I need to put three different subtitles in three different locations on a single movie. Example 1: regular English in one field, Directors commentary in another, and a second persons comments at different points of the movie. (for close-captioning) Example 2: French, Japanese, Korean Subtitles, all shown simultaneously (for mixed audiences) Example 3: English, Thai characters, and Phonetic Thai Romanization (for pronunciation purposes/ language study) Example 4: multiple people commenting on the movie, with their name before each comment, but with a need to list 3 or more voices at a given time --- I would prefer it if each stream was selectable/ optional, but i don't mind having permanent subtitles, that would be great too i thought about making a flash movie with optional text layers. and I could also do it in After Effects or Premier, but I feel that would be too time consuming. I would much prefer to simply extract the subtitles, then simply add them to an assembler In my mind, I am imagining a program that has the ability to maybe convert DVD to MP4, and prior to conversion, you can select the subtitles. Example: Step 1: Import DVD movie file into the program Step 2: create a Subtitle box, import one of the selected subtitle streams to occupy the box in the location you drag the box to Step 3: simply create another subtitle box in a different location on the screen, and select another subtitle stream to fill its space, Step 4: repeat that as many times as you like, until there's no more space left on the screen if u wish Step 5: Render the new movie, subtitles all in place Does anyone know of something that can do something similar to that? or any work around to get 3 streams on the screen at the same time? I would even settle for 2 as a last resort... thanks to all for any helpful info
AFAIK, DVD movies only allow one (switchable) subtitle stream at a time. You can have multiple permanent subtitles on AVI files. http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/756900
You can also go with 1 or two permanent subtitles and 1 switchable, if that would make a difference for your needs.
thanks a lot, that seems to be just what i was looking for.. i wonder why i didn't find that while i was google searching.. sometimes i feel google results are customized to their profile of you, as well as their desire to stick their ads, which they feel match your profile, in your face or not... who really knows, right.. anyhow thanks for that quick reply.. it really saved me a lot of time
