incorrect subtitles size and position in preview (PAL, AVI2VCD, .srt external subs)

[Venom_IL]

The size of the subtitles as compared to the movie is wrong, as is the position.

I have searched the forum and found some tricks regarding the position, such as this (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=28618&highlight=wrong+preview+subtitles) . strangely enough, changing the std. Y-POS did improve the position (not the ext. Y-POS ! and I'm using external subs :confused: )

on the other hand, I found no clue as to how to preview the subtitles size correctly

here is how the subs look in the preview http://members.lycos.co.uk/tvcaptures/prvsubs.jpg

here is how they look in the encoded mpv http://members.lycos.co.uk/tvcaptures/encsubs.jpg

Thanks for your time :sly:

[Venom_IL]

any ideas ? ...

[guru1968]

that's also the case if You render the subtitles into the Mpeg via avisyntSubtitler() (that's used when you select 'permanent' as subtitle type)!

D2S places the avisyntSubtitle line BEFORE the resizing, that's the problem!!!
From the size-point of view (the sizes of the extracted BMPs) these pictures should NOT be resized, because than they become too small w.r.t. the original subtitles! On the other side, the Y-position of the subtitles (when placed before the resize instruction) is close to that of the original subtitle's postions... (but not exactly)!

So, there seems to be no simple solution to this problem!
If you leave the subtitle instruction BEFORE the resizing, the Y-position is quite okay, but the size is not (as the X-pos isn't) -- if you do it AFTER the resizing, the X-position as well as the subtitle's size fits quite well, but the Y-pos is closer to the bottom w.r.t. the original....

No chance but to do it completely manually here :-((


greetz,
guru

[Venom_IL]

Forgive my ignorance in the matter, I haven't quite understood :(

To make myself clear - I don't care how D2S alters the subs as compared to the original subs, they can be resized as far as I care - i'd simply choose a larger font size to begin with in the subs tab to compensate. I just want the preview to show me exactly what would come out after the encode, at least relatively (that is the subs relative to the movie in terms of position and size). I'll play around with the position and size from there (to compensate for the resizing effect) to fit my desired result ..

seems a bit distorted and indirect, but if possible it could be great

again i apologize if what i just said is what you deemed impossible or at least not simple to do, like I said I haven't understood thoroughly. and if that is the case, perhaps someone could think of a way to solve this predicament :confused: