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how to create subtitles that can be turned on or off
Thanks for spending the time to read through and maybe help I appreciate both.
I just made a DVD for a charity and hard coded the subtitles into the output file, on the original project they are on the time line.
does anyone know how I can make a DVD that gives the option to turn off or plays the subtitles.
I presume this is done in the authoring but is there a walk through explanation out there that can help me/them.I am a photographer that has only in the past 2 years moved into video and so some of this is quite new to me but I am committed to learning
much appreciated
Hugh
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Vince and Anne gave some feedback in the past and Ann mentioned that this could be done in Encore as Vobs can be dropped straight into encore and then the subs can be written there, if so does anyone know the procedure, is there any info out there that might shed some light.
Vince also mentioned Title factory & Tmpeg again is there any info out there on this anything would be great.
Does anyone know of any other ways this can be done, ie: convert to vob and then inserting an srt file (how is it done?)
sorry if I sound naive but as I said I am new to subtitling
Again thanks to all.
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There is a freeware called “subtitle workshop” written by a guy from Uraguay. It is very good and lets you save your spotted subtitles in a variety of formats.
Encore is excellent. You do need your subs in a Encore-text format, as a UTF-8 encoded text. You import this file in Encore by setting up a subtitle track and importing the script with a right mouse-click. It offers you a variety of fonts/sizes: standard would be a bold font without serif at about 30 points.
good luck, ninetto
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Ninetto that is so kind of you, thank you for taking your time to give me this much needed advice, I will try to get my head around encore never used it before but I am familiar with adobe photoshop, premiere and a bit of audition, so am hoping I will be able to get it eventually.
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Again many thanks.Hugh
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You can also email a clean audio track of your video edit to a qualified service bureau, such as Automatic Sync Technology, who will transcode that file to a variety of text file formats. You simply download the completed files from their website and load the the appropriate file into the subtitle track in Encore. You can adjust the file forwards or backwards for fine sync adjustments. Be sure to speak to them about the differences between closed captioning and sub titles.
Their turnaround time is very fast, and their fees are quite reasonable.John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore
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