Quicktime Subtitles

BillyWilly · 14th December 2009, 07:16

Hi guys! I'm converting a movie to mp4 for playback on my ipod touch, but I've hit one problem. The video comes out fine and plays great on VLC, but when I open it in Quicktime, I have this problem: the text is really big and if there are too many words on the screen, they all overlap each other. I've attached pictures.
Thanks in advance for your help!

b66pak · 14th December 2009, 19:40

read this:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=147494
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L.E. After viewing the images i say you need to break the subtitle line in two!
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BillyWilly · 18th December 2009, 05:08

The encoder I'm using automatically encodes them. How would I edit the code to allow it to break the line in two?

Inspector.Gadget · 18th December 2009, 06:49

Is the source a DVD?

BillyWilly · 18th December 2009, 07:24

Yes, and I'm using the new update of Handbrake for the soft subtitle encoding.

Inspector.Gadget · 18th December 2009, 07:32

I would go the normal DGIndex->Avisynth->x264 route and make your softsubs using Subrip so you can set line widths before muxing (worst case, edit the longest line by hand, although I've never had this problem).

I realize this is inconvenient from the perspective of direct DVD->iPod using Handbrake, so if you can find a way to do your normal thing with Handbrake and rip softsubs separately with Subrip and then mux, I'd do that.

BillyWilly · 18th December 2009, 07:39

Yeah, I'm trying to add the subtitles post-rip. In the end, I may try that. Is there a way for Subrip to output in .SRT? If so, I can use Mp4box to mux them in.

Inspector.Gadget · 18th December 2009, 07:44

Subrip does do SRT (among many other formats); google around for the ai4spam character matrix to save you a LOT of time on English subs.

BillyWilly · 18th December 2009, 07:55

I was hoping there was a setting or a quick fix to get the perfectly functioning subtitles to work with Quicktime. Accursed Apple! Anyways, thanks everyone for all your help! I'll just try and set the line length.

setarip_old · 18th December 2009, 10:10

Hi!

It looks like you have to reduce the font size by about half...

BillyWilly · 18th December 2009, 21:10

That made sense to me, until I watched the file in Quicktime. For some reason it's just these beginning subtitles that are tripping up Quicktime, because about halfway through the movie I saw a part where the text started closer to the left side of the screen and resized itself so it would fit. Why doesn't it do that consistently throughout the movie, though?

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18th December 2009, 06:49	#4 \| Link
Inspector.Gadget Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,618	Is the source a DVD?

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BillyWilly Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 11	Yes, and I'm using the new update of Handbrake for the soft subtitle encoding.

18th December 2009, 07:32	#6 \| Link
Inspector.Gadget Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,618	I would go the normal DGIndex->Avisynth->x264 route and make your softsubs using Subrip so you can set line widths before muxing (worst case, edit the longest line by hand, although I've never had this problem). I realize this is inconvenient from the perspective of direct DVD->iPod using Handbrake, so if you can find a way to do your normal thing with Handbrake and rip softsubs separately with Subrip and then mux, I'd do that.

18th December 2009, 07:39	#7 \| Link
BillyWilly Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 11	Yeah, I'm trying to add the subtitles post-rip. In the end, I may try that. Is there a way for Subrip to output in .SRT? If so, I can use Mp4box to mux them in.

18th December 2009, 07:44	#8 \| Link
Inspector.Gadget Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,618	Subrip does do SRT (among many other formats); google around for the ai4spam character matrix to save you a LOT of time on English subs.

18th December 2009, 07:55	#9 \| Link
BillyWilly Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 11	I was hoping there was a setting or a quick fix to get the perfectly functioning subtitles to work with Quicktime. Accursed Apple! Anyways, thanks everyone for all your help! I'll just try and set the line length.

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setarip_old Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 16,267	Hi! It looks like you have to reduce the font size by about half...

18th December 2009, 21:10	#11 \| Link
BillyWilly Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 11	That made sense to me, until I watched the file in Quicktime. For some reason it's just these beginning subtitles that are tripping up Quicktime, because about halfway through the movie I saw a part where the text started closer to the left side of the screen and resized itself so it would fit. Why doesn't it do that consistently throughout the movie, though?