producing ttxt subtitles

[video]

I am very sorry if it is a well known issue, however by using forum's search I found only how to mux ttxt into mp4. tehre were certain references to dvd2mp4gui or whatever, but that stuff have been removed. I'm a subtitle workshop user (mainly), but the authors said that ttxt as it is in xml, is a hard issue to support, since subtitle workshop doesn't have any xml engine built-in, and they not planning that in the near future as DeKSoft said. So anybody have some strt2ttxt utility are welcome. I even don't mind if it's scripted, eg. written in perl/python or whatever :)

[yaz]

try mp4box (gpac) ! it will do

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[bond]

just found out that quicktime should be able to produce timed text (in 3gp) too somehow, didnt test it tough

[Elias]

Originally posted by bond
just found out that quicktime should be able to produce timed text (in 3gp) too somehow, didnt test it tough Yes, this works. However, I don't know a way to import *.srt files into QTPro, and the only option left is to rename it to txt and well, that makes QT produce a 3GP-ttxt that... well try it out, I doubt it's as it should be (that is, MPEG-4 ISO compliant). By the way, how do you extract the ttxt from the 3GP file? Oh and please, if it's commandlines, then I don't know how to do it :)

[bond]

Originally posted by Elias
[B]Yes, this works. However, I don't know a way to import *.srt files into QTPro, and the only option left is to rename it to txt and well, that makes QT produce a 3GP-ttxt that... well try it out, I doubt it's as it should be (that is, MPEG-4 ISO compliant).i am very sure that qt doesnt and will never support srt

By the way, how do you extract the ttxt from the 3GP file? Oh and please, if it's commandlines, then I don't know how to do it :)if you mean the .ttxt format, than mp4box (yeah commandline ;) )

i think qt allows the export to some other xml format too, which you can edit in a text editor

[Elias]

Originally posted by bond
i am very sure that qt doesnt and will never support srt
You are most likely 100% right about that.
Originally posted by bond
if you mean the .ttxt format, than mp4box (yeah commandline ;) )How? Any guides/how-to? How do I even open MP4Box so I can write commandlines?
Originally posted by bond
i think qt allows the export to some other xml format too, which you can edit in a text editor Interesting. Could you perhaps provide more info?

[bond]

Originally posted by Elias
How? Any guides/how-to? How do I even open MP4Box so I can write commandlines?1) place all your files (including mp4box) in the same folder
2) create a .txt file
3) write the commandline in the txt and save it
4) rename the .txt extension to .bat
5) execute the .bat

the commandline for demuxing ttxt streams from .mp4/.3gp to the .ttxt text format is
MP4Box -dtxt 3 input.mp4where "3" is the trackid of the text stream

Interesting. Could you perhaps provide more info? [/B] i read something about it on the quicktime homepage, you might want to use search for timed text and quicktime in google

[Elias]

Originally posted by bond
1) place all your files (including mp4box) in the same folder
2) create a .txt file
3) write the commandline in the txt and save it
4) rename the .txt extension to .bat
5) execute the .bat

the commandline for demuxing ttxt streams from .mp4/.3gp to the .ttxt text format is
MP4Box -dtxt 3 input.mp4where "3" is the trackid of the text stream

i read something about it on the quicktime homepage, you might want to use search for timed text and quicktime in google Thanks a lot! I will try this when I have time. By the way, is ttxt working now in VLC or are they still working on it?