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22nd December 2011, 08:16 | #1 | Link |
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ASS to TTXT Converter
Hi doom9,
Would anyone happen to know of a linux command line tool for doing ASS -> TTXT and maintain styling? I'm doing some mkv -> mp4 transcoding like so many others and I want to maintain my styled subtitles. It seems right now everyone is doing ASS -> SRT -> TTXT via mp4box. However, this removes all styling in the ASS -> SRT step and causes the end result to look horrible without manually redoing the subtitles. Appreciate any advice. |
22nd December 2011, 22:31 | #4 | Link |
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I don't think such conversion is possible. Not only on linux but on any platform.
Also I don't see anything wrong with that, ttxt is a pretty useless non-human_readable format. Even if conversion is possible, even if you'll do it by hand, there is no renderer with good enough support for it. |
23rd December 2011, 01:27 | #6 | Link |
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If I could embed the ass file into a mp4 container then I would in a heart beat, but apparently mp4 doesn't support it and mkv isn't streamable. I already convert to srt format for streaming, but I would like to be able to download the same file and then have proper subtitles embedded within it. Right now my only viable alternative is to store a mkv version and a mp4 version and that's just a waste of space.
But it sounds like I'll have to write a converter myself, should be a "fun" project if nothing else. |
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Ensiferous What is you receiver for these mp4? Are you sure it will render styled TTXT with something other than simple srt-like text? Last edited by Keiyakusha; 23rd December 2011 at 01:48. |
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24th January 2012, 09:28 | #9 | Link |
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I'm do not really know much about .ass or .ttxt but here's a little converter that at least does some basic (ignoring all the advanced) stuff (win32/win64 and qt based source code). Depending on my time and motivation I'll add support for more stuff as I learn more about both formats,..
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27th January 2012, 12:06 | #10 | Link | |
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If Ensiferous is intending to play such files via a hardware player. Support is limited to basic TTXT rendering, with no styles.
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