Trouble editing a .sub file

[VidHunter]

Hi,

I have a mkv with a subtitle I want to edit. I extracted a .sub from the mkv with MKVtools. When I tried to open the subtitle file with Jubler, weird symbols would show up. Is there a way to make the regular subtitles to show in Jubler or a way to convert the .sub to .ssa or .srt, so I can edit the file with Jubler?


Vidhunter

[Baldrick]

It's probably sub/idx image subtitles and if you want to edit those you must convert it to text. avidemux can convert sub to srt under tools->ocr sub to idx.

[VidHunter]

Thanks for the suggestion. Your help has been great as always. Unfortunately, the interface is a little complicated and has a lot of commands that I don't really understand.

I just basically kept pressing the skip glyph button until I have a text document with all the time stamps. I guess I will just make a brand new .ass file and input the timestamp.

[tomlee59]

You might want to give sub2srt a try. I'm not sure if AVIdemux already uses it, in which case you're SOL, but if it indeed is different, you might get lucky. It's worth a shot, at least, since it's free.

Good luck!

[malakov08]

Hi,

I have a mkv with a subtitle I want to edit. I extracted a .sub from the mkv with MKVtools. When I tried to open the subtitle file with Jubler, weird symbols would show up. Is there a way to make the regular subtitles to show in Jubler or a way to convert the .sub to .ssa or .srt, so I can edit the file with Jubler?


Vidhunter

uh, I RARELY use Jubler anymore. I open the sub file in Jubler, convert to .ass, save it, then open the file in TEXTEDIT. you can do everything there. It takes a little guess work if you're unfamiliar with the format, but once you figure how everything works, you'll always edit with textedit. Oh, if you want a little guide on .ass/.ssa formats and the overrides/ everything you need to know, let me know.