Subtitles editing-newbie questions.

[Alvendam]

Hey guys, I had few .mkv files with softsubs. They were displaying incorrectly in Splash Pro Ex. I looks like this (sorry for low-res). So I decided to extract the subs, delete the not-needed lines and everything should be ok. Easy task, right? Well, not really. I managed to extract the subs successfully and converted them to ANSI, so there comes the deleting. I didn't want to mark them one by one, of course. So I had to find a program with to do this. I downloaded Subtitle Edit and from what I read, this was supposed to delete everything between the * and [ Obviously I did something wrong. Can you guys help me edit these subtitles?

P.S.
Sorry for the thumbnail, but I can't make it go away.

[Baldrick]

The search type should be Regular expression for all those search strings.

[Alvendam]

What regular expression exactly? I thought that what I have already is one. It was stated that
Example 3: [\S\s]*addsite.org[\S\s]* + empty replace string -----> Will remove any subtitles containing "addsite.org"

So I changed "addsite.org" with what had to be replaced.

[Baldrick]

You should add the string([\S\s]....) and the empty and click on the Regular Expression checkbox and last Add.

Then it should say Regular Expression in the Search type column.

[Alvendam]

Ah, thanks! I will try this right now.

[Baldrick]

If that wont work then post a bit from the srt subtitle and I can try replace in Subtitle Edit.

[Alvendam]

It didn't work. The subtitles look like that:

Dialogue: 0,0:26:47.02,0:26:52.70,Default - Style 00,,0,0,0,,{\i1}The journey to you is never-ending{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:26:52.70,0:26:58.47,Default - Style 00,,0,0,0,,{\i1}I can keep running at full speed{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:26:58.47,0:27:04.21,Default - Style 00,,0,0,0,,{\i1}Can we meet again? Will you trust me again?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:27:04.21,0:27:12.98,Default - Style 00,,0,0,0,,{\i1}Save the world with counterfeit love{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:27:15.69,0:27:21.49,Default - Style 00,,0,0,0,,{\i1}Kill or kiss before the world ends{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:27:21.49,0:27:26.45,Default - Style 00,,0,0,0,,{\i1}I'll be happy if you smile for me{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.20,0:03:10.16,Default - Style 06,,0,0,0,,{\fad(500,0)\bord3\pos(1491,909)\b1}Epi sode One: April 1x
Dialogue: 0,0:27:42.05,0:27:44.64,Default - Style 06,,0,0,0,,{\fad(360,0)\bord3\pos(960,450)\b1}Epis ode Two: Another Close Encounter
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.48,0:00:16.41,Default - Style 21,,0,0,0,,{\fad(360,150)\pos(390,345)\b1}30 Years Earlier
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.49,0:00:16.62,Default - Style 21,,0,0,0,,{\fad(360,150)\an9\pos(1695,615)\b1}Nea r the China-Mongolia border
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.06,0:11:17.53,Default - Style 21,,0,0,0,,{\bord5\an7\pos(495,405)\frz14}Spatial Quake Warning\NOfficial Announcement
Dialogue: 0,0:22:11.58,0:22:13.77,Default - Style 21,,0,0,0,,{\pos(345,345)}The next day

[Baldrick]

Hmmm...what happens if you just export that to srt in subtitle edit? does it look the same?

edit: it didn't work....

[Baldrick]

Isn't that ssa/ass subtitles? Can you attach the complete file.

[Alvendam]

Here it is: link Dumb me! The thought of it not being .srt haven't even passed in my head to check.

[Baldrick]

It worked fine to save as srt.

[Alvendam]

Oh, wow. I changed the extension and they worked. Thanks a lot man!

[Baldrick]

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[Alvendam]

Actually they don't. They show correctly for one or two lines and then break again....
Here are the files, so you can see what I have: link

[Alvendam]

Here is the solution:
After you extract the subtitles with mkvtoolnix MKVExtractGUI2, you have to convert them with BatchSubtitlesConverter. It took me two days, but finally I have something working.

[Baldrick]

You can also batch convert with subtitle edit, under Tool-> Batch convert. But the extension must be .ass for ass/ssa subtitles when you add them.