Any recommendation for syncing subtitles?

[dion09529]

There's a bunch of softwares, but what you're using?

[joneson]

What software do you need?

[Gribley]

There's a bunch of softwares, but what you're using?

Damn you start a question thread by asking a 2nd question in the body. What are you after, doing hard coded subs? Unless you have a really shit SRT file then it should already be in-sync.

Always Vdub(2) anyway

[anon]

I used VisualSubSync once. It worked All I did was push all lines two seconds forward since the subtitles were for a different encode of the movie, but it can do more advanced stuff too.

[dion09529]

There's a bunch of softwares, but what you're using?

Damn you start a question thread by asking a 2nd question in the body. What are you after, doing hard coded subs? Unless you have a really shit SRT file then it should already be in-sync.

Always Vdub(2) anyway

Here'a 3rd question in the body: What is a peppergrinder?

What software do you need?

I used VisualSubSync once. It worked All I did was push all lines two seconds forward since the subtitles were for a different encode of the movie, but it can do more advanced stuff too.

I need something that can match subtitle frame rate to video rate. For that I'll test the above recommended softwares.
Thank you!

[gerinhocaixa]

I use Subtitle Edit. Open the subtitle and "point sync to another subtitle", then select the video file to point sync with whatever embedded subs there are. If they are .vob then I extract them and "import vob by ocr" or whatever. I don't bother with dictionary or accuracy, just so long as I get an .srt in the end, so again, I can "point sync" to that. You can also extract the subtitles prior to doing that stuff via gmkvextract.

Both of these are Windows programs, but I could never find anything that does the same "point syncing" for mac or linux, nor could I find anything to make a vob into a sub other than SE, so I have to use Wine/Crossover/etc.

If I can't do it by point sync, I don't bother, I won't sync by the video these days when I can do that. Besides if you have to sync by the video don't you have to see the ending or something?

I would be very happy indeed to find software that "point syncs" and is multiplatform. By that, I mean, you sync the first line to the first line of the synced (but in another language) subtitle, then the last and apply so it interpolates.

[anon]

I would be very happy indeed to find software that "point syncs" and is multiplatform. By that, I mean, you sync the first line to the first line of the synced (but in another language) subtitle, then the last and apply so it interpolates.

Have you tried Aegisub? I don't know if it can actually do this, but it's a fairly advanced program so I'd be surprised if it couldn't.

[gerinhocaixa]

I have... So far I use Aegisub only for offsetting subtitles entirely, as it takes much less long to load than Subtitle Edit (which is inside a wineskin along with .net and a whole bunch of stuff), but it can't do that. And apparently, it also can't set first and last subtitles and interpolate from that, like Subtitle Workshop (another one from windows).

Haven't had luck with Jubler either. I have gotten used to waiting a bit to load the whole wineskin bundle to fire up Subtitle Edit. Apparently, the Mac is kind of poor in subtitle editors.

I might give Aegisub another try some other day, but if these features are there, they are quite well hidden.

[niplips]

I used VisualSubSync once. It worked All I did was push all lines two seconds forward since the subtitles were for a different encode of the movie, but it can do more advanced stuff too.

thanks. I'll give it a try.

[shaina]

I would be very happy indeed to find software that "point syncs" and is multiplatform. By that, I mean, you sync the first line to the first line of the synced (but in another language) subtitle, then the last and apply so it interpolates.

Have you tried Aegisub? I don't know if it can actually do this, but it's a fairly advanced program so I'd be surprised if it couldn't.

Since most of the things i download are in "MKV" format i use "MKVToolNIX", it is easy and basically3 clicks and it is done. And i didn't read back if someone suggested this program or not but it is good both to add and to remove subs if you want......