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DVDA Subtitle Duration Bug
DVDA 6.0 and 5.x add what appears to be an extraneous and malicious low level command after the STOP subtitle command in the VOB file. Different DVD chipsets react differently to this bad “Set Field Indexes” command. Sony DVD players (NOT Blue Ray players) ignore the bad command. Sony and Oppo Blue Ray players play the subtitle as an infinite subtitle (until next subtitle).
I believe this means DVDA DVDs do not comply with applicable DVD specifications with regard to subtitles. Blu Ray disks created by DVDA do not have this problem.
My Question even after searching the forum: Is this a know widely known DVDA bug? If so is there a fix? I have found that the free DVDSubEdit tool can fix each subtitle one at a time. But I cannot find a way to “globally” remove the bad command. Any thoughts?
This bug is easy to validate. Create a short media generated video in Vegas with 3-4 chapters. For easy locating, add subtitle at chapters in DVDA and create VOB files. Examine with DVDSubEdit tool.
EXAMPLE 1: CORECT SUBTITLE
Subpic# = 1 (1 in stream)
StreamID = 0x20
LBA = 424
V/CID = 1/2
PTS = 377836
Duration = 4.738s
TimeCode: 00:00:03,933 –> 00:00:08,671
DCSQT: 0
Set Color: e2=15 e1=14 p=13 b=12
Set Transparency: e2=0 e1=12 p=13 b=15
Set Display Area: sx=0 ex=719 sy=2 ey=479
Set field indexes
Start
End of commands
DCSQT: 1 — Delay 4.738s
StopEXAMPLE 2: BAD SUBTITLE
Subpic# = 4 (4 in stream)
StreamID = 0x20
LBA = 16985
V/CID = 1/4
PTS = 7539991
Duration = 4.871s
TimeCode: 00:01:23,433 –> 00:01:28,304
DCSQT: 0
Set Color: e2=15 e1=14 p=13 b=12
Set Transparency: e2=0 e1=12 p=13 b=15
Set Display Area: sx=0 ex=719 sy=2 ey=479
Set field indexes
Start
End of commands
DCSQT: 1 — Delay 4.871s
Stop
Set field indexes [BAD COMMAND!!] -
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Boy, seems you went at great lengths to dig up this bug, but that is not
easy to validate at all!…. Unfortunately i don’t use DVDA anymore!Steve Rhoden (Cow Leader)
Film Maker & VFX Artist.
Owner of Filmex Creative Media.
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Steve
I suspect Creating DVDs with subtitles now a days is rare, but I get requests. No great lengths at all in finding this problem.
I do routine Compatibility testing on my disks between DVD players and BD Players and it hits you in the face right away: Person stops talking but Subtitle continues BUT only on Blue Ray players.
It did take a bit of searching on the Internet and ONE other person already found the problem. I simply verified the problem with the 10 minute test I described. The DVDSubEdit tool was important in verifying.
It is an elusive problem in that the Various players react differently to the bad command.
Reported to Sony. I’d love them to write a Fix it app but we will see.
What are “same class” alternatives to DVDA?
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FROM SONY
Hi Richard,
Thank you for contacting Sony Creative Software.
This is a known bug and has been brought up with our QA and development team as an issue to be addressed in a future update.
If you still have a follow-up question on this particular incident, please feel free to update it. If you have a completely different question, please create a new incident.
Sincerely,
Neal S.
Customer Service
Sony Creative Software Inc
https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com
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