Convert Closed Captions to Subtiltle on DVD-Keep Original Menus

[emsdallas]

I make a backup copy of my Dvd’s, but some only have Closed Captions, NO Subtitles and there are some that do NOT have an ENGLISH subtitle, but other languages.

Let me add, that I have researched VideoHelp and other forums, but my brain keeps locking up/shutting down. Basically I need a flow chart for the following two scenarios:

1. Original DVD has only Closed Captions to Backup DVD with CC’s converted to a Subtitle that playback is on by default and keep the original menus.

2. Original DVD has only foreign subtitles to Backup DVD with the English CC’s converted to a Subtitle that playback is on by default and keep the original menus.

I have experimented some and extracted the CC’s with CCExtractor. Past this point, I need help, especially since I want to keep the Original Menus. There’s quite a few great guides here, but some are a bit out of date.

Also, I do have DvdLab Pro v2.51, but literally just installed it, never used it before.

Thanks in Advance!

[usually_quiet]

These are my notes for working with TV recorded shows. It's not really a guide, but it's all I have, and might give you a couple of hints. Since these are TV shows, there's only one subtitle track, so I can't help you with problems related to authoring multiple subtitle tracks, or adding new subtitles to a DVD that has already been authored. (I remember seeing a guide for that available here which still looks to be pretty good.) I don't want subtitles to be on by default, so someone else will need to help you with that as well.

1. Use CCExtractor GUI to create a .srt from closed captions.

2. Use Subtitle Workshop next. It is especially good if there are a lot of corrections to be made. It allows text editing via search and replace (Subtitle Creator only has search). The characters"<" and ">" are used to bracket escape sequences for special characters. Subtitle Creator does not like unmatched pairs of these characters so if different speakers are indicated using character markers ">>" or ">>>", it will cause an error message. Remove those at this point if converting to .sup.

3. Use Subtitle Creator to convert .srt files to .sup files, for authoring programs that only accept .sups. Subtitle Workshop won't do that. Can also be used to add special characters, like musical notes.

4. Use DVDSubEdit and PgcEdit to correct color and maybe some other issues with subtitles in .sup format post authoring.

[Edit]It took time to find it, but this guide is still probably the best source of information on what you want to do, and the comments are still pretty active. https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/277950-How-to-add-new-subtitles-to-an-existing-DVD

The tools may seem old, but there have been very few new additions to the DVD toolbox over the past few years.