ANN: SubRip 1.50 b4

[ai4spam]

SubRip 1.20 has gone final. I hope I fixed the transparency bug (thanks, Zuggy).
Work will continue on 1.30 beta as feedback comes, and 1.20 will be abandoned if 1.30 works on Win98 and WinME. Please do test anything you can think of and report here if you notice bugs.

[Rumbah]

After ripping the subtitles with beta 1.3 I wanted to change the framerate, but everytime I changed it, I got a Invalid class typecast error.

[ai4spam]

Thanks for reporting. I fixed it, but will upload a new version once more bugs show up.

[ai4spam]

SubRip 1.30 Beta 2 available on the official website. I fixed the bug reported above, plus many similar ones I could find.
Please keep the bug reports coming.

PS: Zuggy, you should update the topic title ;).

[Esc]

Using 1.30b2.
When I try to open a video, it shows Error message saying "Could not open video file using AviSynth". That's it. All files are simple AVIs, perfectly playable and I can open them in AviSynth using DirectShowSource().

[ai4spam]

Fixed in 1.30 beta 3. Apparently AviSynth does not support UniCode file names inside .avs scripts :(.
I use OpenDMLSource for .avi files that can't be opened in native mode and DirectShowSource for others (mpeg, ogm).

[SurfDrifter]

At first, I'd like to thank you for further developing Subrip.

I have one tiny request that I had asked zuggy some time ago, but at that time he wasn't developing Subrip anymore. I also have a "bug" in a way.

REQ: I would like to have the ability to rip NTSC subtitles to .BMP format and be able to resize them to 720x576 and NOT constrain the size to 720x480.
I'm converting many NTSC DVD's to PAL and this feature will save me a lot of time, because i resize them later on on Photoshop.

BUG: When i convert a .srt file to .stl file, the .stl script file DOESN'T have any headers, just like fontsize, fontname, etc. You can see that in 1.17.1 version the .stl file contains the info when opened on a text editor, whilst in your updates it only contains the subtitles themselves.

Thanks again

[ai4spam]

REQ: It's a feature, not a bug ;): if a DVD is detected as NTSC, the size is automatically set to 480 instead of 576. I guess I *could* change it, but I'm not sure what it entitles (padding the bitmaps, etc), because I don't know the .stl format well enough. Also, let me to suggest using XnView (www.xnview.com) for batch padding/resizing, it's really easy to use (deffinitely easier than Photoshop).

BUG: I can't reproduce it here. When I open a .srt file, then set the output format to .stl (Spruce subtitle file) and save it, the headers are generated normally:
//
// Generated by SubRip 1.30b3 on 5/31/2005 8:33:09 AM
//
//Font select and font size
$FontName = Arial
$FontSize = 36

//Character attributes (global)
$Bold = TRUE
$UnderLined = FALSE
$Italic = FALSE

//Position Control
$HorzAlign = Center
$VertAlign = Bottom
$XOffset = 0
$YOffset = 2

//Colors
$ColorIndex1 = 0
$ColorIndex2 = 1
$ColorIndex3 = 2
$ColorIndex4 = 3

//Contrast Control
$Contrast1 = 15
$Contrast2 = 15
$Contrast3 = 15
$Contrast4 = 0

//Effects Control
$ForceDisplay = FALSE
$FadeIn = 0
$FadeOut = 0

//Other Controls
$TapeOffset = FALSE

//Subtitles
00:02:44:12,00:02:46:02,Are you guys cops!?

[SurfDrifter]

Thank you for the reply.

I checked again v.1.20 and what I did was this. I open an .srt file and since the output format was set before on .stl, it converts "on-the-fly" the script to .stl. At this point I can see the header normally in the text window.

As soos as I select the "Save As" command, the header dissapears!

I'm running on WinXP SP2 AMD 3000+. Strange.

As for the request, it has nothing to do with .stl format, since .stl is text-based format. BMP's are useful with .son and/or sst.

I have resized numerous times the bitmaps, whilst using the same .son script without a problem, so i guess you won't have to deal with the script at all.

Also, I'd like to thank you for the tip, but it's extremly easy also to batch resize in Photoshop too. You just create an action of resize to the desired size and then choose "File>Automate>Batch" selecting the action you want.

[ai4spam]

Ah, ok, now I get it. I'll fix it later tonight.
About the request: I'll remove the limit for the bitmap height so that you can set it to your heart's content ;).
XnView has one more advantage: it's free, which is hardly the case for Photoshop :P.

[ai4spam]

Ok, I'm confused. I'm doing exactly as you describe, yet the headers are there when I save the file, so I can't reproduce the bug you reported.

[ai4spam]

SubRip 1.30 Beta 4 is up on the official website. As hard as I tried, I could not reproduce the bugs reported here and on the official site contact section (missing headers in saved .sst and .stl files).

Changes: fixed old character matrix format import routine: when an old ANSI character matrix is opened, the current CharSet/CodePage is applied to convert the characters from ANSI to UniCode.

Unless serious bugs that I need to fix show up, Zuggy will continue regular maintenance from now on (I don't have the time). He already has some changes on his list. I will concentrate on the VirtualDub subtitle remover filter, and may get back to introduce OCR correction scripts based on regular expressions (like SubtitleWorkshop) into SubRip if I get the time later on.

Again, we could use everyone's help in reporting bugs, updating the translations and maybe writing a guide for the new features.

@SurfDrifter: Sorry, it looks like you're going to have to keep resizing your bitmaps. While it would be possible to allow non-standard sizes, changing it would break too many other things, and it's not trivial.

[SurfDrifter]

Thank you for taking time looking at my requests. No problem with the bmps, I'll do it as i was doing it all the time.

As for the header, it seems that there's something happening on my side, so if i could isolate why this happens on my configuration, I'll let you know. For now i could either stick on 1.17.1 or manually add the header.

And again, I'd like to thank you for the time you dedicated for my requests!

[NN]

Hi,

Sorry it took so long for me to respond, but I've been on holiday the last 2 weeks. I just installed 1.30b4 and my first 3 requests have been implemented (the % character now works). Thanks !

However, 1.30b4 does seem to have a bug when loading .idx/sub files. Both the font color and the background color get set to black (so I can't read them !). My .idx files contain the following color information:


# The original palette of the DVD
palette: 000000, 828282, 828282, 828282, 828282, 828282, 828282, ffffff, 828282, bababa, 828282, 828282, 828282, 828282, 828282, 828282

# Custom colors (transp idxs and the four colors)
custom colors: OFF, tridx: 1000, colors: 000000, bababa, 828282, 000000



For my 5th request (processing delay in .idx files) here is some additinal info (direct copy from the .idx header):


# VobSub index file, v7 (do not modify this line!)
#
# To repair desyncronization, you can insert gaps this way:
# (it usually happens after vob id changes)
#
# delay: [sign]hh:mm:ss:ms
#
# Where:
# [sign]: +, - (optional)
# hh: hours (0 <= hh)
# mm/ss: minutes/seconds (0 <= mm/ss <= 59)
# ms: milliseconds (0 <= ms <= 999)
#
# Note: You can't position a sub before the previous with a negative value.
#
# You can also modify timestamps or delete a few subs you don't like.
# Just make sure they stay in increasing order.


Example of an .idx file with delay:


# English
id: en, index: 0
# Decomment next line to activate alternative name in DirectVobSub / Windows Media Player 6.x
# alt: English
# Vob/Cell ID: 6, 1 (PTS: 7610833)
delay: -02:06:50:700
timestamp: 02:07:04:396, filepos: 000000000
timestamp: 02:07:08:200, filepos: 000001800


Thanks, NN

[zuggy]

However, 1.30b4 does seem to have a bug when loading .idx/sub files. Both the font color and the background color get set to black (so I can't read them !). My .idx files contain the following color information:

It's known and will be fixed in next beta.


delay: -02:06:50:700

Ok, in next beta.

[ai4spam]

@NN: Glad you fond the requests solved to your satisfaction ;). Thanks for the delay example: it looks like the delay is not per file or per subtitle stream, but can appear anywhere and only affects the subtitles appearing after it inside the same stream. The specs are not clear whether delays should be compounded (as in, if present, a second delay should be added to the first or not). I suppose it could go either way, and simplest would be not to compound delays. Have you ever encountered multiple delays in the same stream? Can you help me test the behavior of VobSub/vsFilter with multiple delays (I can't get it to work on my computer)? Basically, put in two 3-second delays a few subtitles apart and see if they're added to each other (resulting in a 6-second delay) or not. Thanks.
I think I can take care of the delay, while Zuggy fixes the blackness bug and some others he found. The new beta will be up in a couple of days.

[ai4spam]

SubRip 1.30 Beta 5 is up.
- fixed "black on black" bug
- added experimental support for delays in .idx files; multiple delays are compounded

I couldn't find anywhere what the default behaviour is supposed to be, so if you know for a fact (or by testing in vsFilter, which I can't get to run on my computer) that each delay overwrites the previous one instead of being added to it, please let me know so that I can correct it.

PS: If you downloaded in the first 15 minutes after this post, please re-download, there was a small fix I forgot to put in.

[mpucoder]

If you are talking about SP_DCSQ_STM, the delay before executing the commands in one command sequence, then the delay is not compounded, all are in reference to pts.

[NN]

Hi, I just tried 1.30b5 and the subtitles are gray on black again and the subtitles are adjusted with the delay.

I checked all my .idx files, but the delay is only used to specify the original offset, so I can't tell you if the delay is absolute or relative.

Thanks, NN

[ai4spam]

@mpucoder: Thanks for your reply. No, I'm talking about the "delay" lines in .idx files as mentioned by NN above (taken from VobSub, not from a DVD). They specify a time offset for subsequent subtitles. The problem is that the behaviour for multiple delays is not defined anywhere. So, if there is only one delay per subtitle stream, it will work, but if there are multiple delays, I may have gotten the wrong way of dealing with them. Maybe Gabest never thought of multiple delays, but there's nothing preventing anyone from using them, and we should deal with them accordingly. If this is the case (Gabest never intended them to be used multiple times), then the behaviour should probably be NOT compounding delays, so my current approach is wrong. Some simple testing as below (which I am unable to perform) or looking at the vsFilter source should solve the "mystery".

@NN: Thanks for testing. Can you please try what I suggested: edit a VobSub .idx file manually (in NotePad), put 2 separate delays of 3 seconds each a few subtitles apart, then watch the movie and tell me if the total delay in the subtitles after the second delay line is only 3 seconds (so delays are not added to each other) or 6 seconds (delays are added/compounded)? Thanks.

[NN]

@ai4spam: I did what you suggested and the total delay was 6 seconds, so I guess the delays are compounded.

[ai4spam]

Great, that means I don't have to release a new beta with a fix, and my initial intuition was correct. Thanks a lot for the help.

[klinika]

I say, SubRip's nearing perfection, good job :) One suggestion though, would it be possible to include a feature to be able to rip the colour codes of the subtitles too? If there's any interest for that kinda option, naturally, don't think this is much of an issue to most of the users. I just recently ripped the first subs (the colours identifying different people, which looks pretty confusing without the proper colours since the subs intertwined) in which this would've been a handy option.

[ai4spam]

@klinika: Thanks for the feedback.
If you mean ripping sub colors from subtitles "burned-into" videos, I suppose it's possible, but color tags are not supported for all text output formats. I'll think about having "color schemes" or something, but it's unlikely that I'll have time to implement anything major anytime soon.
If you mean ripping colors from DVDs... well, I think Zuggy knows more about this than I can possibly learn, so I'll let him answer this one ;).

[klinika]

Oh, sorry for being a bit unclear with the previous post. I meant "reading" the colours off the sub pictures themselves. I guess that's the only way to know which colours are used and where... Sorry I'm not very good at terminology here :rolleyes:

Here's a snippet of the subtitles I was talking about. These are coloured identically as on the dvd. Got them off the net after trying to edit the duration times for nearly an hour, to compensate for the lack of colouring.

255
00:38:26,070 --> 00:38:28,272 X1:122 X2:599 Y1:360 Y2:390
<font color="#faff1a">...and you've harbored her! Arrest them!</font>

256
00:38:28,272 --> 00:38:28,673 X1:122 X2:599 Y1:360 Y2:417
<font color="#faff1a">...and you've harbored her! Arrest them!</font>
<font color="#24e731">Yessir!</font>

257
00:38:28,673 --> 00:38:28,739 X1:318 X2:403 Y1:392 Y2:417
<font color="#24e731">Yessir!</font>

258
00:38:28,739 --> 00:38:29,440 X1:113 X2:608 Y1:360 Y2:417
<font color="#faff1a">Damn it, what do you think you're doing?!</font>
<font color="#24e731">Yessir!</font>

259
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:29,507 X1:113 X2:608 Y1:360 Y2:390
<font color="#faff1a">Damn it, what do you think you're doing?!</font>

260
00:38:29,507 --> 00:38:29,907 X1:113 X2:608 Y1:360 Y2:417
<font color="#faff1a">Damn it, what do you think you're doing?!</font>
<font color="#24e731">C'mon! Get off the cart!</font>

261
00:38:29,907 --> 00:38:30,041 X1:219 X2:501 Y1:392 Y2:417
<font color="#24e731">C'mon! Get off the cart!</font>

262
00:38:30,041 --> 00:38:32,009 X1:219 X2:501 Y1:360 Y2:417
<font color="#faff1a">Give up!</font>
<font color="#24e731">C'mon! Get off the cart!</font>

263
00:38:32,310 --> 00:38:33,144 X1:188 X2:532 Y1:360 Y2:390
<font color="#faff1a">Pull 'em down to the ground!</font>

264
00:38:33,144 --> 00:38:34,941 X1:188 X2:532 Y1:360 Y2:417
<font color="#faff1a">Pull 'em down to the ground!</font>
<font color="#ef7b55">Sensei!</font>


As you can imagine, it gets a bit confusing without the proper colouring :) Not that it's that big of a deal, I maybe the only one to enjoy these coloured subs :rolleyes:

Edit: I do have a good amount of laserdisc transfers with hardcoded AND coloured subs, but it's really not a priority issue to say the least. Unless they get re-released in some point with coloured subs too, in which case... ack, I stop now, I'm too weird.

[bourtzovlakas]

Open the subtitle window...
Output format-->set output format
...and check "Include font color tags" option...

At least, i think so....

[klinika]

What the... bourtzovlakas, :thanks: Oh damn, sorry for wasting everyone's time here. Thought I RTFM'd but I really must've missed that, terribly sorry. It's more perfect than I thought :o

Edit: Works perfectly! But when the colour changes during the same line of dialogue, it splits them to two different occasions of dialogue. But that is easy to correct manually. And to think I thought the snippet I pasted was done manually :rolleyes:

[ai4spam]

A guide for ripping subtitles from videos is now available:
http://zuggy.wz.cz/redir.php?co=101
I hope it's useful and reasonably easy to understand (I tend to get lenghty in my guides ;) ). Feedback is welcome, as are other user-made guides.

[veverica]

Thank you for you good work, first. I have a question; when working with avi, i don't get any picture. Only white screen. Format is xvid. With divx it works fine. Where is the problem? With codecs? Avisinth - virtualdub opens the file without any problem.

thanks

[ai4spam]

@veverica:
That's weird. Does it happen even when you change the frame number? For example, a lot of movies start with a completely black frame, maybe yours starts with a completely white frame? Try pressing Play or changing the frame number.
Alternatively, if all your XViD movies have the same problem, then it's most probably a codec problem. Try using the latest codec version. Also, check if the movie is opened in native or AviSynth mode: does a "temp.avs" file exist in your SubRip directory? Do its contents look like:
OpenDMLSource("D:\DivX\SubRip\sample.avi", false)
If so, then you may have problems with your AviSynth installation. Check if you can actually play the "test.avs" file with MediaPlayer.

@everybody:
Is there someone with experience in developing VirtualDub filters? I've changed the DeLogo filter to remove subtitles using the bitmaps that SubRip saves, but managed to break it in the process: now the filter only works in preview mode, when setting the filter properties, and not in full processing mode (the RunProc function is never called). Also, it seems I'm not passing parameters correctly. Can anyone help?

[veverica]

@veverica:
That's weird. Does it happen even when you change the frame number? For example, a lot of movies start with a completely black frame, maybe yours starts with a completely white frame? Try pressing Play or changing the frame number.
Alternatively, if all your XViD movies have the same problem, then it's most probably a codec problem. Try using the latest codec version. Also, check if the movie is opened in native or AviSynth mode: does a "temp.avs" file exist in your SubRip directory? Do its contents look like:
OpenDMLSource("D:\DivX\SubRip\sample.avi", false)
If so, then you may have problems with your AviSynth installation. Check if you can actually play the "test.avs" file with MediaPlayer.

Everything is like it should be. I've checked and it shows white screen also for divx 5.0 files. But the size of the white screen coresponds with the size of the movie! (see attach!) Anybody experienced the same problem?

Add: tested and recompress avi with divx and it works...

[ai4spam]

It deffinitely sounds like a codec problem, then. Try ffdShow instead, or try the same videos on a different machine.

[ai4spam]

SubRip 1.30 Beta 6 is now up.
Changes:
- fixed a bug when saving subtitles as UniCode instead of ANSI for some languages
- GUI improvement when processing videos: show last frame of the subtitle when doing OCR, instead of the current frame

[bourtzovlakas]

Hi...
First i would like to thank for all your hard work on Subrip...

I have an idx/sub, that is giving me a hard time OCRing...
Here is a link, in case you want to take a look...
http://briefcase.pathfinder.gr/file/zavlakas/26857/438873
Is there something i could do with these kind of subs...
Thank in advance...

[ai4spam]

@bourtzovlakas: You'll have to be more specific about what the problem is. I can open the file and do OCR just fine (maybe I don't know Greek to be able to tell something's wrong?). The only problem I see is that lines look close to each other, but all you have to do in this case is set the min interline height in the advanced OCR setup to a small value (it works with a 2 here).

[ai4spam]

Website update: introduced a "Guides" section in the menu. Right now it only has my own guide for ripping subs from videos. Anyone willing to make a guide for using other parts of SubRip?

[bourtzovlakas]

The main problem, i have is that i have to type and re-type the same characters over and over again....
The same characters in this sub, seem to have tiny differences, which makes it impossible for the program to "remember" them, during the OCR process...
I hope you understand what i mean...
I was wondering if i reduced the "sensibility on character difference", would that improve anything in this case??

[ai4spam]

Yes and no. It will improve things in that you won't need to type as often, but you may need to cope with a larger number of bad guesses (so you'll need to run a spellchecker on the result). Also, one recommendation in this case is to NOT use italics when the video sub font is small, because the differences are not large enough and you'll end up with a ton of mistakes.
If the background is not white very often, you may increase the text color tolerance so that the letters are less irregular. This is already specified in the guide:
Also, irregular ("eaten by ants") characters will require you to type in the correct text a lot more frequently.
Also, press Ctrl-Enter to fill in the best guess so far: after a few times of typing in, the new characters are close enough to the old ones for the guesses to be accurate most of the time. Afterward, press Enter to confirm the filled-in guess.

Thanks for the feedback, this reply will find its way into the guide.

[ai4spam]

SubRip 1.30 Beta 7 is up.

Changes:
- large overhaul of the video GUI (now tolerances are per channel)
- changed the detection algorithm some (let me know if it works better)
- added text fattening to help with irregular characters

Also updated the guide to reflect the changes.

[ai4spam]

SubRip 1.30 Beta 8 is up.

Changes:
- improved the detection algorithm: now the frame times should be correct in all but the most difficult cases (white background under the subtitles, when subtitles appear progressively), and it errs on the plus side (in these rare cases subtitles may appear a few frames earlier than in the movie, which is not that big an inconvenient for later removal)
- fixed a bug in the disjoint characters routine (thanks to other1010 for reporting)
- fixed DVD Maestro saving bug (thanks to Petr22 for reporting)

[ai4spam]

Add: tested and recompress avi with divx and it works...
What version of DivX works? And what filters do you use for playing? You can find out from your player (e.g., in viPlay, right-click->Advanced->Filters).

[ai4spam]

Hi !
I tried to open several AVI files using SubRip 1.30b8.
There is no preview in "Video file viewer" - just white blank window.
I tried to reinstall AviSyth and also use other versions of AVS but it didn't help.
When I try to open temp.avs script located in SubRip directory it is decoded correctly and I can play every AVI file included in this script using Media Player Classic or Windows Media Player 6.4
So, what is the reason ?

Thanks for reporting.
Similar behaviours have been reported in the contact section of http://zuggy.wz.cz/ . Please report here from now on, it helps me by not requiring me to monitor several topics.
At this point, I am unable to determine if it is a driver problem or a codec problem. Please download one of the 1.2 beta versions before the introduction of AVS support (SubRip v1.2 Beta 13 was the last one) from AfterDawn or DVD.box.sk, and report if your .avi files work with it. Also, report if you receive a message saying it was opened in MediaPlayer mode.
Also, can you tell me if playing the movie does anything in 1.30 Beta 8? Does the frame number change? Does the video preview window refresh if you drag it around, or is it "transparent"? What is your hardware configuration (video card/driver)? What codecs/packs have you installed? Can you try a .mpg, .ogm or .vob file also, not just .avi?

For the time being, I can only recommend that you try another machine and/or another combination of codecs. The user above reported that the problem went away after recompressing the movies with DivX (he didn't say which version, I'm waiting for his reply). The sooner I recieve more details about this, she sooner I can try to fix it or at least recommend a work-around.

[dr.Prozac]

Hi !
First I want to express my admiration for your project and effort. SubRip is a great tool and I'm really happy that there is someone who wants to continue this great project.
It's very late now and I'm just going to sleep but tomorrow I will do so many test as I will be able to do. I will try to answer all your questions you have written above.
I'm not a professional programmer but I love Pascal and Delphi. So I will also try to download the source code of SubRip. I'm working on Delphi 2005 now so if there will be no problems with opening your project so let me be helpful also in this way.
See you soon !
Greets,
Prozac

[ai4spam]

I was going to suggest that, but didn't know if you had worked with Delphi. By the way, you can have both Delphi 2005 and Delpi 7 (the one we tested on) installed on the same PC - in case you have trouble pening the project in Delphi 2005. All the needed components are either included, or mentioned in the text file in the Components directory (you may need to download them).
Keep me posted on your progress, and I'll send you instructions on what to do to help me debug this (I can't reproduce this bug on my machine).

Thanks a lot for the help.

[dr.Prozac]

Please download one of the 1.2 beta versions before the introduction of AVS support (SubRip v1.2 Beta 13 was the last one) from AfterDawn or DVD.box.sk, and report if your .avi files work with it.

I found 1.2 beta 9. Avi files work fine with this version.

Also, report if you receive a message saying it was opened in MediaPlayer mode.

Yes. I recived this message.
Also, can you tell me if playing the movie does anything in 1.30 Beta 8?
It seems everything works fine. There is just no picture in the window.
Does the frame number change?
Yes.
Does the video preview window refresh if you drag it around, or is it "transparent"?
When I drag a rectangle by right-clicking then it is shown in the main window of the program as blue rectangle. There is no preview inside it.
What is your hardware configuration (video card/driver)?
nVidia GeForce FX 5700 LE.
What codecs/packs have you installed?
I do not use any packs. The only one I have installed is XviD 1.1 beta2. I regularly use it to MPEG4 encoding. I don't use any other decoding filters like ffdshow ect. XviD decodes my XviD and DivX5 clips. I have also prepared a screen for you containing my drivers configuration of system registy HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32 (attached file).
Can you try a .mpg, .ogm or .vob file also, not just .avi?
Now I have only AVI (divx5 and XviD) and VOB files on my HDD. I tried open VOB files and the situation is exactly the same.

I have done some more tests.
1.
As I mentioned above - using version 1.2 beta 9 my avi files were decodec correctly but when I decided to open the same clip via AVS script then the situation is the same when opening AVI file in version 1.30 beta 8. No preview but the total number of the frames is correct and the frame number changes properly.
2.
Next, I decided to install ffdshow filter, though I really don't like this filter since it is developed by various people and contains many bugs. I set ffdshow to decode all supported formats but nothing changed.
3.
Sometimes (not always), when I open XviD file the red coloured message apperars in "video file viewer": "Couldn't locate decompressor for DivX....". Really strange because the fourcc of this clip is XviD. Next time when I try to open the same file there is no any message. Strange.

According to Delphi code: I will download it soon. I think it will be better to discuss about it via PM, mail ect because it will be a little offtopic here for other users.

[ai4spam]

1.
As I mentioned above - using version 1.2 beta 9 my avi files were decodec correctly but when I decided to open the same clip via AVS script then the situation is the same when opening AVI file in version 1.30 beta 8. No preview but the total number of the frames is correct and the frame number changes properly.

Sounds to me like the problem is either in AviSynth or in avifil32.dll.

3.
Sometimes (not always), when I open XviD file the red coloured message apperars in "video file viewer": "Couldn't locate decompressor for DivX....". Really strange because the fourcc of this clip is XviD. Next time when I try to open the same file there is no any message. Strange.

There are TWO places where the fourcc is set in an .avi file, and they may not coincide. Try opening an .avi file with a decent hex viewer (like the TotalCommander lister) and see for yourself. Some apps use the first, others use the second. So, the fact that MediaPlayer plays a movie doesn't guarantee that AviSynth will.

[ai4spam]

SubRip 1.30 Beta 9 is up.

Changes:
- fixed video not showing bug (thanks drProzac for help)
- added UniCode font support: by default, Arial Unicode MS is used, if available (it's installed with MS Office, and it supports about every character under the Sun)
- fixed several other bugs

Also, added Swedish language (thanks to Masken). All languages are updated to the last version, with English where the translation is missing. If anyone wants to update them, please contact zuggy.

[ai4spam]

SubRip 1.30 Beta 10 is up.

Changes:
- added a Font button in the subtitle window
- fixed several bugs in hard-subbed video ripping

[ai4spam]

By user request, here is my Char Matrix.
http://sr1.mytempdir.com/132702
It has some 8000 characters in it, and works for some 90% of the DVDs. Beware, although I did my best to type in things correctly, there may be occasional times when a character is detected incorrectly, so make sure to set the OCR sensitivity very high, even at 1000. There are DVDs with which it doesn't work, in which case you can either add your own characters, or make a new matrix file. If some subs are really "esoteric" (as in, a font I've never seen), I prefer to make a new matrix for them. If only a few characters are not recognized (such as diacritics and the like), I just add them to this big file as they show up.
This file will help you with the "best guess" feature too: most of the time a character is detected correctly, but SubRip is not 100% sure. Just press the "Use" button if the character is the one you want, or Ctrl-Enter to copy it in the edit box if the style needs changing (such as, if it's italic in the matrix, but not italic in the sub), then Enter to confirm.
There are only a few "compound characters" (like "%") because I've cleaned this matrix up recently, after I implemented extended selections. You can use the "<<" and ">>" buttons to shrink/expand the selection, or Ctrl-Left arrow and Ctrl-Right arrow.

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One thing I always wanted to ask.
Imagine, you have forgotten to set/remove the italic flag and screwed up several characters. You go to Edit Matrix and gladly see the characters unsorted. They are in the order of appearance. So you go to the last character and modify it. This is when the bad thing happens. They resort by the code. So now instead of modifying next to last character you have to search through the whole matrix looking for it.
Could you please not resort the matrix until it is saved/loaded?
Thanks!