I am trying to hardcode subs on to a movie and I was following the guide that is used here on afterdawn using virtual dub and the srt to ssa converter. The first problem I encountered was on the srt convertion for some reason it gives me the following message :input file error,subtitle #1however it then says job finished. i went ahead and converted it but i get nothing also i dont see the other formats in the guide here is a link to the guide im following if someone could maybe give me an update or another way to go i would apreciate it thank you.: http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/adding_subs_to_avi.cfm
'Subtitle #1' is the first sub. The numeral 1 followed by the time then the dialog. If a numeral is missing it will give an error - and a blank output file. Here's a link to a good .srt clip. http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=7d86f63c5ce62da2c79b87b207592a1c97ea0f69a0e1a1375621d66e282a0ee8 1 00:00:02,500 --> 00:00:05,617 Stitch-up. It was a stitch-up. 2 00:00:06,700 --> 00:00:10,090 They filmed hours of material 3 00:00:10,260 --> 00:00:14,697 and most of it is a good bloke doing a good job of work,
I tried another movie and its working perfectly i think it was a bad srt file im going to look for another one. But I do have another concern if you look at the guide it tells you to look under video to select the compression I did not see those options on the virtualdub that I have so I guess my question is does that vary by movie or am i missing a plugin. Here is the build of virtualdub that im using 1.8.8
Under 'Video' > 'Compression' should be a list of compatible codecs that are installed on your PC. You should select the same codec that was used on the source file. (click 'File' > 'File Information') In this case, the DivX codec was used - so select the 'DivX' codec under 'Video' > 'Compression'. Free version DivX: http://www.divx.com/en/products/software/windows/divx Always free XviD: http://www.xvid.org/
Ok heres another problem i ran into is there something i can do on virtuadub to sync the subs tried that ess but youd have to watcht the whole movie for that and i aint got that kinda time if anyones got a sugestion it would be much apreciated.
It takes an effort - there's not really any shortcuts. General method is to check the timing at the beginning, check it at the end, and adjust accordingly, using something like Vobsub Subresync.
