[MPlayer-users] Fw: Subtitles Positioning - NOVIRUS

[Pablo Morales]

Yes indeed, it seems to be the easy way "TEACH" the program, I spent an hour
with a movie,  I added the -v option to pgm2txt that shows the picture and
helps much more, and I reduced 99% of the mistakes..

Thanx.
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Subject: Re: [MPlayer-users] Fw: Subtitles Positioning - NOVIRUS


> I found it was faster for me to type in the subtitles by hand
> (I'm serious) than using pgm2text, since I still had to correct
> almost every line after using the latter.
>
> Then I discovered the Windows SubRip, which works much better
> and runs under Wine:
>
> http://zuggy.wz.cz/
>
> There is source, so supposedly someone could port it to Linux
> in the future or at least look at why it's so successful.
>
>
> --- Pablo Morales <pablo.morales at abitab.com.uy> wrote:
>
> > Well, at last I could extract some subtitles, after a couple of hour
paying
> > with srttools, pbm2text and so on, I extracted the some nice plain text
> > subtitles, fast and easy
> >
> > Whtat's not and easy task, its the when pgm2text come into play..  with
> > pgm2text -d movie, I have to "TEACH" the program
> > about the alphabet, this is A, this is Lowecase m, this is  slash /, and
I
> > was wandering if there is database around there.
> > I was able to figure it out most of them, but are some caracters that do
not
> > know what the hell they are.
> >
> > It's there a database out there or it's there an easier way?
> >
> > And what's most important, I could place the subtitles below the picture
> > movie, I mean , on the black region. :))
> >
> >
> > Thanx..
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "JiHO" <jo.irisson at noos.fr>
> > To: "MPlayer usage questions, features, bugreports"
> > <mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu>
> > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 1:39 PM
> > Subject: Re: [MPlayer-users] Fw: Subtitles Positioning - NOVIRUS
> >
> >
> > > Fabio Papa wrote:
> > > >>> Yesterday a saw a mail from a user in this list that posted an
image
> > > >>> showing the subtitles positioned at the bottom o the
> > > >>> screen/picture, I'd like to know how he did it.
> > > >>> I extracted the subtitles in MPSub format, I extrcted the two
files
> > .idx
> > > >> and
> > > >>> .sub I was playing with the -vobsub  and -subpos but cannot place
the
> > > >>> subtitles bellow of  the the picture. Someone told that -vf expand
> > does
> > > >> that
> > > >>> trick, I could not figure it out how to do that, sorry.
> > >
> > > > Take a look at -vf expand. There's also a clear example in the docs.
> > >
> > > it will be possible with vf expand indeed but only for srt or other
text
> > > based subtitle format. with .idx and .sub (image based subtitle
format)
> > > the position fixed and can't be changed with MPlayer's subtitles
> > > position shortcut. It could be placed in the black bands by expanding
> > > them a lot but then the font of the subtitle will be expanded too
which
> > > is not really good.
> > > your solution is to convert your .idx and .sub to srt and then to use
> > > -vf expand. there are somme tools for that. check subrip.c in the
TOOLS
> > > section of mplayer's code.
> > > --
> > > JiHO
> > > ---
> > >    Windows, c'est un peu comme le beaujolais nouveau :
> > > à chaque nouvelle cuvée on sait que ce sera dégueulasse,
> > >      mais on en prend quand même, par masochisme.
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