Posted by Bob on 02/07/06 14:40

On Mon, 6 Feb 2006 15:24:16 -0800, "Bill's News"
<BillsNews@pcmagic.net> wrote:

>Ah-hah! You want to simply make MPEG4-like clips of DVD segments with
>subtitles but AutoGK misbehaves when asked to do so.

Is it AutoGK or is it DVD Shrink?

Does anyone know of another VOB editor that preserves subtitles?
MPEG-2 editors strip subtitles and I do not want to fool with separate
subtitle editors.

>Seems like AGK is not the program for you then?

AGK promises to convert subtitles - I can find no restrictions in
terms of the input. The input itself shows subtitles, so I know they
are there. The AGK Log shows that subtitle processing has been done.
So why doesn't the AVI made from clip show subtitles? The full title
does.

>> And the worst part is that the author has threatened to make this
>> his last version, which means there are serious bugs remaining.

>Yes, I read this too. Fortunately, for the few DVD series which I
>have converted, I've used FlaskMPEG, Xvid, and SubRip so I had no
>problems.

I was able to get FlaskMPEG to work.

>But then, this is a two step process which lacks batch
>processing - albeit, a successful process toward the objective!

I want to avoid that sort of thing.

>More than one author, I would presume, has been pissed off with Divx's
>moving target software.

I like the results using XviD so I do not fool with DivX.

>Although I've not tried this, you may have inadvertently: VDub (either
>MPEG2 or Mod) will process VOBs and there is a Subtitle plug-in
>available. I fear tho, that this suite is what AGK invokes and your
>results will be no different.

AGK does indeed invoke VDubMod.

>I dislike macro processes simply because we learn nothing from them
>except that the job can be done. Give a man a macro and he'll do the
>same job ad infinitum.

The problem is inadequate tutorials that are usually outdated. It is
very difficult to learn how to use something when it is not explained
properly.

>Teach a man the underlying processes and he'll
>become a fish eater;-)

If you build a man a fire and he will be warm for a day. If you
set a man on fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life.


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