Question about using Sub Station Alpha for subtitling

[ArdenDag]

I want to use it to create and/or edit subtitles, but while doing this I want to use a wave file for timing the subtitles. Problem I'm having is the format the wave file needs to be in to be opened with Sub Station Alpha. It needs to be an 8-bit Mono wave file.

If I have ripped .ac3 audio from a DVD, and I want to convert it to that format, I've been having issues, because I haven't found a way to do it easily (BeSweet can't seem to convert directly to that format). Is there any easy freeware solution for converting a 48000 16-bit Stereo wave file (which besweet can decode from an .ac3 file) to an 8-bit Mono wave file?

I have used Waver to convert my files before, but now it adds noise to my files because my trial version is over, and I don't mean to *cough* cheat the system *cough* and get a serial for it. I'm just looking for a simple freeware solution to my problem.

[ArdenDag]

No one knows? *sigh*...

[WyldeF1r3]

you can do it in virtualdub

take the video and mux the wav audio with it in virtualdub. open the file in virtualdub click on "audio" and change "direct stream copy" to "full processing mode." then click on "conversion", in the "precision" box change it from "no change" to "8-bit", and in the "channels" box, change from "no change" to "mono" then click ok and then on "compression", and select "<no compression> PCM." Click OK again, click on File -> Save Wav.

SSA can open this file in it's "time from wav" function

[ArdenDag]

omg, that's a cheating way to do it, but it works :)

thanks!

EDIT:

Also, for clarification, you don't need the .wave file to be already muxed, nor do you need any 'specific' video file, you can open ANY video file and then save the wave file, as if it were muxed.

Use BeSweet to transcode your audio to .wav format first (I tried nandub, but it couldn't decode the .ac3 for whatever reason).

Then open any video file in virtualdub, add the .wav file from the audio menu. Change the parameters as said above, then hit 'save wave'. It will take just as long as if it were de-muxing the .wave file from the video.

Amazing the things you can do with VDub, go Avery Lee! :P

[lamer_de]

you can create this kind of wav files with winamp aswell. Of course you need a format winamp can read. Or switch the subtitling app :wink:

CU,
lamer_de

[ArdenDag]

I thought Winamp's output was the same as the input? Do you need another winamp output plugin? My disk writer output plugin doesn't allow any changes to the sampling (bits, frequency, stereo, etc). Are you using Winamp 2.x? I hate 3.x, not gonna use it... ever :p

[lamer_de]

Strg-P -> Output Pluhin -> Nullsoft Disk writer -> configure -> convert to Format -> Bingo ;-)

Using Winamp 2 aswell, I don't need all the useless features which blow up the app


CU,
lamer_de

[ArdenDag]

There's no 'convert to format' in the version of Winamp I'm using, when I hit Configure, I can only choose a directory to write to.

Like I said, it is probably an updated Disk Writer plug-in, or a different version of winamp that has new options.

[lamer_de]

Strange. I'm using winamp 2.79 and can't rember installing any different output plugins. If you need it badly, i can send you the dll via mail

It's called Nullsoft DiskWriter Plugin 2.0c

CU,
lamer_de

[ArdenDag]

see, my plugin says 1.0 ;)

no need to send it, I can get a new version from winamp's website

EDIT: hmm, can't seem to find it there ;)

If you wanna send it my way, send an e-mail to... You have a PM ;)