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Help with converting DVB subtitles to idx/vob subtitles

Talayero posted 2008 Jul 28 16:22

Hi, I usually record TV programs with my satellite card in TS format, and then I demuxed them with Projectx. By this way I get the DVB subtitles converted to SUP subtitles. But I haven't found a way to convert these SUP appropriately to idx/vob subtitles in order to use them with the Xvid file that I get after converting the TS/MPEG video. DVB subtitles have normally many colours, and the idx/vob that I get using the Subtitle Creator tools are simply unwatchable. Is there a way to convert the coloured (or not coloured, because I think the problem is not only the colour) DVB subtitles to a right format (idx/vob, I guess) that can be used with the Xvid format? Thank you in advance

Talayero posted 2008 Sep 12 07:07

Hi, I've been trying for days to get these subs watchables with an Xvid I made from the original mpeg-2 that was in the transport stream, but there's no way. I paste here a link to all the subs I ripped with ProjectX. There are three formats: sup, son and idx/vob. http://rapidshare.com/files/144608202/idx_son_sup.rar.html I only want to learn a way to compress my tv recordings, keeping all the streams, that's to say, including the DVB subtitles. But I'm about to give up. I would appreciate very much some help. Thank you in advance

manono posted 2008 Sep 12 08:40

: Error The file could not be found. Please check the download link.

Talayero posted 2008 Sep 12 08:46

Sorry. Now I have fixed the link.

jman98 posted 2008 Sep 12 09:40

Can you convert SUP to SRT? It's NOT required to have IDX/SUB format for Divx playback. In fact, in my experience SRT actually works more reliably with DVD players than IDX/SUB. It seems that it's very difficult to work with DVB subtitles. The forums at http://www.doom9.net could be a good place to ask this question if you can't get help here.

Talayero posted 2008 Sep 12 09:51

jman98 : Can you convert SUP to SRT? Thanks for answering. Yes I tried several programs trying to convert SUP to SRT, but it didn't work. The OCR couldn't recognize well the images. I already asked in doom9 forum, but, as you said, it seems it's very difficult to work with DVB subtitles. Let's wait to see if somebody finds a workaround or something that works fine.

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