Any Textsub References Avaiale? Cant Find Them.

[Teleri]

Hiya folks,

I tried searching but in the end I only found one reference to a guy that was asking the same question as I am, however he never really got an answer either.

Is there any place that explains how to use Textsub?

From what I've gathered installing the Textsub plugin allows the filter to recognize certain strings from the SubstationAlpha (SSA) file when the filter is loaded... but even if that is the case I dont see why it is necessary to load a SSA file when loading the TextSub plugin.

I'm sure that once I find out how to do one basic thing with this I can get it to work, but as it is anything that I apply within the { and } doesnt appear at all.

Thanks for any help folks, I can tell that the learning curve on this is gonna be hell.

Sincerely,
Teleri

[Schultz]

TextSub plugin is just a plugin that allows you to put text based subtitles into video's..
It allows for formats like
Substation Alpha - .ssa
SubResync - .srt
text based .sub format and a few others.. the SSA specs you can get in the doc directory in the Installation folder you can also read Ass specs which is advanced SSA that tells all teh commands for it.. If you already have like srt subs or what not you can use SubResync and convert them into ssa.

[Teleri]

Where can I get the basic Textsub installation? Someone gave me a thing in notepad with a bunch of codes. One of which is ..

"\fad(<t1>,<t2>)" for Fading

I'm going to guess that T1 and T2 represent the times that you want them to fade to but I'm not too sure how I would type out say... "I Like My Dog" in SSA to fade in and out for halfof a second.

I've also gathered that it looks like Textsub is supposed to replace the normal Subtitle plugin that most people are familiar with in Virtualdub.

Can anybody explain to me the syntax on how I would have "I like my dog" fade in and out for half a second?

As it is I try numbers but it doesnt fade at all. I've attached the codes that I have. Any ideas folks? I know that I'm not the only one wanting to know about this.

[Schultz]

Here is what the docs say about fad
\fad(<t1>,<t2>) fadein: start -> start+t1, fadeout: end-t2 -> end

I don't have any ssa files with me right now but i think you need to do something like this..
TIMESTUFF,FONTJUNK,{\fad(.50,.50)}I Like My Dog
if i had a real example i would be able to help more but i am on a laptop with no subs or any of that. and to get textsub just install VobSub from http://vobsub.edensrising.com and then in the install folder under docs you will have to refereces for Ass Specs which is Advanced Substation Alpha.

[gabest]

Almost correct :) But the times are measured in ms (sec*1000) everywhere, except for karaoke.

TIMESTUFF,FONTJUNK,{\fad(500,500)}I Like My Dog