Subtitles lose formatting when imported into DVD-lab Pro???

[ducky303]

Hi,

I use Subtitle Workshop v2.51 to work with my subtitles. Whenever I open the subtitle file in this program, I can see the formatting (italics, bold, etc...) but when I add the same subtitle file into DVD-lab Pro 1.00 Build 041014 as part of a project, the formatting completely DISAPPEARS.

DVD-lab Pro says it accepts *.sub;*.srt;*.ssa;*.son;*.sst files, but I have saved to each of these subtitle types in Subtitle Workshop, and when I import them into DVD-lab Pro, the formatting still DISAPPEARS.

Could anyone please explain why this might be happening, and what I can do to fix it?

Thanks,

ducky303

[Baldrick]

http://www.mmbforums.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=8640&highlight=srt+italic

[ducky303]

Hi Baldrick,

Hope you are keeping well.

Thanks for the link. I guess I will have to deal with the lack of formatting, unless the new version of DVD-lab Pro supports it...? I shall investigate...

Cheers,

ducky303

[nbarzgar]

Got the same problem here.
So far I realized that getting the subtitles with Subrip in .bmp-format solves the problem of loss of formatting, but I have a badly encoded DVD here, the subs are overlapping in a lot of places when I rip them into .bmp, DVD-lab Pro however does not complain about any overlap in .srt/.son/.ssa etc. variants.

Is there any other authoring application that might retain the formatting on import?

Thanks.

[ducky303]

This here LINK says that DVD Architect 3 can

Create and edit frame-accurate subtitles within the DVD Architect 3 interface by exporting text regions using Vegas 6, and importing them into the DVD Architect interface. Subtitles display on-screen during movies, slideshows, and music compilations. Text files can be translated for use as alternate language subtitles in a project to create DVDs containing multiple languages. Subtitles can also be imported from a text file or third-party subtitling application. DVD Architect 3 supports up to 32 subtitle tracks for each title (16 tracks for widescreen}

maybe it could retain the formatting...?

[nbarzgar]

Let's hope for the best. I will go and try it.

EDIT: well, I tried and it doesn't!
I am almost at my wits end, I have tried practically every authoring app out there, none seems to be able to import and retain formatting!

Does anybody know about any solution? END EDIT