Maestro and Subtitle

[Benjamin0]

hi,

I'm trying to Authoring a DVD from my 24 TV SHOW Mpeg with Maestro 2.9.
I import the ac3 and the m1v file in maestro and i drag them in the movie windows. When i try an previe everything work well.
Now the Problem....
I have to use some subtitle.
So i convert srt to ssa then i use the ssa with MaestroSBT to make the bmp files and the son file. I import into the movie windows the son file with no error. Then when i try a preview i'v got this screen.....


where is my mystake?
thanks for your help

Benjamin

[VidGuy]

By any chance is your video 352 pixels wide - this is what I see in preview mode if I use 352x480 DVDs with 720x480 subtitles.

However, when I play on my DVD player or on my PC, everything looks fine - just the preview mode seems to have a problem.

[Benjamin0]

thanks

after your answer, i continue to make the authorithing of my DVD.
After compile my project , i try to read it in PowerDVD. The movie and the menu work well, but there is any subtitle even i try anything in PowerDVD.

someone has any answer?

thanks

[disturbed1]

There's no need to use the son format for text subtitles. The stl script will work just fine.

Subripper makes this almost too easy for you.

If you need to proof your stl file, here's a quick example.

//Example of a basic STL format subtitle script
01:00:03:24 , 01:00:06:29 , This is where your text goes.
01:00:10:07 , 01:00:12:21 , Put some more text here,
01:00:14:19 , 01:00:16:08 , blah blah blah
01:00:25:07 , 01:00:29:18 , ^IThis will be italicI^
01:00:36:15 , 01:00:40:11 , ^BThis one is bold B^
01:00:55:22 , 01:00:59:03 , ^UAnd underlined hereU^
01:01:02:15 , 01:01:06:05 , Using this | creates a new line.

Some other common commands

//Font select and font size
$FontName = Times New Roman
$FontSize = 50
//Character attributes (global)
$Bold = FALSE
$UnderLined = TRUE
$Italic = 1
//Position Control
$HorzAlign = Center
$VertAlign = Center
$XOffset = 10
$YOffset = 10
//Contrast Control
$TextContrast = 15
$Outline1Contrast = 15
$Outline2Contrast = 7
$BackgroundContrast = 0
//Effects Control
$ForceDisplay = TRUE
$FadeIn = 3
$FadeOut = 7
//Other Controls
$TapeOffset = FALSE
$SetFilePathToken = <<path:>>


Here's an animated subtitle wipe from a Karaoke DVD (My Sharona :P )

$FontName = Arial Narrow
$FontSize = 50
$WipeTextColor = 1
$WipeOutline1Color = 2
$WipeOutline2Color = 2
$WipeBackgroundColor = 4
$WipeTextContrast = 15
$WipeOutline1Contrast = 15
$WipeOutline2Contrast = 0
$WipeBackgroundContrast = 0
01:24:21:08, 01:24:24:20, What I like about you
{
WipeInfo: 41, 145, 405, 290, 454, 10, 0, Left,
145,600
WipeInfo: 51, 300, 405, 378, 454, 10, 0, Left,
145,600
WipeInfo: 61, 390, 405, 515, 454, 12, 0, Left,
145,600
WipeInfo: 79, 515, 405, 600, 454, 4, 0, Left,
145,600
}
01:24:24:20, 01:24:27:20, Ya hold me tiiiiight
{
WipeInfo: 40, 173, 405, 230, 454, 5, 0, Left,
173,580
WipeInfo: 45, 240, 405, 422, 454, 10, 0, Left,
173,580
WipeInfo: 60, 422, 405, 580, 454, 20, 0, Left,
173,580
}
01:24:27:20, 01:24:31:02, Tell me I’m the only one
{
WipeInfo: 59, 110, 405, 270, 454, 11, 0, Left,
110,635
WipeInfo: 70, 280, 405, 440, 454, 8, 0, Left,
110,635
WipeInfo: 78, 450, 405, 540, 454, 16, 0, Left,
110,635
WipeInfo: 96, 555, 405, 635, 454, 2, 0, Left,
110,635
}

The wipeInfo goes like this



Way more info than you needed. But your problem steams from using the son format, which is for bitmapped subtitles, which is over kill for simple text.

All this was taken from the Maestro manual.