How to read sup files (PGS graphical subtitles from BD/UHD)

Roscoe62 · 13th December 2024, 21:38

Hi there,

The title says it all really. I've just migrated from a windows pc to a linux mint pc. On my windows pc I would use MKVCleaver to rip the PGS subtitle tracks out of a movie mkv file, and then use Suprip to read the subtitle tracks.

Now I'm on linux I can't use MKVCleaver, but I've found some commands that work to get MKVExtract to rip out the PGS subtitle tracks, but I haven't yet found a way to read them (Suprip is a windows-only app).

I did find the following post talking about using BDSup2Sub for that task...

https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=146472

...but, being fairly new to linux, I don't know how to set this up, or if there's a better solution out there.

Can anyone help me at all?

Roscoe62 · 5th January 2025, 03:59

Is there anyone who can help me with this?

wswartzendruber · 8th January 2025, 04:51

When you said "read", what exactly do you mean? Do you want to alter the PGS/SUP track in some way? Or do you wish to OCR to text?

13th December 2024, 21:38	#1 \| Link
Roscoe62 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: NZ Posts: 143	How to read sup files (PGS graphical subtitles from BD/UHD) Hi there, The title says it all really. I've just migrated from a windows pc to a linux mint pc. On my windows pc I would use MKVCleaver to rip the PGS subtitle tracks out of a movie mkv file, and then use Suprip to read the subtitle tracks. Now I'm on linux I can't use MKVCleaver, but I've found some commands that work to get MKVExtract to rip out the PGS subtitle tracks, but I haven't yet found a way to read them (Suprip is a windows-only app). I did find the following post talking about using BDSup2Sub for that task... https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=146472 ...but, being fairly new to linux, I don't know how to set this up, or if there's a better solution out there. Can anyone help me at all?

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5th January 2025, 03:59	#2 \| Link
Roscoe62 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: NZ Posts: 143	Is there anyone who can help me with this?

8th January 2025, 04:51	#3 \| Link
wswartzendruber hlg-tools Maintainer Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 433	When you said "read", what exactly do you mean? Do you want to alter the PGS/SUP track in some way? Or do you wish to OCR to text?