considering subtitle filter - some basic questions

[marsoupilami]

Hi there!

As an absolute avisynth newbie I have some basic questions.
Also my experience in writing c++ is not that great ... (not sure, if I'll ever start this project)
A few times I've used MFC 6.0 in conjunction with afx-classes (not the windows api) and nowadays QT, which looks much more convenient to me.

1.) MFC 6.0 is still the preferred comiler for this approach?
(Will I find library functions for unicode string manipulation, "printing" to bitmaps etc.?)

2.) Which version of avisynth should be installed for testing? Or are the interfaces for pixel manipulating filters independent? Possible, to keep filters version independent? (Have XP 32bit sp2)

Thanks for your suggestions, where to start! :confused:

p.s. forgot: Everything has to be open source?

[Guest]

(not sure, if I'll ever start this project) When you become sure, let us know. :devil:

BTW, your questions are well covered in existing threads.

[marsoupilami]

When you become sure, let us know. :devil:

Well, it's started now :p But still unsure, if I'll succeed ...:)

Sorry for my "well covereded questions" - I try to avoid installing a lot of unnecessary things ...

[Groucho2004]

considering subtitle filter
Is there a reason why you find this subtitle filter (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=168282) insufficient?

[marsoupilami]

Is there a reason why you find this subtitle filter (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=168282) insufficient?
Hola!
The feature that I'm looking for might be crazy or not of much interest - I dont know - or it might still exist:
Instead of displaying text subtitles (srt/sub) the usual way, I want to join multiple text lines into one. After "printing" the characters into bitmaps I want to shift them slowly from right to left through the picture area.
Loading this filter twice would offer a way for displaying two languages simultaneously.
It's just an idea ... :eek:

[martin53]

Something like this?
film=ColorBars()
Text = "This is a long story... Once upon a time, a king ruled a merry country. Never ever had the people thought about video processing. His daughter was most beautiful, blessed and really a nerd, because she would sit all day and night in front of her computer monitor, fiddling around with a weird software called AviSynth ..."
Film.Animate(0, 2500+680, "Subtitle", Text, 680, 440, Text, -2500, 440)

[marsoupilami]

Hi!

That's about what I want to do!
The planned plugin should offer both convenient readability and automatic speed adaption for keeping subtitle timing.
Dont know, if this is possible and if I'll get it run....

[Nevilne]

convenient readability

If that's one of your goals keep in mind that traditional style subtitles offer far superior readability compared to scrolling text.