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how to detect subtitle overlaps

Ankin posted 2008 Jul 27 05:13

Hey. I was wondering, is there any way to detect subtitle overlaps is SRT files (cause I can't seem to find such a tool in Subtitle Workshop) or at least a way to fix them automaticly? Well, simply detecting would be much better. Thanks.

Nelson37 posted 2008 Jul 27 06:44

Sub Wizard, I think it is, or Subtitle Magic. Workshop also SFAIK has a tool to fix these. One thing to be aware of in checking audio synch with these, do NOT rely on FF or RW, you must let the video play normally. Alternately, author a DVD onto the HD and play the VOB files, this "locks in" the subtitle synch and you can FF to the end and check synch all the way through. Many, many hours of testing have lead me to this conclusion.

AlanHK posted 2008 Jul 27 07:19

Subtitle Workshop Tools/Information and errors will find overlaps That's in version 2.51 anyway. There is an option to automatically fix these, but take care. The help file explains a lot of useful options not obvious from the interface. There are lots of time adjustment options (eg, you can shorten all subs by a small amount, or automatically set the duration).

Ankin posted 2008 Jul 27 08:55

Ok, that's great, thank you guys! Subtitle Workshop doesn't work right though: it still sees zero overlaps as errors and the time reducer's also kinda bugging on some lines. SubMagic is just what I needed, thanks a lot!

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