Posted by Netmask on 02/07/06 03:41

"SportySpice" <knicker21bocker@yahee.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 22:20:16 GMT, spam@uce.gov (Bob) wrote:
>
>>I have a 45 minute title that has subtitles, which show up when I play
>>the title on either my computer (WinDVD or WMP) or my DVDR. I convert
>>the full title with AutoGK, including subtitle support, and the
>>resulting AVI displays subtitles as expected.
>>
>>I use DVD Shrink to clip the title to a 5 minute size, with subtitles
>>preserved. That is, the clip displays subtitles just like the full
>>title. But when I convert the clip with AutoGK, the resulting AVI does
>>not display any subtitles.
>>
>>If I extend the length of the clip, there comes a point where the
>>resulting AVI does display subtitles but they are greatly out of sync.
>>IOW, the subtitle that should be started at the beginning of the clip
>>has been moved to a much later time in the clip.
>
> In what format are your subtitles? Standalone file in either .srt or
> .sup format, or embedded directly into the AVI? If directly embedded,
> you might get better results after extracting them with something like
> subripper, <http://www.divx-digest.com/software/subripper.html>. Worst
> case, you might at least be able to better manage their timing by
> using any text editor on the extracted subs.
>
> [snip]
>>And the worst part is that the author has threatened to make this his
>>last version, which means there are serious bugs remaining.
>
> Or it could mean the author thinks there are no serious bugs
> remaining? :)


No not at all - he has been slaving away at this AutoGK project for many
years and in the last couple of years he has received un-called for flack
and the like - so I guess he has finally said f*** the lot and moved on.

I use AutoGk with most gratitude to the author with subtitles with no
problems - I prepare titles for the hearing disabled.
The problem may be the source of subtitles, the format and in a few cases I
have had a program that was 25fps and the subs sourced from another place
turned out to be 29.97 fps so a conversion and some editing in SubTitle
Workshop was necessary. There are potentially many variables to deal with..

In your case I would double check your settings in DVD Shrink to make sure
you are in fact getting the subs.
Also in AutoGK use the preview facility to see if the subs are visable
before embarking on a fruitless processing episode.

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