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 | [SRT]
is the extension used by SubRipper that can contain subtitle information in
either TEXT or a list of BITMAPS |
| [SUP]
is the extension used by IFOEdit (0.95 and above) in it’s DVD AUTHOR
feature |
| [S2S]
is the native format of the application |
SRT2SUP
allows you to take SRT files (or start from scratch) and create a SUP file for
adding/changing subtitles on a DVD. This will not be of interest to you unless
you have a DVD burner or keep DVD images on your hard drive. If you want to
create subtitles for DivX movies or SVCDs there are lots of other applications
to do that. You could use this program to create foreign subtitles for movies
that do not have them. As long as you have a True Type Font that represents your
language it should be OK!
This is a
nice tidy program that uses and INI file not adding lots of crap to your
registry. The only thing that goes in the registry is a file association. It
only puts files in the install directory not all over the place.
Why did I bother?
I wrote
the application to allow me to correct subtitles on DVD movies that I own and to
add subtitles to DVDs that I have created. This is an alpha release and not
extensively tested, but it works because I have used it with success!
I
acknowledge the usefulness in the following programs that allowed me to create
this application:
IFOEdit
V0.95
VobEdit
V0.51
SmartRipper
V2.41
SubRipper
V0.97b
Borland
C++ Builder V4 & V6
SUB2SUP
????
VobSub
V2.23
Nero
& Nero ImageDrive
InterVideo
WinDVD
A big
thanks to Peter McRice and Mike WDF for all their feedback, alpha
testing, ideas and comments – You have helped to shape the application into
what it is now!
Top Tips!
| Did
you know that if you want to keep different profiles for processing your SRT
files you can save an Empty/New S2S file. This will contain all of the
global settings, but not any subtitles. To uses just open your profile S2S
file, open your SRT file and then use SaveAs (so an not to overwrite your
profile) to save your new S2S file! |
Revision History
a1.00 XX/XX/XXXX
| I
was just playing and learning about the SUP file format of which there is NO
information available. |
a2.00
18/03/2003
| My
first release to the world at large. I am sorry I don’t know why the save
SUP file does not work when it was distributed it does not seem to popup the
SAVE dialog box! |
a3.03
24/04/2003
| Fixed
MAJOR, I’ll say that again MAJOR flaw in my save S2S code. The save format
I used is limited to 32k (useful NOT!). So now I am using a freeware Chilkat
XML component to save them as XML(S2S) files!. There is an open old format
so you can convert any a2.00 format files you may have! |
| Add
[NEW] function in S2S file menu, |
| Added
global setting [Use RLL] and RLL encoding for subtitles (smaller files) |
| Fixed
bug where screen format was not saved in S2S file |
| Stopped
the screen from being re-sized and maximized |
| Added
a positioning popup so you don’t need a big display (still need a
1024x768) |
| Converted
to be built with C++ Builder V6 (the previous version was built with V4) |
| Added
a position counter (to replace <<< prev & next >>>)
and subtitle counter |
| Added
save SRT (filtered for:) to TEXT or Bitmaps you can also render all of your
project (including the text subtitles) as bitmaps and a new SRT file |
| Added
append of SRT text and bitmap files (just in case you chopped them up) |
| Fixed
bug where background bitmap was not saved in INI file or global section of
S2S file (totally forgot about this!) |
| Added
tools to find text in a subtitle and order subtitles by TimeOn. |
| Added
the ability to change 2 line text justification (left, center, right)
globally or on a subtitle by subtitle basis |
| Added
a spin control to move subtitles up and down in the list |
| Added
a status bar for information on each file and toolbar for commonly used
commands |
| Added
a Save as well as a SaveAs for S2S files |
a3.04
25/04/2003
| Now
accepts SRT files without extended position data and badly terminated SRT
files (ie no blank lines at the end) |
a3.05
25/04/2003
| Completely
rewrote the SRT parser code. This now seems to handle all of the SRT files I
have been sent. |
a3.06
30/04/03
| Interim
release to alpha testers |
a3.07
02/05/03
| Added
the ability to display more than two lines |
| Fixed
a bug where the XML inserts solo LFs into long subtitles |
| Added
a track bar to quickly move to a subtitle |
| Added
a record position spinner to the position dialog to move through subtitles |
| Added
the ability to set the target area for subtitles |
| Added
the ability to manually or automatically wrap subtitles (using as an end
marker CRLF or a target area width) |
| Better
subtitle layout using [top, middle, bottom] and [left, center, right]
positioning |
a3.08
05/05/03
| Added
a play function on the layout/position screen |
| Added
a tool to check for time overlapping subtitles – the time-on or time-off
counter also turns red |
a4.00
06/05/03
| Added
a tool to check for subtitles that are off the screen – the subtitle
position counter also turns red |
| Now
included the ability to import SUP files back into to a list of bitmaps –
This will require some human adjustments particularly with the colours to
get a viable subtitle file. |
| Changed
layout of subtitle position window to better cope with 1024x768 screens |
| You
can change the global settings from the subtitle position window |
a4.01
09/05/03
| Added
some cosmetic features [edit subtitle from layout], [double click on log for
a scrollable view], [a tool to copy global settings to a subtitle private
settings]. |
a4.02
12/05/03
| Added
a tool to apply global settings, some settings and adjust times across all
subtitles. |
| Open
or append of SRT file allows you to adjust the import times |
A4.03
01/09/03
| Removed
colour mapping settings in favour of giving the information that should be
put into the IFO file with IFOEdit. |
| Added
the 4th colour as an AntiAlias border of 2 pixels around the
text. If you don’t like this feature just set the AntiAlias colour to be
transparent. This will not change how it looks in Srt2Sup, but it will be
transparent on the DVD. |
Known Bugs
·
There is a 10K
per subtitle memory leak when loading a S2S file. This may be in the Chilkat XML
library? – Work around is not to keep loading a file except from application
start (saving of files seems to be OK!) and close the application down
periodically. I would not have releases the program until I fixed this problem,
however the requests for updates have been too many not to put out an interim
release!
·
Please note you
will need to uninstall a2.00 from the control panel before installing this
release. This is not a bug, it is just that a2.00 was built with Borland C++
builder V4 and this version is built with V6.
To Come
Due
to a major failure of my hard drive and my backup hard drive at the same time I
have lost the sources for this project. So there will be no further development
until I have the time to recreate the application.
I
am sorry!
So what do I do?
This is
not going to be a guide on ripping DVD’s or subtitles for that matter, but I
will give you step by step instructions for changing the subtitles on a DVD that
you own. I am expecting you to have experience on using the tools detailed
below. If not there are many good guides available on the web as these are all
well-known tools.
1.
Rip the DVD onto the hard drive using SmartRipper, Use stream process and
save to a separate file. Don’t bother with subtitles. You should end up with a
M2V file and say an AC3 file!
2.
Rip the subtitles you want with SubRip. Use the SRT file format and save
as text not bitmaps and make sure you have the extended format with positional
information box checked.
3.
Run SRT2SUP and open the SRT file you just created. You should not need
to play with colours etc. However you may want to change the default font using
the [Settings][Global] menu option
4.
Give the project a title and save it as a S2S file
5.
You can change the look of a single subtitle by unchecking the [Use
global settings] checkbox and changing the settings in the tabbed box above.
This will NOT change the colours used to create that subtitle, these are held in
the global settings.
6.
To edit text or select a different bitmap double click on the subtitle
text/filename in the list. CRLF can be added by using CTRL and Enter.
7.
Amend times, add new subtitles mix bitmaps and text if you really want to
8.
Make sure any subtitles you want exported are checked in the list. For
all click on [ALL].
9.
Save the S2S file after any modifications
10.
Save the SUP file. This may take a while as the text has to rendered and
converted into graphics for the DVD. At the end of the SUP file creation you
will be given the colour settings you will need to enter into the IFO file using
IFOEdit.
11.
Run IFOEdit and use the DVD Author feature. For picture use the M2V file,
for sound use the AC3 file for subtitles use the SUP file. You can add the
chapters if you saved them previously
12.
When the DVD is created close IFOEdit and run it again. Open the IFO you
have just created (you may need to GetVTS Sectors and then open the IFO file yet
again) and the subtitle colours should all be zeros. Set-up the four colours
using the information you were given by Srt2Sup and SAVE THE FILE!!!
13.
You now have a set of IFO and VOB files that you can burn onto a DVD!
Be warned that most DVD/VOB players do not show timings that match what is in the SRT file. I use Intervideo’s WinDVD and the timings seem to match. PowerDVD and MediaPlayer do not match! You could let me know if you have found a VOB/DVD player that has a matching time sync.
I have
spent a lot of my time creating this application and I hope you find it useful?
It is freeware and you should not have been charged for it. I make no warranties
of any kind express or implied or any statement on it’s fitness for purpose.
You can
contact me on srt2sup@yahoo.co.uk with
bug reports and feature requests. I will not answer “how to” questions or
“where can I get” questions. I hope you understand! If you are going to
contact me please tell me the version you are using, if you are PAL or NTSC and
send me your (S2S and/or SUP and/or SRT) files if they would be useful!
Thanks
for the feedback I have received so far!
Regards
Copyright
(c)2003. All Rights Reserved
Downloads are offline at the moment I don't have the time or the funds to fix this - Please donate!
I have been told about a nifty little application that is great for syncing subtitles. If you have a DirectShow MPEG2 filter you can even work directly on a VOB file and it creates SRT files ready for Srt2Sup. Get it at:
http://www.tomzavodny.cz/program/subtool/
If you want a good guide on creating subtitles with Srt2Sup then follow these links:
Forum Guides:
http://www.dvdrhelp.com/guides?tools=288
English
http://www.polarhome.com:793/~afonic/subdvd.htm
http://www.geocities.com/erik_vullings/
Dutch???
http://www.adriepols.nl/tutorials/ondertitelingdvd.htm
Polish???
http://www.yansat.page.pl/stare/prasa-tvsat-062003.html
Hungarian???
http://teardrops.hu/dvd-guides/dvd-sub/
Danish???
This page was last updated on 01-Jun-2004.
