----- Original Message ----- From: Petri Helin <phelin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Saturday, July 14, 2007 1:52 pm Subject: Re: Burning DVB (non-Teletext) subtitles to the video prior to editing and transcoding > Samuli Seppänen wrote: > > I did not find anything definite about this subject from LinuxTV > wiki, mailing list archives or google, so here it comes. Please > point me to a previous thread if there is one - I did check the > mailinglist archives for the last 12 months or so. > > > > Ok, so I'm using VDR as the software for my dedicated VDR box - > see http://users.utu.fi/sjsepp/gentoo_vdr/gentoo_vdr.html for more > information. There are some recordings that I like to archive. The > process which I use currently is like this: > > > > 1. Fix / demultiplex the recordings with ProjectX > > 2. Multiplex the recordings with mplex > > 3. Edit and transcode the videos (to xvid) with Avidemux > > > > Now this works just fine for those recordings that don't have > separate subtitles. Here in Finland we do have separate subtitles > on some channels. The subtitles are not s.c. teletext subtitles, > but "normal" dvb subtitles. VDR can record these just fine and > ProjectX can extract them as well. The files ProjectX creates for > the subtitles are .sup and .sup.IFO. I tried selecting the > subtitle export format in ProjectX, but it did not seem to have any > effect - I guess it's only valid for teletext subtitles. The DVB > subtitles don't seem to be that well supported, so I can't edit the > recordings at all unless I want to break the timings in the > subtitle files. > > > > So I was thinking of a couple of approaches: > > > > - Convert the subtitles to some other (bitmap) format (dvd > subtitles, for example) which is better supported and which the > editing software (avidemux) can understand > > - Converting the subtitles as above plus streaming them IN the > video stream with vlc (I guess this is possible?) > > - Burning the subtitles into the video stream prior to editing > and transcoding with avidemux - this is what I'd prefer > > > > Could someone point me to the right direction - I don't really > care how to get to my goal, as long as I get there. > > > > All guides I've found make use of Windows programs, which do work > in Wine at least to a degree. I'd rather do this 100% natively in > Linux, as I haven't got any Windows boxes around. > > > > Best regards to all, > > > > Samuli Seppänen > > > > > What you could do is take a recent enough ProjectX cvs which has > support > for exporting dvb-subtitles in Vobsub format. Then just demux the > video, audio and subtitles with projectx, encode video and audio > with > your preferred method and combine video, audio and subtitles in to > a > Matroska envelope. > > To get the right subtitles in right format, ensure that your > ProjectX.ini file contains these definitions (PageId=1 makes sure > you > select the finnish subtitles in case there are more than one > subtitle > stream present): > > SubtitlePanel.PageId.Value=1 > SubtitlePanel.SubpictureColorModel=YLE > SubtitlePanel.SubtitleExportFormat=SUP > SubtitlePanel.exportAsVobSub=1 > > > And, since you speak finnish, I'd point you to www.linuxtv.fi, > which > contains relevant information in finnish (e.g. > http://www.linuxtv.fi/viewtopic.php?t=2283) > > -Petri Thanks a lot, Petri, I'll try ProjectX CVS + Matroska to see what happens. Samuli _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
