Hardsub for a MPeg2 HD file (1440*1080)

[emivar27]

Hello people, I captured an hdv tape with Premiere Pro and i need to hardsub some subtitles on the movie... the file i got it's an MPeg2 1440*1080 25 frames with a bitrate of 25000... and i need the hardsubbed file to be in the same format... so i can export it to tape again with Premiere... I already try Avi Demux, Virtual dub and XviD4PSP but i cant get a fine result ( maybe because i didn't try hard enough ) but, before i loose my mind with every option of encoding in any of these programs i want to consult you people...

Which program would you use for this task?

TnX!

[edDV]

Hello people, I captured an hdv tape with Premiere Pro and i need to hardsub some subtitles on the movie... the file i got it's an MPeg2 1440*1080 25 frames with a bitrate of 25000... and i need the hardsubbed file to be in the same format... so i can export it to tape again with Premiere... I already try Avi Demux, Virtual dub and XviD4PSP but i cant get a fine result ( maybe because i didn't try hard enough ) but, before i loose my mind with every option of encoding in any of these programs i want to consult you people...

Which program would you use for this task?

TnX!

I don't know if Premiere Pro supports subtitles but to get back to tape you should be in a PP HDV project setting and export to tape with "Print to HDV Tape" in Premiere. I think that function was added after version CS3.

[emivar27]

Yeah, Premiere doesnt supports subtitles, that's why i'm looking for a program to hardsub this mpg2 file... can anyone help?

[poisondeathray]

what format is your subtitles in ?

what version of premiere ?

[emivar27]

i got the subtitles in srt and ssa ( and i can convert it in any format anyway )

the premiere it's pro 2

[poisondeathray]

pp2 might be too old, but I think the avs import plugin should work for it for frameserving
http://videoeditorskit.sourceforge.net/

create avs script e.g. dgindex

mpeg2source("video.d2v")
textsub("subs.srt")

import the .avs into premiere into a HDV timeline and project settings. You have to interpret the file's field order (top field first), pixel aspect ratio (1.333 HDV) to match real HDV sequence 1440x1080i , then export to tape



Alternatively you can use the same script and encode a lossless intermediate for import with vdub . Same things apply with interpreting the file . The 1st method avoids big intermediate files and wasting time encoding an intermediate file

[emivar27]

Yeah, i got to update my premiere suite ( and all my hardware in general ) , the thing is, here in Argentina, HD editing started to kick in since last year .. and i never got the need to deal with it till now ...

Back to the topic, i understand all you say except this part :

mpeg2source("video.d2v")
textsub("subs.srt")

[poisondeathray]

http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Main_Page
http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Main_Page#New_to_AviSynth_-_start_here

1) install avisynth , put vsfilter.dll in plugins folder . Read the instructions . ssa has more formatting options than plain text srt subs
http://avisynth.org.ru/docs/english/externalfilters/vsfilter.htm

2) index your file with dgindex

3) open text in notepad in the same directory as video (or specify full path names C:\PATH ), write the code, save it, rename extension from .txt to .avs

4) open the script in vdub to preview & check that it works ok

5) import .avs into premiere

[emivar27]

4) open the script in vdub to preview & check that it works ok

5) import .avs into premiere

worked like a charm TNX poisondeathray!!!

i got a little question left... do you know the script for changing the format of the subtitle? just the color and the font

[manono]

i got a little question left... do you know the script for changing the format of the subtitle? just the color and the font

Can't be done if using SRT subs. You'll have to convert to SSA and then set the colors, font, size, position, etc. You can open the SSA in Notepad and see what controls those settings.