June 10, 2006
Subtitled For The Thinking Impaired
Can anyone point me to a subtitling program that doesn't screw up my files? Subtitle Workshop and DivXLand need not apply. Something that actually works without deleting text or formatting or both would be nice.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at 10:57 PM | Comments (10) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
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It does seem that subtitiling programs are often rather buggy.
I use Sabbu (http://www.sabbu.com/) for first pass timing, and a text editor and VirtualDub for scene timing and fine tuning. I've heard good things about Aegisub (http://aegisub.cellosoft.com/), though its more oriented towards the typesetting aspects. Medusa might still be unmatched for syllable (karoke) timing, but it is REALLY buggy.
I use Sabbu (http://www.sabbu.com/) for first pass timing, and a text editor and VirtualDub for scene timing and fine tuning. I've heard good things about Aegisub (http://aegisub.cellosoft.com/), though its more oriented towards the typesetting aspects. Medusa might still be unmatched for syllable (karoke) timing, but it is REALLY buggy.
Posted by: kayle at June 11, 2006 11:47 AM (Qsm1J)
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Thanks!
I'm using WordPad and VirtualDub at the moment, which works fine, but is painfully slow.
I discovered that Subtitle Workshop has been eating entire lines of my scripts (I'm working with other people's translations, and I was wondering why they were missing some lines of dialog. Doh!) And both it and DivXLand eat the formatting commands in my SSA files. No, I don't want all my subtitles to be identically positioned and sized. Grr.
I'm using WordPad and VirtualDub at the moment, which works fine, but is painfully slow.
I discovered that Subtitle Workshop has been eating entire lines of my scripts (I'm working with other people's translations, and I was wondering why they were missing some lines of dialog. Doh!) And both it and DivXLand eat the formatting commands in my SSA files. No, I don't want all my subtitles to be identically positioned and sized. Grr.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 11, 2006 12:53 PM (O0soJ)
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Hmmm... If you want lines to be identically formatted and positioned, do it as a style, rather than putting formatting commands in every line.
Posted by: kayle at June 11, 2006 01:22 PM (Qsm1J)
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Oops, misread that... anyway, you should consider doing most of the line-level formatting in styles though.
Posted by: kayle at June 11, 2006 02:24 PM (Qsm1J)
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Yep, I did that.
The programs have shown a remarkable fondness for eating my styles. Which seems like a pretty goddam huge bug to me. Put the styles in, load the SSA file, boom, gone. The styles work perfectly when I run them through VirtualDub, but Subtitle Workshop and DivXLand just zap them.
Anyway, I've installed Sabbu and Aegisub, and I'll see how I go with those.
The programs have shown a remarkable fondness for eating my styles. Which seems like a pretty goddam huge bug to me. Put the styles in, load the SSA file, boom, gone. The styles work perfectly when I run them through VirtualDub, but Subtitle Workshop and DivXLand just zap them.
Anyway, I've installed Sabbu and Aegisub, and I'll see how I go with those.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 11, 2006 07:04 PM (O0soJ)
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Just tried Aegisub, and it respected my authoritay styles! Woot!
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 11, 2006 07:18 PM (O0soJ)
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