow, Alignment, MarginL, MarginR, \
MarginV, Encoding
Style: Default,Tahoma,48,&H00ffffff,&H0000ffff,&H00000000,&H80000000,0,0,0,0,100,100,0,0.00,0,1,0,2,20,20,20,1


The styles are fairly obvious from the key listed after Format:. Font size is controlled by Fontsize AND PlayResX/Y. This is the one that I use. I tweaked the fontsize, fontname, PlayResX/Y, bolding, outline, shadow and margins. Play with the values and open up avs file in vdub[mod] to see the changes.

P.S. I added hard returns where I put the \ in the code box above. Remove the \ and the hard return. (Format: should be 1 line of text)

[Betsy25]

Thanks txPorter,

Great tip !!! This is a keeper ! :thanks:


Now, If somebody knew the .ass equivalent of the default font & sizes the normal TextSub() uses ???