Exctract Subtitles from .vob -> Import into Sony Vegas or DVD-Architect

[mltwitz]

I ripped a vob file from DVD using DVD Shrink and made sure the subtitle stream was included. I played the file in VLC, the subtitles are there. Now I want to edit this file in Sony Vegas and then import/burn it with Sony DVD Architect, including the subtitles. After renaming the vob to mpg and importing it in Vegas, I don't see the subtitles. I also tried importing the vob directly into DVD Architect and then tried to import the subtitles as well, but DVD-A needs a .sub file.

So how do I extract a .sub file from the .vob file? Or is there another, better way to do what I want to do?

[manono]

You perform an OCR using SubRip or some such, or you extract the VobSubs using VobSub Configure. There are different types of SUB files, though, text based and graphics based, and I don't know which you need.

[crazy14muzic]

DVD Architect needs text based .subs, it will also import .txt file.

This is a sub file exported directly from DVD Architect in .sub format.

0001  00:00:06:25  00:00:11:25  Text

0002  00:00:23:48  00:00:28:48  Sample
text

0003  00:00:43:79  00:00:48:79  this
is
sample
text

0004  00:01:00:47  00:01:05:47  this is sample text on one line

This is a sub file exported directly from DVD Architect in .txt format.

00:00:06:12	00:00:11:12	Text
00:00:23:24	00:00:28:24	Sample
text
00:00:43:39	00:00:48:39	this
is
sample
text

I used Vobsub to rip the closed captions from stargate sg1 since it didn't contain any english subs. It produced several .srt files. You can use Subtitle workshop to convert .srt to Adobe Encore .txt file but it won't import properly into DVD Architect. For example, I noticed that in the .txt based sub file everything that is on one line will import nicely, but if it has a line break like sub event 2 and 3 it will discard the lines underneath the event time line. Very confusing since that .txt file was exported from DVD Architect.

[manono]

I've checked 3 different text based SUB files and 3 different TXT files, and this is about the closest to what you've shown:

00:06:44:06 00:06:46:01
But why are you staying up so late?

00:06:46:03 00:06:48:03
Because it is your birthday today.

00:06:48:15 00:06:50:10
How could l sleep without
wishing you?

In SubRip it's called FAB Subtitler.txt. If that's not it, you can use a different authoring program that accepts subs in a more common format. You can author, but without subs, and then add in the subs later on, perhaps following one of the methods outlined in Baldrick's guide:

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

Or perhaps someone else that's worked with subs and DVD Architect will see your thread and help.

[crazy14muzic]

Now I want to edit this file in Sony Vegas and then import/burn it with Sony DVD Architect, including the subtitles.

its pretty vague as to what they are trying to do