Vobsub (or just sup??) for HDPlayer

[qknet]

I'm using HDplayer, with Reltek Chipset. These players can display srt and vobsub. Yet the oulline of the SRT in these players are quite thin, making it quite difficult to read, and sometime the subtitle line needs a different alignment from the rest to avoid covering important part of the picture.

To my knowledge, txt2vobsub and subtitle creator can make vobsub files from srt. Outputs of the former is displayed fine in the player while output of the latter (SC) is not shown. I think the reason is because of the color palette. Txt2vobsub doesn't support HD picture, and the subtitle looks quite ugly on HD movies. I find a modded SC version that supports HD, but I can't get the created vobsub shown in the HDplayer.

If you know the right color palete for SC or if you know about another app that supports creating vobsub and HD resolution, pls help me.

[MilesAhead]

You could try AviAddXSubs. On Configuration 1 Tab you can select either XSub or to create idx/sub pair. It has a Custom size setting for subtitle bitmap. On Configuration 2 Tab there's a check box for YUV values in idx/sub color palette that should help avoid florescent pink subs. I just used it to create an idx/sub from .srt for a 720P mkv. It played fine. I didn't even think to upsize using the custom size setting and it looked good. For 1080P I might have to use it but I haven't gotten that far yet. I have WD HDTV player for USB and like yours, .srt subs display way too small at the max setting. idx/sub looks much better.

And of course you can set the font and size, and border size. On my WD player making the border thicker had no effect, but your player may recognize the setting. Even so just having the larger font made the subs much easier to read.

[qknet]

I knew AviAddXsubs when it was released to make .divx files with subtitles. But I didnot know it evolved to include the feature I've been looking for. Thanks for reminding me.

I tested it and it works for me (720p). It has no preview feature and no vobsub muxing function though. Somehow VobsubMuxer can't mux two idx/sub outputs from this one, saying "there are more than 32 (??) subtitles."

[MilesAhead]

I did notice now and then some strange errors. But I've just started using it myself for idx/sub production. So my experience is very limited. With my WD player external files tend to work better than muxed. So I either use external sub file(s) or burn them into the video. I do more burning in than I'd like because the player has a tendency to lose sync if I do more than Pause. If I FF then most of the time the subs are totally hosed unless they're encoded into the video.

[qknet]

If you using WDTV, I suggest you tried this modded version of Subtitle Creator, which supports 720p and 1080p. The modder is using WDTV and it should work with you. Download here

I like it. The only problem is I can't get the output to work with my player. (Nothing is shown though the subtitle is recognized in the list. So I think it is because of color palete)

[MilesAhead]

Thanks for the link. I'll check it out.