BDSup2Sub - convert and tweak bitmap subtitle streams (VobSub,BD-SUP,BDN XML,HD-SUP)

[Tappen]

The character selector block is fixed - I've been trying alternatives to allow editing of this part of the UI but haven't released any yet.

So you have to type in the Thai characters by hand. My testers had Thai keyboards of course so it was easy for them, and I used the wikipedia page with the character set on it to cut and paste characters into the manual entry box. Slow but got the job done.

[eTiMaGo]

Originally Posted by Tappen

I'm the author of SubExtractor, and I did add support for Thai OCR in the most recent release (1028). I worked for several months with a Thai speaker to get the diacriticals and other combo characters OCR'd and ordered correctly.

I could kiss you! ahhaha

I'm in Thailand too, and in a similar situation to pawpcorn, I like to watch movies and series in HD, but my GF needs Thai subtitles which are suually only available on the DVDs... While MultiAVCHD and BDSup2Sub have been excellent for this, in many titles the timing of the subtitles is quite a bit different and hard to get right, having them in text format will definitely help!

Pawpcorn, as I understand it you'd want to show both English and Thai subtitles at the same time, right? I think some PC DVD/BD player software like PowerDVD can display 2 subtitle languages? If not the next easiest solution, I think, would be to hard-burn the english subs on the video, and have Thai subtitles as selectable ones? Just an idea!

[Chetwood]

Isn't up to four lines of subs covering too much of the picture anyway?

[rakuen.now]

Well, I'm not really a programmer, but I took a look at those files and don't see that this would be too hard for a programmer who's interested. You could probably do it by combining free code online. What I would do is, after converting the thai and eng sub to XML/PNG in BDSub2Sup, write a program that:

1. Create a list for each language.
2. Traverse through them both sorted by timecode.
3. Create a 3rd output list.
4. If a frame for one language does not have a corresponding frame within a second of its start time in the second language, output that frame and the PNG directly.
5. If the start time for a frame for one language is within a second of a frame of the second language:
5a. Sync the timecodes
5b. Combine the PNGs into 1 PNG (example)
5c. Figure out the vertical pixel change, and output this into the output list.
6. If the start time for a frame of one language is not within a second of a frame from the second language, but there is overlap, create 3 frames where the 2nd one is the overlap (not the ideal solution, but easiest).
7. Write the output list back into XML format.
8. Load the XML and combined PNGs into BDSup2Sub and turn it back into sub/idx.

[bernd_b]

Hello,

I ripped one of my DVDs using DVDFab. The resulting idx/sub files causes BDSUP2SUB to crash:

java.lang.NullPointerException
at bdsup2sub.supstream.dvd.SubDvd.readSubFrame(SubDvd.java:479)
at bdsup2sub.supstream.dvd.SubDvd.<init>(SubDvd.java:135)
at bdsup2sub.core.Core.readDVDSubstream(Core.java:567)
at bdsup2sub.core.Core.readVobSub(Core.java:526)
at bdsup2sub.core.Core.run(Core.java:161)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)

What does this error message indicate? I can, e.g. work with these subtitles using avidemux ocr-function, so they shouldn't be pure crap?!?

If it is of help, I can upload an example somewhere (the attachment would be about 0.5-1MB and there to big to attach it to the post here in the forum.

Post the sub/idx and I can tell you.

[bernd_b]

O.K,

I tried to upload an example of an idx/sub pair which works in avidemux2 ocr tool but made BDSUP2SUB crash:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/963354/working_not_working.zip


May one of the links work. Here again the error message:

java -jar /extern08/BDSup2Sub-5.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
java.lang.NullPointerException
at bdsup2sub.supstream.dvd.SubDvd.readSubFrame(SubDvd.java:479)
at bdsup2sub.supstream.dvd.SubDvd.<init>(SubDvd.java:135)
at bdsup2sub.core.Core.readDVDSubstream(Core.java:567)
at bdsup2sub.core.Core.readVobSub(Core.java:526)
at bdsup2sub.core.Core.run(Core.java:161)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)

BDSup2Sub - Version 5.0 snapshot Built on 2012-09-15

[mjuhasz]

Unfortunately all the links are dead.

[bernd_b]

First try first crap.

Maybe this one is of help:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/963354/working_not_working.zip

[r0lZ]

There is an additional coma at the end of the palette in the IDX file. If you remove it manually, you can open the file.
Obviously, it's a little bug, easy to fix.

[bernd_b]

The coma trick didn't work here.

DVDFabs produces some idx/sub files which can be loaded into BDSUP2Sub without problems and some which cannot. All have the coma at the end of the palette line - I understood it is this line:

palette: 101010, 646464, e2e2e2, eaeaea, 0feb0e, ea10ea, ebeb10, 107b7a, 7b7b7b, d1d1d1, 7a110f, b9303b, 101010, 646464, e2e2e2, 7b107a,

I uploaded a working and not working example produced by DVDFab (and corrected the links accordingly of my previous posts). Both pair of subtitle files can be processed with avidemux ocr-function, but the one called not working leads to a crash of BDSUP2Sub:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/963354/working_not_working.zip

Before crashing with the above shown error message, I can additionally see the following message in the window message window on the bottom left side:

...

#157
#158
#159
WARNING: Control buffer size inconsistent.
WARNING: RLE buffer size inconsistent.
WARNING: Invalid end sequence offset -> no end time
WARNING: Invisilble caption due to zero alpha - unsed alpha info of last caption.
#160
WARNING: Invalid fragment skipped at ofs 0x000bf800

[r0lZ]

Your previous example worked without the tailing coma with BDSup2Sub++.exe. I have not tried the java version.

[Ghitulescu]

Originally Posted by r0lZ

Anyway, I don't understand why you want to display two languages at the same time. What's the benefit? Is it for a multi-language audience?

I cannot possible believe I met another one that is not contaminated by the anime-mania.

Multiple language subtitles are extremely wanted in these circles, to display both Japanese and the secondary language in the same time.

[bernd_b]

Originally Posted by r0lZ

Your previous example worked without the tailing coma with BDSup2Sub++.exe. I have not tried the java version.

O.K:, didn't see the windows version. Works with the grace of wine here too under linux after deleting the coma, but exporting the subtitle fails with:

...

Decoding frame 159/329 at offset 000bf000
ERROR: Corrup buffer offset information

So same issue, but at export instead of at loading the sub?

[r0lZ]

Sorry, I haven't tried to export it. I've assumed that your problem was limited to the error when loading.
IMO, you should try to extract the original subs with another tool. DVDFab has a lot of bugs.

[cyberbeing]

The idx file which doesn't load has an invalid line.

timestamp: 00:11:21:480, filepos: 0000bf000
timestamp: 06:24:34:465, filepos: 0000bf800
timestamp: 00:11:24:000, filepos: 0000c0000

[mjuhasz]

That's correct. You can remove that line and both the stable and the snapshot BDSup2Sub will read/export it then.

This may be a bug in DVDFab but I'll check how BDSup2Sub can be more graceful and skip this automatically (write a warning and move on, instead of crashing).

Originally Posted by cyberbeing

The idx file which doesn't load has an invalid line.

timestamp: 00:11:21:480, filepos: 0000bf000
timestamp: 06:24:34:465, filepos: 0000bf800
timestamp: 00:11:24:000, filepos: 0000c0000

[MaistroX]

Downloaded latest, get the same stop and error, please help! :/
See attached text here -> http://www.mediafire.com/file/41cubs..._War_II_3D.txt

[r0lZ]

Wrong thread, MaistroX. Please port in the right thread.

[cyberbeing]

Any chance of adding the ability to change the colors/palette of SUP(BD) subtitles in a future version?

If not, is there any other program which can modify and export SUP(BD) with custom colors?