I am using Aegisub to create English subtitles on a Japanese song. I intended to use VirtualDub to hardsub them, but VirtualDub is unable to open Advanced Substation Alpha (ASS) files - apparently it can only read Sub Station Alpha v2.x/4.x (SSA) scripts. Aegisub counts ASS and SSA as the same type when I try to export (I assume ASS is merely a newer version of SSA.) Is there any way to covert ASS to SSA? Or is there another program you can recommend that will hardsub using ASS?
Try Jubler or Subtitle Workshop, both should work to do the conversion. http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/subtitle_tools/jubler.cfm http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/subtitle_tools/subtitle_workshop.cfm