avi + subtitle (.idx, .sub) to SVCD with permenant sub

[jayeo]

Ok, I've done a lot research on this forum, and here is my situation:

Problem: I have a .avi movie, with .idx+.sub subtitles - AFAIK they are from vobsub. And I want to convert the movie into SVCD using DVD2SVCD(the AVI2SVCD part), and having permenant subtitle in it.

Research:

1. DVD2SVCD 1.2.2 b3 has build-in function for external subtitles, but it only supports SubRip and MicroDVD subs. I tried to load my subs anyway, but hit on an exception as expected: Index out of bound(0).

2. So I used Vobsub-Subresync to load the sub files and try to save them as SubRip format, it works ok, but I just couldn't finish it. There are too many unreadable characters in the original sub file, that requires me to tell Subresync what they are. Almost every line of sub has a few of these, so I am looking to type thousands of times to make it be able to convert to SubRip. It's just not practical to me.

3. Research continued, and some people, say we can change dvd2svcd.ini file, and load a section about avisynth to make DVD2SVCD load the vobsub subtitles. Believe me, I read really hard, but never get a clear idea about how this script should be looked like, and what else tools that I need to make it work.

So far, I am stuck. Please help here.

Thanks in advance,
James

[Manngo]

Hi!

There is a program called Subrip. It will convert the vob to microdvd format or other format, whatever you want. You have to type each character only once, after that it will remember.
If it asks for a character too many times, try to play with colors. Eg. set it up, to work only with the white part of the pictures.

[jayeo]

Thank you Manngo.

Subresync form Vobsub does the same thing as Subrip. Anyway, I gave it a go just now, and was very patient to correct all OCR problems in my subtitle - it is in intalic and with borders around the character, that's why OCR can't read them.

Now I have a .srt subtitle after, maybe, 10 minutes :)

And I am AVI2SVCD-ing it now, looks it's successful, as I can preview from TMPGEnc.

On the other hand, yesterday I tried avisynth script again, but it didn't work out.