from .sub to .srt

Joe Satriani · 30th December 2007, 11:42

Hi! do you know a tool for linux able to convert files .sub (dvddecrypter under wine) to .srt ?

Thanks

nm · 30th December 2007, 15:04

That conversion is not simple because the .sub files from DVD Decrypter are probably image-based subtitles while .srt is a text-based format. You need to use OCR to machine-read the .sub files and I haven't seen good Linux/UNIX tools for these kind of subtitle conversions. Avidemux seems to have some support for this, or you could run Windows-based tools in Wine. Or just convert the original subtitles to another image-based format (such as VobSub) that is supported in video players.

snherbst · 30th December 2007, 21:40

what about tools @ http://www.kde-apps.org/

setarip_old · 30th December 2007, 22:44

Hi!

I believe DVDSubEdit works under LINUX...

buba king · 1st January 2008, 03:35

If the .sub is image based then gaupol is great for this.

http://home.gna.org/gaupol/

Edit: (It's been too long since i did this kind of conversion)
Gaupol is just a .srt editor. Avidemux has a good function for converting .sub -> srt. Like a previous poster said.

http://avidemux.org/admWiki/index.ph..._filter_VobSub

rernst · 7th January 2008, 01:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joe Satriani

Hi! do you know a tool for linux able to convert files .sub (dvddecrypter under wine) to .srt ?

Thanks

Haven't done it myself but this seems like something you might want to research:

http://linuxappfinder.com/package/subtitleripper

Note that just in case you are eventually muxing your results into an mkv containers, that container will hold .idx/.sub streams just fine without having to go through conversion.

I have found the whole OCR'ing to be a huge pain in the neck.

Adub · 7th January 2008, 03:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by setarip_old

Hi!

I believe DVDSubEdit works under LINUX...

Do you mean with Wine? Because I can't find a linux version anywhere.

setarip_old · 7th January 2008, 06:47

Quote:

Do you mean with Wine?

You may be right...

I was likely thinking of "PGCEdit" (Don't ask what the logical link might be between the two)

Adub · 8th January 2008, 08:52

Ah, gotcha. Speaking of which, I can't believe I haven't installed PGCedit yet.

r0lZ · 8th January 2008, 12:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Merlin7777

Ah, gotcha. Speaking of which, I can't believe I haven't installed PGCedit yet.

Grave error!

But anyway, PgcEdit will not help you in this case.

And, yes, DVDSubEdit requires wine (as well as the PgcEdit preview.)

Adub · 9th January 2008, 08:27

Ha! good one!

Except, I am having trouble using the .bin I downloaded from your website. Is there a "how to" or something about using/setting up Pgcedit with linux?

Edit: Ah, my mistake, I see that there already is one. Ignore my insolence.

r0lZ · 9th January 2008, 10:08

Sorry, PgcEdit is not distributed as a standard package yet, and is not installed automatically. But if you manually set the executable bit (via its properties dialog or via command line), you should be able to launch it.

Adub · 9th January 2008, 19:26

Yeah, I read the installation instructions finally and got it working. Kind of to use though.

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nm Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 2,641	That conversion is not simple because the .sub files from DVD Decrypter are probably image-based subtitles while .srt is a text-based format. You need to use OCR to machine-read the .sub files and I haven't seen good Linux/UNIX tools for these kind of subtitle conversions. Avidemux seems to have some support for this, or you could run Windows-based tools in Wine. Or just convert the original subtitles to another image-based format (such as VobSub) that is supported in video players.

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