AVID SubCaps not importing

[Bouke Vahl]

Hi Adam,
So, you have a sequence starting at 10 o’clock, with enough duration, and one single long subcap effect where you want to import? If so, after selecting a file, it should say something on what is going to happen. What does it say?
If you want me to have a look, mail me the .txt file.)

Then, I don’t like subCap for delivery, Tons of problems with cropping the bottom of the text, random behaviour of the outline thickness and other ugly stuff.

What I do is render out a QT with Alpha from my own software and simply overlay that.
https://www.videotoolshed.com/product/subbits-subtitler/

From memory Matthias also made a render module that can render PNG’s (But then you need a macro to overlay the png’s on your timeline, or you’re in for a lot of work if you have a fair amount of titles.)

If you do this more often, you might want to invest in something more robust, but if it’s a one off, you can always outsource. (Will save you lots of time.)

Bouke
http://www.videotoolshed.com

[Michael Phillips]

Also, make sure the blue bar (playhead) is at the beginning of the sequence when importing. There was a time that caused issues with an import.

Michael

[Adam Harper]

Hi Bouke,

Thanks for the response, I have to apologise though I’m not sure I understand what you’re alluding to?
After clicking on “Import Caption Data” and I select the file nothing comes up with regards to what will happen. I then press “Open” and nothing happens on the timeline. I also made sure the playhead is at the start of the sequence when importing (as Michael suggested) and this didn’t help.
I would try the other options but I don’t really have the time or money.
If you’re willing to take a look at the file though that would be great! Do I message it you on here? I’m not entirely sure how to do that.

Adam

[Michael Phillips]

I can take a look at it as well in addition to Bouke’s nice offer. Send subcap file to michael[at]24p[dot]com

Michael

[Adam Harper]

Thanks Michael, just sent you a message.

[Bouke Vahl]

Hi Adam,
try bouke(at)videotoolshed(dot)com

Bouke
http://www.videotoolshed.com

[Michael Phillips]

The first problem I see is that one of the entries has the following timecode:
10:01:33:50

And in a 25fps project, the frame of :50 will be a problem. I would make sure that Belle Nuit is set to proper frame rate for export.

Michael

[Adam Harper]

So yes, as Michael pointed out, the issues revolved around the timecode being set to 50fps. Couldn’t find a way to adjust the timecode in Belle Nuit so had to go through the arduous process of correcting everything in the .txt file manually. There was also the issue of some subtitles ending after the next one was scheduled to begin, which Avid also didn’t like.

Not sure why this was the case or how it wasn’t noticed before, especially considering the original .srt file is almost 4 years old. But it’s all sorted now though. Thanks again everyone for the help!

[Bouke Vahl]

Dude,
You’re making a serious mistake.
SRT has NO frames, but milliseconds after the whole seconds.

(I could have done the conversion for you (including down/uploading) in less than 30 seconds…)

Bouke
http://www.videotoolshed.com

[Adam Harper]

I’m not sure about that?
If it were milliseconds then at some point it would have gone above 50, which it never did. There were over 1000 subtitles so I highly doubt it was by luck that it never went above that. Avid also specifically wouldn’t import anything that was above 25, so for example, 10:01:35:26 would have been rejected. It was only after I had adjusted those that did to be 25 or under that it accepted them.