Scenarist 4.3 subtitles problem

[paulspurrier]

Using Scenarist 4.3

Having given up on text subtitles, I have now tried to add subtitles to a clip using PG subtitles.

I created the PNG files in Subtitle workshop.
Note that the PNG output of Subtitle workshop is wrong. The actual letter goes transparent. You can only see the outline.
However, it is fairly simple to write a photoshop action to batch convert to the correct palette.

Also, there is no option for a 24fps output (which I need), so one has to edit the xml

Anyway, having done this, the subtitles now display fine.

But...

about one in ten to twenty subtitles simply doesn't display when testing the muxed project.

I have checked everything that seemed obvious.

I have checked for overlaps and created a greater timing gap between the missing subtitles. This doesn't help.

I have checked in the PGeditor window that they display correctly.

Two clues to the error:

1. The missing subtitle always appears to be the first display set within an epoch.

2. If I delete the last display set of the previous epoch (i.e. the preceding subtitle), the missing subtitles now appear perfectly.

Can anyone shed any light on this?
It's driving me mad.

Paul

[Thommers]

Hey Paul,

Coincidentally, I am in Thailand at the moment myself!

I am rather new to Scenarist, but have been reading as much as I can find on the program and messing around with it (incurring my own problems!).

As far as I know, I believe there were some 4.x versions that had major subtitle problems. The majority of questions for Scenarist I have found on the net relate to dealing with subtitle issues.

I will take a look around and see if I can find anything that might help you out. I have a bunch of pages saved, so I'll scour those and send you a PM on anything that might help you out.