New version of SubtitleCreator for .NETv2 released

[BoJangles]

@every1,

Hello there people, I'm from the Netherlands and I trying to use SubtitleCreator v.2.0.6. Everything is set up nicely but everytime when I try to replace a subtitle I get an error during the vobblanker part in the proces.

ERROR: ifo has more than one PGC: Unsupported

It drives me nuts. Does (or did) anybody have the same problem and knows where it is comming from. And, more important, know's how to fix it?

All the right program's are set and installed correctly. I even redid everything to make sure I did it right. I've had this problem now with the 4 dvd's that I tried to make and I have no idea what it is. I can't even find anything about it in the forums or with google.

Help me, please

[kle500]

Hello people.
I am sorry if that has been answered befire, but i couldn't find the right answer to my problem.

I am trying to put subtitles on a DVD (it's not new, you will say), that doesn't have.
Ok, i have made my subs in Subtitle Workshop, and i am trying to put them into DVD (no synch errors).
But whatever i do, whatever color i choose for the fonts, the final DVD, has very very strange colors, but never the correct ones (White, with Black stroke).

My proccedure is like this:
I open the program, i choose video format (ntsc for example), i choose a profile (arial narrow), i correct the vertical, colors are (09,03,02,08), i save to sup.


Then i go to DVD Author wizard.
Choose video -> subtitle 1 (gr) -> browse sup subtitle.
That's it.

Now when the DVD is finished the subs are: RED(fill), YELLOW (anti-alias), WHITE (stroke).

If i choose USE PREFFERED SUBTITLE COLORS, the subs are total mess, with deep green, purple etc.

Do i do something wrong?
Is there any way i can fix this?


Regards
Kle500

[Paddington]

@kle500
You should use the DVD authoring wizard from the start, browse to your text based subtitle file, etc. Than it will work.
The problem you have occurs because you create the sup with the default IFO color palette, not with the one that is part of the DVD, and which will be loaded by the authoring wizard. Alternatively, you can (before creating the sup) open the main IFO file, i.e. the largest IFO file in your dvd, which allows SC to read the IFO color palette and PAL/NTSC.

@Bojangles
This seems to be a problem related to VB, not SC. Are you trying to subtitle a TV-Series, perhaps, which is not supported by SC? Can you open the VobBlanker project file (in the SC_TEMP directory) manually - and see how that looks like?

[BoJangles]

Originally Posted by @Bojangles

This seems to be a problem related to VB, not SC. Are you trying to subtitle a TV-Series, perhaps, which is not supported by SC? Can you open the VobBlanker project file (in the SC_TEMP directory) manually - and see how that looks like?

@Paddington,

No, I am not trying to sub a TV-Serie. In this case I am trying to replace an existing sub (the French and 2nd on the DVD) with a Dutch sub.

I am not sure wich 'project file' you ment. In de SC_Temp dir. I have a VobBlanker.ini file, a LogFile.txt and a muxmanlog. I Assume you ment the VobBlanker.ini in wich I didn't see any errors (but what the hell do I know) I will copy and past it below. Maybe you see anything unusual. If it is the wrong file, please let me know.

============== VobBlanker.ini =============

[General]
Version=2.1.0.0
InputPath=H:\[Movies]\_ Monster.House.2006\[Original]
OutputPath=H:\[Conversions]\SubtitleCreator\DVD_Final\VIDEO_TS\
nIFOs=21
CheckFolder=0
CheckMenu=1
CheckTitle=1
CheckVobPuops=1
CheckIfoPuops=1
[FixVOBPointers]
CheckFixTitlePointers=0
CheckFixMenuPointers=0
[Replace]
CheckElapsed=1
CheckFixVobsReplacing=0
CheckCopyPalette=1
CheckCopyAttrib=1
CheckCopyStatus=1
CheckSubsAR=1
[ScanVOBUs]
CheckAutoScan=0
ScanNVOBUs=4
[PGC options]
CheckPostPre=1
CheckPostPreForced=0
CheckNextMenu=1
CheckNextTitle=1
CheckPrevMenu=1
CheckPrevTitle=1
CheckAttrMenu=1
CheckAttrTitle=1
[Motion2Still]
CheckBlankNoB=1
CheckOneSecStill=1
MaxStillTime=4
MinStillTime=9
IFrameMode=1
[VobLayout]
CheckVobFill=0
CheckVobOrder=0
CheckVobMUnref=0
CheckVobLUnref=0
CheckVobRenumber=1
CheckClockDisc=1
[Backup]
CheckBckMul=0
CheckBckVts=0
[Replacing Cells]
nReplacedCells=0
[Cells to Still]
nStillCells=0
[Cells to Split]
nSplitCells=0
[VIDEO_TS]
ActionVTS=PROCESS
[VTS01]
nPGCs=1
ActionVTS=PROCESS
VOBAlreadyScan_01=0
ActionT01_01=REPLACE
Replacing Title_01_01=H:\[Movies]\_ Monster.House.2006\[Original]\Remuxed\VTS_01_0.IFO
Replacing Size_01_01=4614957056
CutInfo_01_01=0 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
[VTS02]
nPGCs=1
ActionVTS=PROCESS
VOBAlreadyScan_02=0
[VTS03]
nPGCs=1
ActionVTS=PROCESS
VOBAlreadyScan_03=0
[VTS04]
nPGCs=1
ActionVTS=PROCESS
VOBAlreadyScan_04=0
[VTS05]
nPGCs=1
ActionVTS=PROCESS
VOBAlreadyScan_05=0
[VTS06]
nPGCs=1
ActionVTS=PROCESS
VOBAlreadyScan_06=0
[VTS07]
nPGCs=1
ActionVTS=PROCESS
VOBAlreadyScan_07=0
[VTS08]
nPGCs=1
ActionVTS=PROCESS
VOBAlreadyScan_08=0
[VTS09]
nPGCs=1
ActionVTS=PROCESS
VOBAlreadyScan_09=0
[VTS10]
nPGCs=1
ActionVTS=PROCESS
VOBAlreadyScan_10=0
[VTS11]
nPGCs=1
ActionVTS=PROCESS
VOBAlreadyScan_11=0
[VTS12]
nPGCs=1
ActionVTS=PROCESS
VOBAlreadyScan_12=0
[VTS13]
nPGCs=1
ActionVTS=PROCESS
VOBAlreadyScan_13=0
[VTS14]
nPGCs=1
ActionVTS=PROCESS
VOBAlreadyScan_14=0
[VTS15]
nPGCs=1
ActionVTS=PROCESS
VOBAlreadyScan_15=0
[VTS16]
nPGCs=1
ActionVTS=PROCESS
VOBAlreadyScan_16=0
[VTS17]
nPGCs=1
ActionVTS=PROCESS
VOBAlreadyScan_17=0
[VTS18]
nPGCs=1
ActionVTS=PROCESS
VOBAlreadyScan_18=0
[VTS19]
nPGCs=1
ActionVTS=PROCESS
VOBAlreadyScan_19=0
[VTS20]
nPGCs=1
ActionVTS=PROCESS
VOBAlreadyScan_20=0
[VTS21]
nPGCs=1
ActionVTS=PROCESS
VOBAlreadyScan_21=0

================ End of Message ==================

[kle500]

Originally Posted by Paddington

@kle500
You should use the DVD authoring wizard from the start, browse to your text based subtitle file, etc. Than it will work.
The problem you have occurs because you create the sup with the default IFO color palette, not with the one that is part of the DVD, and which will be loaded by the authoring wizard. Alternatively, you can (before creating the sup) open the main IFO file, i.e. the largest IFO file in your dvd, which allows SC to read the IFO color palette and PAL/NTSC.

Thank's, it worked fine.
All i had to do after i choose my subtitle (and profile), was to load the main movie IFO from my DVD, then all went correct, with White Font and Black Stroke.

Two questions:
1)Why when i choose DVD Author Wizard, the substream for the subtitle is Number 3 and Language to Romanian?
My DVD doesn't have any Sub.
Can we choose the Defaults to be 1 and (for example) English as language?

2) Is the subtitle we add to a DVD, enabled by default?
I mean, when i author a DVD from Scratch, i make a menu for Subtitles, with 2 selections, 1 ENABLE and another one OFF.
I have also enabled in my authoring program to have the subs allways eneble whenever you put it on DVD Player.

Does the Subs from SC, allways enebled ?

Thank you very much

Regards

[iElectric]

I get this error on wizard:

Win32 Version: 2.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///D:/programi/SubtitleCreator/SubtitleCreator.exe
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
DShowNET
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.1
Win32 Version: 1.0.0.1
CodeBase: file:///D:/programi/SubtitleCreator/DShowNET.DLL
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------
ListViewEx
Assembly Version: 1.0.2297.19690
Win32 Version: 1.0.2297.19690
CodeBase: file:///D:/programi/SubtitleCreator/ListViewEx.DLL
----------------------------------------
SubtitleCreator.resources
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///D:/programi/SubtitleCreator/en/SubtitleCreator.resources.DLL
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

[manusse]

Could you please explain how this exception occured. What were you doing?

Cheers
Manusse

[iElectric]

Trying to insert .srt into dvd through that wizard... On this error i click continue but later at demuxing i get some ifo0 error and it aborts. I will try again tomorrow and make a screenshot.

[derebo]

hey! I'm not the only one! i keep getting this error all the time and I thought I was the only one! I didn't try it many times so I just expected a new release to "magically" fix it. All I remember is I followed instructions, just as iElectric states.

regards,

[manusse]

I just expected a new release to "magically" fix it

Please if anybody encounters such an error, do post in this thread. There is no magic at all. We can only fix bug that we can reproduce. There is no other means.

Otherwise, regarding your problem:
One of the things you must pay attention to is to put your original files in a path that doesn't use accentuated chars (like é, ...). Also don't use spaces (My documents...).

So choose a simple path for your files like C:\MYDVD.

Hope this helps
Manusse

[iElectric]

Could not find a part of the path
'I:\blabla\SC_TEMP\The.Notebook.sup'

http://shrani.si/files/screenshot1104275.jpg

And then at demuxing at 64%:

http://shrani.si/files/screenshot1104408.jpg

[manusse]

Hi iElectric,

I've already seen this kind of error before and it was related to the path of the files as I've mentioned before. However your path doesn't have any space or accentuated char.

Clearly, the error text states that it can't open one file.
Maybe the problem is due to the name of your sup. Could you change it so that there is no extra '.' in it.

'I:\blabla\SC_TEMP\The.Notebook.sup'

-->

'I:\blabla\SC_TEMP\The_Notebook.sup'


Just to check.

[EDIT]: Check also that your path is not read-only and that there is enough free space on your harddisk.
[EDIT2]: I've looked carefuly at your message and could finally reproduce the bug. I will tell you what's happening ASAP.
[EDIT3]: Finally, I've got it. You can avoid the error by putting your .SRT file in the SAME directory as your original DVD files. This should work: "It's a kind of magic..."

Cheers
Manusse

[Paddington]

Originally Posted by BoJangles

@Paddington,
No, I am not trying to sub a TV-Serie. In this case I am trying to replace an existing sub (the French and 2nd on the DVD) with a Dutch sub.

I am not sure wich 'project file' you ment. In de SC_Temp dir. I have a VobBlanker.ini file, a LogFile.txt and a muxmanlog. I Assume you ment the VobBlanker.ini in wich I didn't see any errors (but what the hell do I know) I will copy and past it below. Maybe you see anything unusual. If it is the wrong file, please let me know.

Hi BoJangles (BTW, I'm also Dutch)

Looking at your VB.ini file, I think it's due to your filenames: choose a path which doesn't start with a _ and space. You can also try to open the VB.ini file in VB manually - maybe it will complain in that case, indicating that the folders cannot be read.

Hope this helps.

[Paddington]

Originally Posted by kle500

Two questions:
1)Why when i choose DVD Author Wizard, the substream for the subtitle is Number 3 and Language to Romanian?
My DVD doesn't have any Sub.
Can we choose the Defaults to be 1 and (for example) English as language?

2) Is the subtitle we add to a DVD, enabled by default?
I mean, when i author a DVD from Scratch, i make a menu for Subtitles, with 2 selections, 1 ENABLE and another one OFF.
I have also enabled in my authoring program to have the subs allways eneble whenever you put it on DVD Player.

Does the Subs from SC, allways enebled ?

Thank you very much

Regards

About 1: Probably the IFO file does contain a reference to two subtitles, which is why your DVD starts with #3. It might also be that my processing of IFO's is not perfect, though, but it should normally be OK.
The preferred subtitle language can be set and saved - select your language using the drop down menu, press the floppy disk to save it, and next time, your preferred language should appear. Note that when you do that, all other settings will be saved too.

About 2: SC allows the automatic enabling of a subtitle (or rather, I should say that muxman allows that). However, if you use VB to restore the menus, it doesn't work anymore. So you can choose - either restore the menus using VB, or don't copy the menus and enable subtitles by default.

[iElectric]

manusse, thank you! This should be put in FAQ or even better let the program warn you about it. Thanks again.

BTW: what would be the easiest way to change picture for subtitles in menu from Swede to Slovenian?

I still get that stat0.ifo error:

http://shrani.si/files/screenshot1104408.jpg

Any idea what's wrong there?

24.02.2005 01:08 98.929 TheNotebook.srt
21.11.2006 16:45 <DIR> VIDEO_TS
28.09.2006 16:37 20.480 VIDEO_TS.BUP
28.09.2006 16:37 20.480 VIDEO_TS.IFO
28.09.2006 16:37 157.696 VIDEO_TS.VOB
28.09.2006 16:37 18.432 VTS_01_0.BUP
28.09.2006 16:37 18.432 VTS_01_0.IFO
28.09.2006 16:37 10.240 VTS_01_0.VOB
28.09.2006 16:37 71.680 VTS_01_1.VOB
28.09.2006 16:37 18.432 VTS_02_0.BUP
28.09.2006 16:37 18.432 VTS_02_0.IFO
28.09.2006 16:37 12.288 VTS_02_0.VOB
28.09.2006 16:37 20.480 VTS_02_1.VOB
28.09.2006 16:37 18.432 VTS_03_0.BUP
28.09.2006 16:37 18.432 VTS_03_0.IFO
28.09.2006 16:37 10.240 VTS_03_0.VOB
28.09.2006 16:37 61.440 VTS_03_1.VOB
28.09.2006 16:37 110.592 VTS_04_0.BUP
28.09.2006 16:37 110.592 VTS_04_0.IFO
28.09.2006 16:37 300.345.344 VTS_04_0.VOB
28.09.2006 16:37 1.073.739.776 VTS_04_1.VOB
28.09.2006 16:37 1.073.739.776 VTS_04_2.VOB
28.09.2006 16:37 1.073.739.776 VTS_04_3.VOB
28.09.2006 16:37 1.073.739.776 VTS_04_4.VOB
28.09.2006 16:37 72.544.256 VTS_04_5.VOB
28.09.2006 16:37 22.528 VTS_05_0.BUP
28.09.2006 16:37 22.528 VTS_05_0.IFO
28.09.2006 16:37 10.240 VTS_05_0.VOB
28.09.2006 16:37 133.120 VTS_05_1.VOB
28.09.2006 16:37 18.432 VTS_06_0.BUP
28.09.2006 16:37 18.432 VTS_06_0.IFO
28.09.2006 16:37 10.240 VTS_06_0.VOB
28.09.2006 16:37 71.680 VTS_06_1.VOB
28.09.2006 16:37 18.432 VTS_07_0.BUP
28.09.2006 16:37 18.432 VTS_07_0.IFO
28.09.2006 16:37 10.240 VTS_07_0.VOB
28.09.2006 16:37 10.240 VTS_07_1.VOB
37 File(s) 4.669.028.977 bytes

[manusse]

This should be put in FAQ or even better let the program warn you about it

Actually it's a bug that's been discovered thanks to your report. I will try to fix it for the next release 2.1.

[EDIT]: I've fixed it for version 2.1

About your current problem:
Could you please PM me the following files from your SC_TEMP directory:

LogFile.txt
muxmanlog
VobBlanker.ini

If you have question about changing the menu ..., I think this thread is more appropriate.

Thanks
Manusse

[iElectric]

What version of vobblanker should i use?

Here are the files.
http://www.rarhost.com/download-tlpatn.html

[manusse]

I've looked at your files. I see no error message in the logs.

The authoring process involves:
1°) SC for creating the SUP file from your SRT
2°) pgcdemux for demuxing your DVD
3°) muxman for remuxing it
4°) vobblanker to recreate the menues.

It seems the problem is at the last step.

Does your harddisk hold enough free space (I think 3 times the DVD size is recommended)?

You could try the wizard and unclick the "Keep the menu by replacing ..." to see if it works. Then, if you need to keep the menus, try to finish the job by hand using Vobblanker.

I use version v2.1.1.0 RC1 of VB. The last one should also work although I didn't test it.

Cheers
Manusse

[iElectric]

I have plenty of space (250gb).

Yes, vobblaneker is the problem. I tried two different dvds, so the dvd isn't the problem. I will try as you said and will report it to you tomorrow.

PS: I did as you said. I used vobblanker extra after the authoring.. It worked well. But when i play the movie there are no slovenian subs that i inserted.

[redia]

I have 3 questions and 1 comment :

question 1 :
sorry if I missed it
but I would like to know what support you plan to implement for vobsub.

as you are probably aware no tools does exist to render multiple SRT languages to a vobsub file (idx/sub) while this would be pretty handy to a lot of standalone player owners who have to manually change the srt filename when they want to have a different subtitle....

right now I worked on 2 differents procedure to do that.
if you like full control :
SC : converting srt to sup
muxman : muxing a blank bmp (with a long duration) with the sup
vobsub or vsrip : to extract the idx/sub from the created VOB

if you like ease of use (but you need a blank/fake dvd file ready):
SC : dvdwizard tool to mux srt directly to the ifo
vobsub or vsrip : to extract the idx/sub

question 2 :
is there a possibility of batching the conversion ?
i.e. i have a bunch of SRT, I would like to convert them all in SUP.....


question 3 :
I saw on your sourceforge page that you had your first donation.. congratulation !!!
but I didn't know we can donate (checked on the soft help menu or everywhere else...)
I discovered your tools not so long ago, but from what I see it will very probably end-up beeing the only srt convertion tool I will use, therefore I would love to contribute somehow...


comments :
I am no subtitle expert.
but I have been trying to check everything I could find for srt to sup (to idx/sub as you understood from my first question) solution.
and yours is really great. or at least it fits my needs so I would like to really thank you for your great work...

Cheers,
Redia