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  • Spruce Maestro .son file

    Posted by Rk_guildford on August 27, 2007 at 8:39 am

    Hello.
    In the past I have successfully prepared subtitles for a number of clients, all of whom use Sonic Scenarist. I am now ready to deliver subtitles to a new client who is using Spruce Maestro and they are asking for a .son control/header file along with the individual subtitle images. The package I am using to prepare the subs is Sysmedia Wincaps and this outputs a .txt control file for Spruce Maestro and I’m wondering is this is actually the .son file and the author can simply change the file extension to .son.

    I’ve copied the opening section of the .txt file below. If there are any Spruce users reading this, I’d really appreciate your feedback on whether this is what you would recognise as a .son control file.

    many thanks

    Rebecca

    ——————–

    #—————————————
    # Build Time: 26/08/2007 18:33:44
    # WinCapsFile: C:\ProgramFiles\SysMedia\
    WinCAPS\son_sample.W32
    # Language: English en
    # Format: Spruce Maestro
    # ScreenType: PAL 4×3
    # ScreenSize: 720 576
    # ImageFormat: bmp
    # Compression: RLE Compression On
    # Colour Depth: 8bpp/256 Colours
    # ImageDefinition: Full screen
    # TimeCode Start: 10:00:04:02
    # TimeCode Finish: 10:47:59:15
    # No of Subtitles: 473
    # Font: name = Arial Black
    # size = 24
    # bold = False/No
    # italics = No
    # underline = FALSE
    # DropFrame: No NON_DROP
    # Associated Media: MPEG – F:\son_sample\discone.mpg
    #
    #
    #—————————————

    st_format 2
    #pixel file directory.
    SubTitle C:\Program Files\SysMedia\WinCAPS\son_sample.W32
    TV_Type PAL
    Tape_Type NON_DROP
    Base_Time 00:00:00:00
    Image_Size (720 574)
    Pixel_Area (0 573)
    Display_Area (0 2 719 575)
    Color (1 3 4 4)
    Contrast(15 15 15 0)
    BG (0 0 255 = = = )
    PA (255 0 0 = = = )
    E1 (0 0 0 = = = )
    E2 (0 0 0 = = = )

    Adam Sturgeon replied 17 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
  • 1 Reply
  • Adam Sturgeon

    February 5, 2009 at 1:27 am

    Have you created a .son file for Sonic Scenarist users? I am looking to find out if Scenarist accepts .son files for subtitles.
    Thank You

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