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  • Subtitle track names in DVD Architect

    Posted by Fred Robinson on August 12, 2010 at 2:44 pm

    I have added 2 subtitle tracks to my movie. When I play it on my SONY blu ray player it defaults as no subtitles which is correct. When I press the subtitles button on my remote, the first one that somes up is 1: English, which is also correct. When I press it again it comes up 2: 1703 (or some meaningless number like that), instead of 2: Czech.

    How can I solve this so that it says Czech or Cesky or whatever?

    The Czech subtitles work fine and everything, but, being a perfectionist, I’d like the DVD to display the language name properly.

    Fred

    Fred Robinson replied 15 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 8 Replies
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  • Jeff Schroeder

    August 12, 2010 at 3:30 pm

    Did you assign the correct 2 letter code for the language?

    Jeff

    http://www.narrowroadmedia.com

  • Fred Robinson

    August 12, 2010 at 6:54 pm

    Yes, I selected it from the pull-down menu in DVDA. The code was ‘cs’.

    Fred

  • Jeff Schroeder

    August 12, 2010 at 8:11 pm

    Fred,

    I just opened a old project that had a whopping 26 subtitle tracks. They all show up correct, even on a DVD player.

    I too use a semi-transparent black background. The size gets automatically corrected by height but not by width.

    About 4 years ago when we got into subtitles we tried Adobe products (and a few others) DVDA beat them all hands down. I wonder what the score would be today?

    I wish I could help you.

    Sorry,

    Jeff

    http://www.narrowroadmedia.com

  • Jeff Schroeder

    August 12, 2010 at 8:14 pm

    One other thing.

    Be sure your .sub files are saved in a unicode font or it will realy mess up the special characters.

    Jeff

    http://www.narrowroadmedia.com

  • Fred Robinson

    August 12, 2010 at 10:40 pm

    Thanks Jeff.

    I’m pretty sure there’s no solution to this (for auto-width) in DVDA too.

    It’s such a basic thing in other software, e.g. PowerPoint, to have a text box auto-size. Oh well.

    Grrrrr.

    Fred

  • Fred Robinson

    August 12, 2010 at 10:45 pm

    I’m using ‘Trebuchet MS’ Bold, 18.

    Yes, and also a semi-transparent black.

    Very clear and easy to read.

    And regarding the Czech thing showing up as ‘1703’, maybe it’s my (dare I say it) SONY Blu ray player that has the issue, and not DVDA or, indeed me!

    Fred

  • John Rofrano

    August 13, 2010 at 6:19 pm

    And regarding the Czech thing showing up as ‘1703’, maybe it’s my (dare I say it) SONY Blu ray player that has the issue, and not DVDA or, indeed me!

    Blu-ray players are notorious for needing constant firmware updates. Make sure your player has the latest firmware. I would also try on another player just to be sure.

    ~jr

    http://www.johnrofrano.com
    http://www.vasst.com

  • Fred Robinson

    August 13, 2010 at 9:53 pm

    Thanks John. I will. And I’ll report back.

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