Creating non-permanent subtitles ?

[iparout]

Hi.

I am trying to create non-permanent subtitles which will play with DirectVobSub.

What I am doing is create the srt file through Subrip, spell-check it, and then convert it to .sub using SubRip Converter.

The output sub file plays flawlessly with DirectVobSub, however I still have a couple questions :

1) Is it possible to have two subtitle streams (two languages) per sub file using the method I described ? I know it can be done if I rip the subs from the vobs directly with VobSub, however VobSub subtitles take much disk space.

2) During the OCR in SubRip, some of the characters in the original subtitle stream where Italics so when I typed the corresponding letter, I also checkd "Italics" in SubRip. However, these characters now appeartaged with <i> </i> around them on the movie. Why is that ?

Thanks in advance for any answers.

[ArdenDag]

1) Well, as I learned yesterday, you can convert the Sub files ripped from the DVD into any format you want, including text formats, with SubResynch (which is available in VOBSub).

2) I assume the <i> </i> tags are for denoting where the italics are, and is probably meant to work with all subtitle displays. you're saying that when you're watching these subtitles that they are showing <i> in text versus italicizing the words? I'm not an expert in this, so I'll leave this to someone who can answer it correctly :)

[iparout]

Originally posted by ArdenDag

1) Well, as I learned yesterday, you can convert the Sub files ripped from the DVD into any format you want, including text formats, with SubResynch (which is available in VOBSub).

You misunderstood my question. All I wanted to know is whether it is possible to have two subtitle streams into a .sub file which was created by converting the .srt file (=small size)



2) I assume the <i> </i> tags are for denoting where the italics are, and is probably meant to work with all subtitle displays. you're saying that when you're watching these subtitles that they are showing <i> in text versus italicizing the words? I'm not an expert in this, so I'll leave this to someone who can answer it correctly :)

Yes exactly. Instead of itqalicizing the words, the tags appear on screen.

[ArdenDag]

I don't think that one .sub file can have 2 streams in it. I think you need 2 seperate .sub files. Don't quote me on this, though.

[SirElvis]

Originally posted by iparout
1) Is it possible to have two subtitle streams (two languages) per sub file using the method I described ? I know it can be done if I rip the subs from the vobs directly with VobSub, however VobSub subtitles take much disk space.From dvobsub.txt in the VobSub package:
Multiple textual subtitles can be loaded at once (for differect languages). Add the name you would like to see in the Language menu of WMP64 like this: matrix.English.srt, matrix.Hungarian.sub, etc.
So... multiple languages in one subtitle file are not possible, but multiple files(with one language each) for one movie are.

And if you don't like the order:
Subtitle files are sorted after their file names. You can arrange the ordering in menu like this: movie.00.lang1.srt, movie.01.lang2.srt, etc.

[Schultz]

Originally posted by iparout
Hi.


2) During the OCR in SubRip, some of the characters in the original subtitle stream where Italics so when I typed the corresponding letter, I also checkd "Italics" in SubRip. However, these characters now appeartaged with <i> </i> around them on the movie. Why is that ?


<i> </i> are only supported in Srt files i believe. you can keep your srt file and it will work with Dvobsub. But i am not sure if it works on External sub files. This was added to support a few html elements added to srt files when they are muxed into an ogm files using Tobias OGM DirectShow filters.