Negative timestamps

anada2u · Member Joined: 10 Nov 2004 Location: Canada

I am unable to use the following sub, all contain negative timestamps. So I added a TIME OFFSET value, but still nothing shows. Anyone has any advice on how to fix this?

# In millisecs
fadein/out: 50, 50

# Force subtitle placement relative to (org.x, org.y)
align: OFF at LEFT TOP

# For correcting non-progressive desync. (in millisecs or hh:mm:ss:ms)
# Note: Not effective in DirectVobSub, use "delay: ... " instead.
time offset: 01:40:24:080

# ON: displays only forced subtitles, OFF: shows everything
forced subs: OFF

# The original palette of the DVD
palette: 474747, f3f3f1, 141414, fdfdfd, e68f37, c55187, f9ff1d, 0000e1, 7c7c7c, e0e0e0, 701f03, 077307, 679365, dcd66e, 48ac78, f2efbe

# Custom colors (transp idxs and the four colors)
custom colors: OFF, tridx: 1000, colors: fdfdfd, 141414, f3f3f1, 474747

# Language index in use
langidx: 0

# English
id: en, index: 0
# Decomment next line to activate alternative name in DirectVobSub / Windows Media Player 6.x
# alt: English
# Vob/Cell ID: 2, 1 (PTS: 0)
timestamp: -01:39:40:080, filepos: 000001000
timestamp: -01:39:37:520, filepos: 000003000
timestamp: -01:39:32:320, filepos: 000005000
timestamp: -01:39:30:280, filepos: 000007000
timestamp: -01:38:56:240, filepos: 00000a000
timestamp: -01:38:51:280, filepos: 00000b000
timestamp: -01:38:49:160, filepos: 00000d000
timestamp: -01:38:47:000, filepos: 00000e000
...........

SLK001 · Member Joined: 24 May 2001 Location: United States

Check your video for negative timestamps (is this even possible?), or where the timestamps start. Then save your subtitles with a corresponding timestamp. Most likely, your video timestamps start at 01:00:00:00.
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anada2u · Member Joined: 10 Nov 2004 Location: Canada

I am not sure what you mean exactly. The video plays from 0:00:00.000 to 1:40:25.040. What kind of video timestamp are you referring to? And how would I synchronize the subtitles with corresponding timestamp?

anada2u · Member Joined: 10 Nov 2004 Location: Canada

I should have read the included .txt file in VobSub first. Thanks for the info, SLK001, it works now. Just needed to use SubResync and change 1st and last timestamp. Cheers!