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Need to rip DVD to put subtitles on
Hi all,
I have a conundrum and hope that someone here may be able to give me some advice to get the best visual quality.
A charity have recently asked me to put subtitles on their DVD as it has none and seeing that their work is related to equality and inclusion they thought that it would be a good idea to have it.
They are sending me the DVD and I should have it by early next week, I understand that Vobs can be ‘ripped off’ the disk into formats of choice my question is does any one format yield better quality than the others or are they basically the same?
then once I have the working format to then transfer it to Premier pro where I can insert subtitles before sending it to the media converter.
Once in media converter can the output be pimped in any way, shape or formula to improve it’s quality. (not sure if it is possible but must ask!)
To finish off, send to an authoring suite/software I have tried some in the past but really don’t like all the gimmicks they are included with all I want is something that is quite minimalistic and still conventional.
Any help would be really appreciated.
Sincere regards
Hugh
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5 Replies
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Hi Hugh,
This can potentially be a very big job. And I think you will ultimately have to start from scratch. But this is the do it yourself way, be ready to charge for a lot of your time.
First I would rip to uncompressed using Tmpeg xpress.
Next, you’ll need to transcribe the piece into English.
Then get a copy Title Factory and lay your English there with timing matching the footage. Title factory makes this part pretty easy. Export to a text file into a subtitle format supported by Encore (test, test, test before you send to the translator).
That will give you separate lines with timecodes in and out that the translator can match for you.
From experience, translators don’t like this kind of work very much, so be ready to pay extra…
Finally, you will need to recreate the menus, etc. in Encore and import the timecoded translated file. That will automatically convert the text file to subtitles. I would also add a subtitle link in your main menu so people know it’s there.
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
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By the way, you mentionned adding subtitles in Premiere. That’s not really possible. Yes, you can certainly add titles, but they can’t be turned off, and that will annoy the heck out of those who don’t need them.
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
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Do the subtitling in Encore.
You can drop the vob’s straight into Encore. -
Thanks Vince, and I am really sorry for the delay, I am a photographer and only do video in my spare time and then working mostly for charities so when someone like yourself helps out with an answer to an obstacle I’ve hit, it means a great deal to me.
I am hoping to be able to develop enough skills to make a few human interest documentaries but that I know for now is a long way off.Thank you for your time, expert knowledge and of course not forgetting patience.
Kudos to you!
Hugh
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Thank you Ann,
Please forgive my lateness in replying I am very grateful for your assistance and although I am not familiar with adobe encore enough to have used it on that project the seed was sewn to incorporate it into future ones, once I have enough experience in using ‘Encore’.
Once again, thank you.
Kudos to you.
Hugh
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