Announcing DVDSubEdit (new version 1.41 released 21 January 2007)

[blutach]

Many many thanks Jean!!

Regards

[sparpacillon]

replacing dvd menu sub highlights

hi, i searched over the forum but i don't understood if with dvdsubedit i can edit (replace) in any way the menusub highlights. tipically i have this in bmp format. There's something to replace the bmp without editing all?
there was a prog called dvd subtitler that works sadly only on win95 that did exactly this job.
any idea or suggestion?
thanks

[gonwk]

Hi Spar,

I just happen to search for the program that you mentioned (since I like to test and learn new programs) ... look at the link below ... if this is the one it says it works with all OS including XP

http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/showsoftware_dvd_subtitler_360.html

Also look at this URL and see if you see something to suit your needs ..

http://www.digital-digest.com/software/category-22.html

G!

[sparpacillon]

hi thanks for the answers..

if this is the one it says it works with all OS including XP

i saw that is written 'XP COMPATIBLE' but i cannot replace 1 subtitle menu!
the prog goes always in crash.(even putting windows 95 compatibility)

the second link you gave me are dvd subtitles editors, but subtitles menu are differents, the best thing would be export the subtitle (the highlight menu) into the bmp format, editing it and putting it again into the vob.

dvd subtitler 0.01 does exactly this job (in windows 95). make me know if there's any other way.

sorry for my poor english

[jeanl]

Version 1.4 of DVDSubEdit is now available here...

The main new feature is the ability to quickly edit the bitmap with an external tool and re-import it into the subpicture.

This is the change log since version 1.38.

• New export/import bitmap function: You can save the current subpic as a bitmap, (either 4-bit, or 24-bit). The subpic is saved ignoring transparencies, using the current CLUT.
  The bitmap size is the size of the video, and the subpic bitmap is placed as it would appear on a video display.
  You can also import a bitmap into the current subpic. This will only work if there's enough room in the subpic packs to accomodate the encoded bitmap.
  There is also a shortcut that saves the current subpic as a bitmap, opens your favorite bitmap editing tool, lets you edit it, then re-import it back into the subpic.
  These functions make it possible to apply small changes to a subtitle, add things here and there, without the need to demux/remux the entire VOB files.
  This is a HUGE time saver.
  Be sure to read the doc (which has been updated) for details on this powerful new function.
• Changed the CLUT selection to a drop down with only 2 choices: The normal IFO CLUT, or the automatic CLUT (which attribute colors based on which pixel is used for text, background, outine and antialias). The old "Auto CLUT" wasn't useful at all.
• Clicking on a pixel type (such as "b" "p" "e1" or "e2") in the CLUT area temporarily shows that pixel with full opacity, hiding all other pixel types. This is very convenient to quickly see what pixel is used for the body of characters, for the background, etc.
• Added a slider to visualize any I-Frame within the duration of the subpic.
• Added a "Add Fade-in" function to add a fade to a subtitle. The fade-in lasts 1/8 of the total duration of the subtitle, and reaches the transparencies used in the original.
• Added a "Remove Fade-in" function to remove fade-ins.
• Added option in the preferences for the x-y crop borders.
• Added option in preferences to control how much larger the background rectangle is relative to the size of the subpic itself, when the "Crop Background" command is used.
• Added option in ini file to force vertical moves by even numbers of pixels. This is only useful for certain buggy players.
• Added rudimentary command line support: DVDSubEdit.exe FileName.VOB opens the single file FileName. Add -F to open the full domain.
• Added right-click context menu to command display area to save the subpic info for all selected subpics as a text file. This will allow complex searches in a text editor if desired.
• The zoom window can now show the subpic at a 1x or 2x magnification factor.
• The "apply to all" data is no longer reset after performing an "apply to all" operation. This will allow you to apply a set of modifications to all subpics in one stream, then again in another stream etc.
• If you attempt to change the duration of a subpic that has an infinite duration (no STP_DSP - stop display - command), DVDSubEdit offers to add a STP_DSP command for you (which will enable you to adjust the duration).
• Added display of subpic number in its own stream (as opposed to in all streams).
• The goto function works as before if "All Streams" is selected. But if a particular stream is selected, it will go to subpic N in this stream.
• When changing the color index in a CLUT for a pixel type and applying to all, the change is now applied to all selected subpics, regardless of whether they use the same CLUT or not.
• Now using a better Y Cr Cb -> RGB mapping function, which yields a true white when Y=255 (Cr=Cb=0). Thanks r0lZ!
• Made the app return 0 upon exit, which gets rid of the warning you get if used as a tool in PGCEdit.
  
• In the hearing impaired removal code, any trailing space after "Man: " is now removed.
• As well, times such as "8:30 pm" are no longer removed.
• And text in all caps left of a colum as in "RADIO ANNOUNCER: " is also removed.
  
• The value displayed by the transparency slider when "all pixels" is selected now reflects the average of all *used* pixels (excluding the background).
• Fixed a transparency problem in the display (fully opaque subpics were not displayed as completely opaque)
• Fixed a problem with the duration slider that could occur if the PTS of the next subpic was smaller than the current one!
• The delay value in the DCSQT are now computed the right way (they point to a frame).
• When importing bitmaps, the commands are moved as far down as possible, and the data as far up as possible to make more room for the imported bitmap.
• When adding a fade-in, the data is moved up to allow moving the commands up too (to make room for the fade).

Enjoy, and let me know if you encounter any problem with this version.
Jeanl

[blutach]

Brilliant work Jean. Thank you!

Regards

[mattstan]

Hi Jean,

I don't know if you remember me, we corresponded about DVDSubEdit back around version 1.0 (and slightly before and after), I helped you test the 'horizontal positioning' feature and the 're-apply changes to all subpics' feature.

I just wanted to say that every month or two I run into a problem with DVD subtitles of some kind, and DVDSubEdit always allows me to fix it. It is an excellent piece of software and an invaluable tool. Many, many, thanks for all your work on it.

Regards, etc..

[gonwk]

Hi Jeanl,

You are the BEST!

THANKS A BUNCH!

G!

[jeanl]

Version 1.41 of DVDSubEdit is now available here...

There are two very important bug fixes. Other than that, I added a "Most Recently Used" list (in the open menu) and started adding support for colorscheme. This isn't completely done but I want to release the bug fixes now.


This is the change log since version 1.40.

• Fixed a serious bug that was introduced in version 1.40, which could cause errors in the saved subpic data if field 1 was encoded before field 0. Thanks r0lZ for finding the bug and providing the example!
• Fixed another serious bug that was introduced in version 1.40, which could also cause errors in the saved subpics! Thanks Comers for the help!
• Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when a sup file was dragged and dropped on the app.
• Fixed a bug that could cause a given VCID to appear multiple times in the VCID selection, when angles are present.
• Fixed the bad display of the button outlines in pan&scan and LB mode.
• Fixed a problem when editing bitmaps with SUP files, which could cause crashes.
  
• Added support for "Most Recently Used (MRU) files". The file menu now lets you quickly reload the last files you've previously loaded. A fast reload enables all normal functions, except for the retiming functions which require the files to be scanned from scratch.
• Implemented colorscheme display for menus. When displaying menu highlights, you can visualize the selected and activated states for each individual button. For now, use Ctrl-Q to toggle between selected and activated, and Ctrl-N / Ctrl-P to go to the next/previous button.
• During the in-place bitmap editing, if two pixels have the same color in the currently used CLUT, a message is issued, and CLUT changed to automatic. This is essential to ensure proper exporting/importing of subpic bitmaps.
• Command line support: passing a list of files now opens them all. This means you can now drag/drop a bunch of files on the app icon.
• Also added -A input command argument to let DVDSubEdit open the largest VTS (usually the movie). You can also pass video_ts.ifo (it has the same effect).
  
• Added a line 1/* in the VCID selector to select all vob cells with a given VOBID and any CELLID.
  
• Improved the error handling in the function to retime subpics.
• Subpics with bad commands are now better identified, and subsequently ignored (to avoid crashes).

Enjoy... and thanks for the kudos in the previous posts!
Jean

[jeanl]

Version 1.5 of DVDSubEdit is now available here...


There's an important bug fix having to do with moving subs by odd numbers of pixels, but the most important improvement is the preview with audio.

This is the change log since version 1.41.

• Added support for real-time playback of video with audio and subtitles. There are two new buttons that can be used to play the video while displaying the subpictures. One plays the video normally, the other one loops around the current subpic. There is a drop down in the preferences for the frame-per-second adjustment, in case your machine is running out of cycles when playing video (which is possible because DVDSubEdit does not use the overlay buffer, and therefore consumes more cycle than a normal video playback engine).
• Added support for VOB files larger than 1GB.
• Added an option to only select subpics that are fully transparent.
• Changed the behavior of the "Hide" button. Instead of making all pixels transparent, it assigns all pixels to "background".
• Added better handling of non MPEG2 video (the video isn't displayed, which avoids crashing!).
• Added an ini option (AutoForceDisplayVideo) to not automatically display the video when opening VOBs etc.
• Finally fixed the problem of vertical moves by odd numbers of lines, by swapping the top and bottom fields when the top field ends up below the bottom field after a move. This should fix the problems with media player classic and other players.
• Fixed a display problem that occurred when loading sup files with IFOs.
• Fixed a bug that occurred in the OCR when subtitles were present at the top and at the bottom of the display, and one attempted to erase some characters at the bottom.
• Fixed the wrong display of the number of MB scanned during the scanning of a VOB file.
• Removed the "Not enough room for padding block" error (changed to a warning in the log since it's not crucial anyway).
• When reloading from the MRU, the list of subpics is now updated as the reloading takes place.
• Added better reporting of errors found in the subpic streams.
• If the user aborts while a vob file is being analyzed, the vob is no longer put in the MRU.
• Fixed a (very old) bug that could cause a subpic that had been moved down to cause a UI spillover when the background video wasn't displayed.
• Fixed a problem that could occur when no CLUT was found (no IFO file for example).
• Fixed cosmetic problems related to showing or hiding the background video.
• Modified the way the subpic info is saved and loaded (for fast reloading of previously scanned DVDs). This simplifies the code and the file. As a result, the first time you run this version, none of your recently-used files will be available for fast-reload.
• Fixed a bug in the "Save as sup file" function that prevented a new sup file from being created.
• Added code to deal with a padding stream smack in the middle of our subpic data, as seen in DVDs created by ConvertXtoDVD.
• Fixed a problem in the timecode display. The value didn't correspond to the time shown in a player if the PTS of the first VOBU wasn't close to 0.

Enjoy...
Jean

[gonwk]

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Hi Jeanl,

You have been busy ... New Version ... Yohoo ...

Hope Life is Treating You Well!

THANKS A BUNCH!

G!

[blutach]

Thanks Jean for all your work. The preview is just fantastic.

Regards

[bpsherwo]

Burn Forced Subtitles into VOB or MPEG or ____

Can DVDSubEdit be used to "burn" the Forced Subtitles into the movie itself? I'm using a Windows Media Center Extender (Linksys DMA2100) with My Movies and Transcode 360. I have no way to watch Movies with Forced Subtitles (like Dances With Wolves) with the subtitles appearing. When an indian language is being spoken, the Media Center Extender (and/or Transcode 360) totally ignore them so I don't know what's being said. When I watch the VOB file I created with DVD Shrink on Windows, the Forced Subtitles are available. But when the Extender is being used, the Forced Subtitles are not available. So I think I need to "Burn" the Forced Subtitles into the VOB or MPEG file. Can DVDSubEdit help me with that? If not, does anyone know a reasonable way to accomplish my goals?
Thanks,
Brad

[blutach]

Can DVDSubEdit be used to "burn" the Forced Subtitles into the movie itself?

No.

I'm using a Windows Media Center Extender

Is there no other software that you can use to watch the movies?

Regards

[r0lZ]

To burn the subtitles in the movie itself, you need to re-encode it, and add a filter such as VobSub to hard-code the subpics. If you want to keep the VOB files in DVD-Video format, I suppose you can use DVD Rebuilder Pro, and insert the filter in its Filter Editor (in the Options tab.) You will need to learn how to add Avisynth filters in DRP.

If creating an AVI is sufficient, you can use VirtualDub with VobSub.