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Ispep
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 Posted: Tue, 1st Sep 2009 22:00 Post subject: Subtitles - syncing multiple .srt files |
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If I have two .SRT files, and two .avi's but the subtitles in the first .srt file crossover into the second .avi, how do I go about getting them synced?
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Tue, 1st Sep 2009 22:10 Post subject: |
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Use SubtitleWorkshop, it is pretty much the best tool. Rename them the same as the video files (with different extensions, of course), and open the first subtitles file. Cut the subtitles that go beyond the first video file and make sure the rest are in sync (using delay if needed to add or remove time). Then open the second subtitles file and pasta the subtitles cut from the first file. You will probably have to sync them, but it's really easy with the delay tool.
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Ispep
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| Posted: Wed, 2nd Sep 2009 01:09 Post subject: |
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Cheers. I did actually try that (very cool) program, but I wasn't sure how to go about it, and even following your instructions I couldn't get my head around the timing delays and stuff... but anyway, in all this I realised the subtitles I was trying to edit were not even for the directors cut version of the film I had so I sweated over nothing 
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Wed, 2nd Sep 2009 01:31 Post subject: |
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There are more advanced methods of editing, for instance, when subs are for versions of a video that has different FPS than the one you have; this is what the Input FPS and FPS at the left side are for. But yeah, if you have the wrong version, it wont do much help. 
But as a general recommendation, as a rule of thumb, always try to find SRT subtitles files, not SUB, much easier to work with them (time-stamps in SRT vs frame numbers in SUB). As for the delays, with SRT files you just give it how much delay exactly you want (positive or negative) and it's as easy as that. For SUB files, you will have to supply that data in frames, which is not convenient at all (you have to know the exact FPS of the video - how many frames per second - and calculate your delay based on that, but it's very inaccurate). You can force SW to treat SUB files with time-stamps but it still falls back to frame numbers behind the scenes, and is very inaccurate.
This is what I mean. SRT:
 Spoiler: | 1
00:00:01,820 --> 00:00:03,790
Line 1.
2
00:00:04,390 --> 00:00:06,580
Line 2.
3
00:00:06,670 --> 00:00:09,440
Line 3. |
versus SUB:
| Spoiler: | {1}{1}23.976
{44}{91}Line 1.
{105}{158}Line 2.
{160}{226}Line 3. |
This is why SRT files are a bit larger (a few KB, nothing drastic, of course).
Anyway, if you need help using SW or some other tool, don't hesitate to ring a bell. 
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