Convert .ass to .srt help

[Kyo]

Hi

I am trying to convert a tv series that in mkv format however i am having real trouble in finding a solution with the subtitles.

I have extracted it using mkvextract and the sub is in a .ass file with additional ttf files. Someone suggested to use Subtitle workshop but even trying to load the .ass file it coming back. This format is not support despite it clearly saying it does. My only guess is that the .ass file must be in some irregular format.

Can someone help or better still suggest a better way of getting the subtitles to .srt to allow me to at least try and convery with avi2dvd.

any better suggestions would be much appreicated.

Many Thanks

Kyo

[manono]

Hi-

SubResynch (comes in the VobSub package) can open ASS files and convert them to SRT. But if something's wrong with the ASS format subs, then I don't know.

[Kyo]

I think the problem is that the ass file doesn't contain the text for some reason. The subs come from the ttf etc? It really weird and i can't figure it out. The .ass file is only 3k so not really sure

[Baldrick]

I see it's image subs and you can't use subtitle workshop then(information from your other topic). Did you try subresync? It can ocr image subtitles to text.

[Ai Haibara]

.TTF files should normally be TrueType font files.

What do you get if you load the .ass file in, say, Notepad?
(Edit: Baldrick, I don't know if it's an image-based sub file if Kyo says it's only 3k. That's why I'm curious about what shows up in Notepad (or any other text browser).)

[Tiken]

I am experiencing this exact same problem also, Ive converted the .ASS to ANSI
The file is 2kb's in size and mainly filled with things such as aspect ratio etc.

but it is surrounded by many true type font files.

Subtitle work shop refuses to work " The file "X" is a bad subtitle or an unsupported format.

Subresync does nothing when I drag and drop. or sub mux.

.Ass into .SRT sure is a challenge!

Or am I doing something wrong?

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help, I will post everything I have done if I can get this to work so others may use it as reference if they're as unlucky as me and OP

[poisondeathray]

Subtitle workshop has worked for me from .ass=>srt

You lose all the formatting, colors, fancy stuff, but it should keep the text. Sometimes there are a few character errors, but that's to be expected going to a text based sub

Another idea is to search for the .srt movie subs on a database. e.g. opensubtitles.org, many others

[demkd]

DSRT
Just drop a mkv-file (damaged MKV & ASS/SSA also accepted) into DSRT.
Alt+Shift+I - Convert ASS to SRT
Ctrl+F7 - remove overlaps and other errors
or
Alt+F11 - remove errors and... just try it. 8)
Ctrl+S - save. Ctrl+Shift+S save as ASCII.
F4 shift.
Alt+V edit with video.
See. "Script" menu & readme for other options.

[woodelf]

Hi, people.
As simple process, convert ass to srt is available for many progs, but HOW MAKE this operation without lose formating and, especcially, colors. It's very important! I can't find any soft, which could do it.

[Ai Haibara]

That's because you can't do it. .srt format subs are plain text only, and don't allow for formatting (styles, positioning) and colors.

While I'm on the subject, does anyone know if it's possible to render .ass subtitles into Vobsub format, yet?

[AlanHK]

Hi, people.
As simple process, convert ass to srt is available for many progs, but HOW MAKE this operation without lose formating and, especially, colors. It's very important! I can't find any soft, which could do it.

As previous, this can't be done (unless you use non-standard SRT with HTML styles).

If formatting is important why can't you use the ASS? What is the target application?

[woodelf]

2 Ai Haibara, AlanHK,
It can be done, assure you both.
SRT vol.2 (AlanHK, exactly, with html tags) can do this operation,
but why is not in internet convertor from ass to srt vol.2?!
I need 2 formats, modern (ass-ssa) and popular (srt), for choose.
But my subs are bi-lingual (eng (orig) + rus), so I need use different (two) colors for 2 langs. Just, it is not so simple to do colored srt by hands, after then ass, which I can convert only in plain srt. =(

2 Ai Haibara, about your question, what do you mean - to convert or anithing else?
If convert - you can use Aegisub, brilliant soft for work with ass, it can convert ass to sub without any problems. But, as I know formats, which name is "sub" are so many, of any subrirle-progs, so I can't ensure you it will be yours "sub"...

[Ai Haibara]

It's probably not an option in the converter because, as AlanHK mentioned, it's not standard, and I'm not even sure how many programs actually support it (that's part of the reason I didn't mention it).

As for my question, I meant the Vobsub (.sub/.idx bitmap format subs) format, not the .sub (plain text) format. Yes, you can convert it to plain-text .sub, but like converting to standard .srt, you tend to lose most of the formatting and effects.

[AlanHK]

2 Ai Haibara, AlanHK,
It can be done, assure you both.
SRT vol.2 (AlanHK, exactly, with html tags) can do this operation,

Most SRT renderers DO NOT SUPPORT HTML tags, It's a non-standard hack.
If I use these in, for instance, GuiForDVDAuthor, it will just render the tags as text.

Subtitle Creator DOES support HTML styles, so I can use that to make a SUP file. But in general, if you want formatted subtitles, use ASS/SSA. That's why it was invented.