VobSob/AVISynth sub problem

[Bigswaffo]

Hi all,
I used this guide to use my .sub file for a movie. I used the fourth scenario near the bottom with AVISynth. In the VobSob documents that came with it, it said to use textsub, you need this:

LoadPlugin("textsub.vdf")
TextSub("path\filename.ext"[, charset[, fps]])

in your AVISynth script. I've had problems with this. For instance, what do I put under "charset"? Also, what do I put under "fps"? Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

[fantomlord]

I think that all you need is like what he had in the guide:

LoadPlugin("c:Program FilesVirtualdubpluginsTextSub.vdf") 
LoadPlugin("c:winntsystem32mpeg2dec.dll") 
mpeg2source("d:dvdmatrixmatrix.d2v") 
#[filter] 
#[filter] 
#[filter] 
#[filter] 
TextSub(d:dvdmatrixsubsmatrix.srt")

the last time I did subs(a while ago), I had basically what is above in my script, and I had no problem.

[Bigswaffo]

@fantomlord
That was the first thing I tried. When I loaded the .avs into Windows Media Player, the movie itself worked, but there weren't any subs.

That guide was written for an older version of VobSob. Maybe that's the problem... Also, if it helps, my subs are in a .sub format. 8)

[fantomlord]

hmm...
last time I did subs, I was using older versions of avisynth.
when you write your script, do you try opening it with media player?
do the subs show up, or do you get an error message?
I'm also assuming your using the right extension in your script:

TextSub(d:\dvdmatrixsubsmatrix.sub")

if so, I'm not quite sure where to go next

[Bigswaffo]

Alright, since that guide didn't work, I used another guide. I'm too lazy to get the link, but it is the one where you frameserve it with VDub. I converted the .sub file to a .ssa file and used the Subtitler filter and frameserved it to TMPGEnc. Thanks for your help.