questions about srt files

[greedy_lars]

im new to srt files, and now have questions.

a. is a particular srt file made for a particular avi or mpg? are they perfect matched pairs, or can one from a differant rip work?

also,

b. what if you get flix that need translation, but no srt, is their a way to search for them? i tried google but what a forking mess, mostly explanations of what they are.

thanks

[JackSpratts]

you can always learn french.

- js.

[TankGirl]

Originally Posted by greedy_lars

im new to srt files, and now have questions.

a. is a particular srt file made for a particular avi or mpg? are they perfect matched pairs, or can one from a differant rip work?

The format is plain ASCII text, and it is time-bound in a very straightforward fashion as this sample demonstrates:


1
00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:45,480
THREE COLOURS
BLUE

2
00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:03,640
Come on, Anne.

3
00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:07,640
Get in.

4
00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:59,680
Are you able to talk?

5
00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:07,680
During the...Were you conscious?

6
00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:16,560
I'm sorry to have to inform you...
Do you know?

7
00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:21,680
Your husband died in the accident.

8
00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:34,600
But you weren't conscious
all that time.

9
00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:37,720
Anne?

10
00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:42,720
Yes, your daughter too.


So as long as you have different rips from the same cut/edition of the movie with roughly same play lengths you can use the same SRT file for all of them.

Originally Posted by lars

b. what if you get flix that need translation, but no srt, is their a way to search for them? i tried google but what a forking mess, mostly explanations of what they are.

eMule is a good network to find SRT files.

- tg

[greedy_lars]

lol jack, and thanks tg

[miss_silver]

Can't even play sub or srt files over here got a few that comes with movies.

[TankGirl]

Originally Posted by miss_silver

Can't even play sub or srt files over here got a few that comes with movies.

Install Defilerpak if you haven't (to have all the appropriate codecs). Then make sure you have the SRT file named precisely as the video file, e.g. This_great_movie.DVDrip.xvid.avi + This_great_movie.DVDrip.xvid.srt

- tg

[miss_silver]

Originally Posted by TankGirl

Install Defilerpak if you haven't (to have all the appropriate codecs). Then make sure you have the SRT file named precisely as the video file, e.g. This_great_movie.DVDrip.xvid.avi + This_great_movie.DVDrip.xvid.srt

- tg

Thank you so very much tg will it work with .sub and ..idx files?

[TankGirl]

Originally Posted by miss_silver

Thank you so very much tg will it work with .sub and ..idx files?

I think .SUB support is included in Defilerpak, at least .SUBs play ok in my computer and I don't remember installing anything separate for them.

Here are some extra instructions regarding .SUBs (you can probably skip downloading the vobsubs software if you have Defilerpak installed):

How to play vobsub subtitles

To play these subtitles you need the program vobsubs.
Get it here: http://vobsub.edensrising.com/vobsub.php

Install the program.
Unpack the rarfile, you now have two files, idx and rar.
Put these two in the same directory as your avi file.
All three files must have the same name.

So you have:
filename.avi
filename.idx
filename.rar (containing a subfile)

Start up your movie and vobsub will load automatically.
Notice the green arrow in your system tray, click it and you can
choose your preferred language.

- tg

[miss_silver]

Originally Posted by TankGirl

I think .SUB support is included in Defilerpak, at least .SUBs play ok in my computer and I don't remember installing anything separate for them.

Here are some extra instructions regarding .SUBs (you can probably skip downloading the vobsubs software if you have Defilerpak installed):

How to play vobsub subtitles

To play these subtitles you need the program vobsubs.
Get it here: http://vobsub.edensrising.com/vobsub.php

Install the program.
Unpack the rarfile, you now have two files, idx and rar.
Put these two in the same directory as your avi file.
All three files must have the same name.

So you have:
filename.avi
filename.idx
filename.rar (containing a subfile)

Start up your movie and vobsub will load automatically.
Notice the green arrow in your system tray, click it and you can
choose your preferred language.

- tg

Again, many thanks tg

The only problem is that i've already installed the latest version of Vobsub and, no, It doesn't launch by itself when I play a movie, even tho i've triple checked that the files were the same name

Had a lot of problems with my pc those last few month, even tho i've tried all the antivirus and spyware possible, it didn't find anything of significance to cause these problems... i'm afraid i'll have to reformat very soon, reinstalling winMe didn't work

that's prolly the reason why those subs file didn't work even tho I've installed VobSub.