0001 00:00:26:23 00:00:29:15 Where are this format from???

[umforrest]

Hi all,

I've got a subtitle file in .doc format and now I'd like to edit it. The problem is that I don't know what subtitling tool this file made from. Could somebody help me with this?

And if I would like to embed this subtitle into the video (MPEG, WMV), what is the next steps should be taken?

Example:

0001 00:00:26:23 00:00:29:15

Hello everybody,
my name is Steven.

0002 00:00:29:19 00:00:33:07

I joined this company about 10 years ago,

0003 00:00:33:11 00:00:38:18

and I am now responsible for
large customers in the United States.

Thank you

[KneeGrow]

you could just use a macro in Word to convert it to .SRT format.... or can't you?
or even just a couple of search and replaces

Replace " 00:" with a "^p 00:"
Replace " 00:" with a " ---> 00:"
Replace "^p^p" with a "^p 00:"

Find a string of four numbers, then insert a Tab:
Find ^#^#^#^# then insert ^t

Or, edit this file so that every subtitle is on ONE line, like this:

0001 00:00:26:23 00:00:29:15 Hello everybody, my name is Steven.
0002 00:00:29:19 00:00:33:07 I joined this company about 10 years ago,
0003 00:00:33:11 00:00:38:18 and I am now responsible for large customers in the United States.

And then select a column (in word, hold down Alt-key and use your mouse to mark an area) and insert whatever you need to make it an SRT file.

For SRT format, the temporary intermediate result should be:
0001TAB00:00:26:23 --> 00:00:29:15TABHello everybody, my name is Steven.
0002TAB00:00:29:19 --> 00:00:33:07TABI joined this company about 10 years ago,
0003TAB00:00:33:11 --> 00:00:38:18TABand I am now responsible for large customers in the United States.

first replace every ^p (=paragraph) with double ^p^p
then replace every TAB with ^p (=paragraph)
then remove all precursor zeroes.

End result shouuld look like:

1
00:00:26:23 --> 00:00:29:15
Hello everybody,
my name is Steven.

2
00:00:29:19 --> 00:00:33:07
I joined this company about 10 years ago,

3
00:00:33:11 --> 00:00:38:18
and I am now responsible for
large customers in the United States.


Or get Textpad, that's better and easier to use than Word.

[umforrest]

Wow! Thank you very much KneeGrow for your kind support.

What is your favourite subtitling tool for editing .srt file?
I'm quite familiar with VisualSybSync. It is a good tool for transcription as well. But when I want to move some subtitles up, when there's subject or text at the subtitle position, I can't do with VisualSubSync.

Please advise.

[KneeGrow]

what do you mean with EMBED?
if you mean hardsub them, permanent subs, I just wrote a guide here,
http://forum.videohelp.com/topic378316.html
tell me what you think, is it easy to use and read?

what do you mean with " I want to move some subtitles up"?
My fav tool is Subtitle Creator (cos i'm used to it and it has Ashley Judd!!) and Subtitle Workshop (cos it's better)