Putting Subtitles Back Into IFO

[bigb_y2g]

I have an import Japanese DVD that has horrible subtitles. What can you expect when you have Chinese guys translating Japanese into English :P . I used SubRip 1.17 to extract the subtitles and saved as a .txt file to edit the grammer, spelling, etc. Once I am done that you can save the file in many formats including .sub files.

My question is once I am done editing, how do I get the edited file back into the IFO using IfoEdit? Has anyone done this before?

[yf2001usa]

No but have the same question only my ifo is for a 2 eps dvd i made with dvdlab.

Greatings,
Yf

[bigb_y2g]

Arrgh! I wish the Forum Search was working

I have found a guide using IfoEdit to extract and re-insert the subtitles here:
http://www.dvd2dvdr.com/part_iii_Ifo.htm

But you have to re-encode the VOB files with TMPEGEnc to a MV2 file to be converted back to a VOB file later (Why?). All I want to do is substitute the current subtitle stream with a new one. Is there no way to rename the file the same as the current one and replace it?

Help!

[Lautaurus]

You need srt2sup to convert your subtitles in srt format to the sup format IfoEdit uses.

http://www.dawnload.net/video_software/subtitle_tools/srt2sup.cfm

You should also take a look to Subtitle Workshop, it has many features, and can convert between lots of formats ( not .sup )

[bigb_y2g]

Thanks Lautaurus. This looks exactly like what I am looking for. Now I just have to figure out how to get it into IfoEdit.

[Lautaurus]

Take a look at "DVD Authoring in IfoEdit" guide in http://doom9.org/

[bigb_y2g]

OK, I have got this planned out pretty well (I think)

1) Use SubRip 1.17 to edit subtitles.
2) Use srt2sup to convert .srt file to DVD compliant subpicture stream.
3) Re-author the DVD using IfoEdit so I can insert new sub stream.

Looks good on paper. After I sit down and re-edit the whole 45 minutes of dialouge, I will let you know how it turns out.

Thanks for the help.