Hi guys...this is my first post here, and I have a question about subtitles

[brian blum]

My father-in-law is here visiting from the Ukraine and I was wanting to see if it was possible to add russian subtitles to some of my existing DVD's. I didn't know if I could rip the dvd then run it through a program to add subtitles in russian, or a program that I could run the existing subtitle file through to change it to russian......

[45tripp]

https://forum.videohelp.com/topic338721.html

see if you can find ukranian subs in srt form on the web,
or you'll have to write the,
translate yourself.
use subtitle workshop as a tool

[brian blum]

Thanks, I'll try this when I get a chance.

[brian blum]

Guys, I have tried this but it didn't work. I'm sure I'm missing something. I downloaded all the tools, but I think I'm mssing step number one, where do I find the subtitle file from the dvd once I have ripped it with DVDFab5?

[manono]

The subs in the existing DVD? I guess you didn't read Baldrick's guide at the link 45tripp provided. You demux the movie using PGCDemux, and among the files you'll get will be the sub(s) in SUP format. They won't be in SRT format. Those are text based and non-DVD compliant, although many authoring programs are capable of converting SRT subs into DVD subs.

[brian blum]

I have the sup and srt files now. What I'm trying to do now is use the google translator Subtitle Creator provides to translate them into russian, but it just gives me an error.

[brian blum]

Do I have to find the subtitles in russian before this will work??

[45tripp]

Do I have to find the subtitles in russian before this will work??

it would make life easier.

I have the sup and srt files now. What I'm trying to do now is use the google translator Subtitle Creator provides to translate them into russian, but it just gives me an error.

works fine for me.
you need to run it on textual subs, so do it on the srt.

you realise of course a google translation will probably need a lot of gramatical editing

it may be less frustrating just translating line for line,
then again the last time i did it, i couldn't watch the film after, because i'd memorized the dialogue.


tripp