Announcing Beta 0.80 (now Version 1.5) of DVDSubEdit

[jeanl]

Originally Posted by ZaphodB

Amazing progress, indeed. But i'm (and maybe a few others)still looking for a feature. Perhaps you can find some place ( and write some code ) for a ckeckbox called "Only show forced subpics" ?

Yes, that's a good idea... I'll add that to the next release.
jeanl

[jeanl]

Originally Posted by mp3boy

is it possible to correct wrong guessed ocr character? it would be nice to have a character map like subrip which we can correct all the wrong guests by looking at the long list all in once like a spreadsheet and then fix the wrong onces... there is many problem in italic ocr...
thanks again for your tools

Yes, italics are problematic, especially when there's a mix of italics and non-italics in the same line.
I'm not sure about implementing a full-fledged correction dialog. What's wrong with opening the .srt file in an editor and using search/replace?
jeanl

[Mtz]

SubRip format standard start with first line number counting from 1 not 0.

DVDSubEdit Example:
0
00:00:00,364 --> 00:00:01,956
Hello, jeanl.

Correct is
1
00:00:00,364 --> 00:00:01,956
Hello, jeanl.

Thanks again for this amazing program.

enjoy,
Mtz

[jeanl]

Mtz, thanks for pointing out that mistake! I didn't know that. I'll check and fix in the next release.
Jeanl

[Mtz]

In Subtitles Workshop are also some settings about hearing impaired. Some of them are already used by you
Another thing that it cheks, is if before ":" are CAPS.
Example:
1
00:00:00,364 --> 00:00:01,956
MTZ: Hello jeanl!
JEANL: Hello, Mtz!

enjoy,
Mtz (00:02:35)

[Audionut]

Problems with dvdsubedit.

I'll let the screenshot do the talking.



When dvdsubedit is first run, everthing is ok. But after loading an vob file the result is as you see.

[jeanl]

Originally Posted by Audionut

Problems with dvdsubedit.

I'll let the screenshot do the talking.



When dvdsubedit is first run, everthing is ok. But after loading an vob file the result is as you see.

Well, that's not good!!!
Which version are you running! This problem was supposed to have been fixed in version 1.0...
jeanl

[jeanl]

Originally Posted by Mtz

In Subtitles Workshop are also some settings about hearing impaired. Some of them are already used by you
Another thing that it cheks, is if before ":" are CAPS.
Example:
1
00:00:00,364 --> 00:00:01,956
MTZ: Hello jeanl!
JEANL: Hello, Mtz!

enjoy,
Mtz (00:02:35)

Yes, I noticed that some hearing impaired subs are like that, but GOCR makes many mistakes detecting capitalized letters, so I'll wait until these mistakes are fixed, which could take a while!
jeanl

[Audionut]

@jeanl

Latest version 1.1

[jeanl]

Audionut, does the same thing happen if you save the subpics as a .spu then reload this .spu file? If it does, then can you send me the spu file (jeanldvd at free dot fr)?
Jeanl

[CoNS]

Originally Posted by jeanl

Yes, I noticed that some hearing impaired subs are like that, but GOCR makes many mistakes detecting capitalized letters, so I'll wait until these mistakes are fixed, which could take a while!

I think it's going to be very hard to automate the process of removing this specific type of hearing impaired subpics. The syntax is not always "MAN: Get down from there, kids.". Sometimes it's "Man: ..." or "MAN : ..." or "Man : ...".

jeanl is currently thinking about implementing a function to let the user manually remove parts of a subpic. If (or when!) this is implemented, you could easily deal with this specific type of hearing impaired text this way:

1. Run OCR
2. Use the filter function to show only subpics with ":"
3. If there's unwanted text in those subpics, use the manual removal function to get rid of it!

Originally Posted by jeanl

Audionut, does the same thing happen if you save the subpics as a .spu then reload this .spu file? If it does, then can you send me the spu file (jeanldvd at free dot fr)?

jeanl, you mean .sup file, right?!

[jeanl]

Originally Posted by CoNS

jeanl, you mean .sup file, right?!

Yes, sorry!
jeanl

[Audionut]

Originally Posted by jeanl

Audionut, does the same thing happen if you save the subpics as a .spu then reload this .spu file?

No it doesn't.

I can also confirm that the problem only occurs when the vob file only has the subpitcure stream in it.

ie: If I don't demux the video and audio from the vob file than it works fine.

next: If I load the vob file that only has the subpiture stream, and disable the "show video frame" option. Then the problem goes away. However, it does not show the video (naturally), but nor does it show the subtitles.

[jeanl]

Aaaaaaahhhhh!
You're in a very special case! You're telling me that you created a vob file, which only has subpictures in it? Could you possibly send me that vob file? jeanldvd at free dot fr? I'd love to take a look!
jeanl

[bourtzovlakas]

A .VOB with only subtitle strems can be produced, using the demux option(enable stream processing) of DVD Decrypter, in IFO mode...
But DVDSubEdit has problems opening this kind of .VOBs, if "show video frame" option is checked...

[jeanl]

Of course, I can imagine why... The DVDPreview code is looking for video data, but can't find any! I'll have to check that...
jeanl

[jeanl]

Version 1.2 of DVDSubEdit is now available here...


Main new features are the ability to select and erase words or characters in the subtitles, and support for the 3 16:9 display modes (widescreen, pan&scan and letterboxed).

Here's the change log from Version 1.1

• Added code to select an area in the OCR output and erase it (both in the OCR output, and the bitmap).
• Added option to automatically remove text like "Man:" in subtitles
• Added option to adjust word detection in the OCR setup panel.
• Added Letterboxed and Pan&Scan video display modes for 16:9 material.
• Added text in stream select to indicate which display mode(s) each stream is intended for.
• Added option to only show forced subpics.
• Added a check box to show the I-frame closest to the selected SPU end time (duration slider).
• Added a smarter check for figuring out the video format when loading a .sup file.
• Added a warning in the log file if closed-captions are detected in the MPEG stream.
• The function to remove hearing-impaired text now runs in its own thread.
• Pressing Alt or Ctrl while dragging a subpic allows horizontal-only or vertical-only moves.
• Fixed OCR problems. The list is too long to show.
• Fixed a crash that could happen in 1.1 if you moved a subpic all the way down.
• Fixed a problem with the borders not adapting with PAL/NTSC video format
• Fixed a scaling problem that cause the subpics to be slightly cropped in no-video, full-screen mode.
• Fixed the safe-area values for the borders. Thanks to r0lZ for the help!
• Fixed the "keyboard input problem" (after a threaded operation (OCR for example) the shortcuts didn't work).
• Fixed once and for all the progress dialog not disappearing if a threaded operation finishes while the app is minimized.

Thanks to CoNS for many additional tests, and many many suggestions for improvements.
Feedback is most welcome!
Enjoy...
Jeanl

[bourtzovlakas]

[jeanl]

Version 1.3 of DVDSubEdit is now available here...


Main new features are the ability to modify the CLUT colors, a new zoom window to better see the subpics, and more customizations of default colors and behavior.
Here's the change log from Version 1.2

• Added ability to modify the IFO clut directly from DVDSubEdit. Click a pixel tile, then shift-click in the CLUT display.
• Added a "zoom" window that can show the useful part of the bitmap with a 1:1 scaling.
• Added automatic selection of display mode when the user changes the stream selection. This can be disabled in the .ini file.
• Added option to see OCR result on the original subpic (before any modification). That's useful for checking what the Hearing-Impaired removal tool does.
• Added checkbox in OCR setup to allow case-sensitive searches on OCR output.
• Added possibility to choose the default text and background colors when in "AutoCLUT" mode.
• Added Preferences panel that includes general settings, OCR setup, and Hearing-impaired tool setup. The panel now includes options to change background color, alert if closed captions are found, and ask to load IFOs when loading .sup files.
• Added OCR code to detect tied 'fl' 'ft' and 'fi'.
• The "Save all modifications" menu now also works for .sup files (modifications are written back to the original .sup).
• Save all modifications now saves modification in *all* subpics (not just the selected ones).
• Border settings are saved in the .ini file (C:\Documents and Settings\YourName\Application Data\DVDSubEdit.ini). You can edit them to change the default values.
• Fixed yet another stupid border problem with PAL movies.
• Fixed a few problem with the automatic recognition of hearing-impaired text.
• Fixed a (rare) problem where the true subtitle bottom line was not detected correctly.
• Fixed a display mess-up when fast-reloading a PAL movie.
• Fixed an OCR problem that occured when some subpics were moved up.
• Fixed a bug that could cause operations on a subset of the SPUs to abort prematurely.
• The built-in pdf user manual (F1) is more or less up to date.

Also, don't forget to checkout CoNS's cool guide for removing hearing-impaired subtitles!

As usual, thanks to CoNS for many additional tests, and many many suggestions for improvements.
Feedback is most welcome!
Enjoy...
Jeanl

[svcdprayer]

Hi Jean!

In 1.2 version ive seen many improvements. 1.3 havent tested yet. But i can see that youre improving gocr. How come you succeeded to manage it so fast since it was horrible thing. Maybe we can still expect to add foreign characters of diff language ?

Ill test 1.3 asap to see how it goes.

Keep up a good work man!

Thanks!

Cons thanks is going to you too!