SSA subtitles and DVD2SVCD?

[VerbaL]

Hi,

Let me start off by saying I'm fairly new to DVD ripping. I followed some guides on the doom9 site for DivX and SVCD and the results didn't turn out too bad.

Now, I'm experminenting with DVD2SVCD. I want to rip a region 2 dvd of Liar Liar (PAL) and add permanent subtitles to it. My first try didn't turn out very good. After almost every subtitle line there was this "|" pipe symbol and the quality of the subs didn't add up to my expectations.

Before this I made an SVCD by frameserving a pseudo avi with VirtualDub to TMPGEnc. In virtualdub I added the subtitle plugin of Avery Lee and used an ssa subtitle script I converted from an .srt file. The result was really nice...the subs were really smooth.

I was wondering if it was somehow possible to create the same thing with DVD2SVCD. So that I could use the ssa file and encode it into the movie.

Can anyone help me with this? I would really appreciate it.

Thx in advance!

[Jason28]

If you do a search for SSA subs you should be able to find some stuff on how to do it.
you might want to try searching first next time :)

[VerbaL]

Hi,

I've tried searching the forums, I also read the Q&A and the FAQ, but I didn't seem to find what I was looking for. There are several topics where SSA subtitles are mentioned, but no topic answered my question.

That's why I posted a new topic...

[VerbaL]

I think I've found it now. Seems I need to edit the avs script and load a vobsub plugin. I'll give that a try.

[manono]

Hi-

You're halfway there, except you want to load the TextSub Plugin. It comes with VobSub. So do it something like this:

LoadPlugin("Path\to\textsub.vdf")
TextSub("path\to\subtitlefile.ssa")

Thanks to someone for the tip (Schultz?). Then pause to edit the .avs file, and stick those 2 new lines in. There is a problem as to the position of the subs in the SVCD. It's a little tricky to get them mostly in the black bars, but if you want them in the lower part of the video, it's pretty easy. One thing you might do while DVD2SVCD is paused for you to edit the .avs is to open up VDub and load the .avs with the new sub lines and have a look at their placement. Then change around the position of the TextSub line in the .avs and see how it changes the sub position in the video. And then pick the one you prefer.

As for the vertical line-it's left behind when converting sub formats. You can get rid of it by opening the SSA subs in the Sub Station Alpha program and doing an Edit-Replace. Real Easy.

[VerbaL]

Thx for your advice!

I found a thread on the forum saying that if you want to add the subs into the black area that you had to add the lines after the Resize/Addborders lines.

I'll give it a go later on...lots of DVD's to rip, lots of time to test it out. :)