Creating a Subtitle File(.sub or .srt) With Just Text(no time sync yet)

[Digistras]

Ok guys, I know this is crazy but I would like to do this from scratch. I have the Laguna Beach Season 1 DVD but I was surprised that it has NO SUBTITLES on it! But I managed to google myself and found that there is actually a subtitle for it but is in .HTML!!! Please visit the following website to see the text:

http://www.twiztv.com/scripts/lagunabeach/season1/lagunabeach-101.htm

and trust me, I searched google and yahoo for one whole day but I can't find anyone who actually did a premade subs in .sub or .srt for this TV Show. This is the only one I can find!

I have found the subtitle for it and now, I would like to synchronize the text with the DVD to make a .sub or .srt file for it. I understand that I may have to watch the whole DVD in order to create the subtitle files but I'm willing to do it for someone I love!
So right now, I just need to know the following:

1. Tools that I need
2. Kind of softwares to make it happen
3. a DETAILED STEP BY STEP guide on how to make my dream come true!
4. Everything or anything at all that would be able to help me create the subs

I hope you kind fellows out there would be able to guide me through this pain process. I really hope to make it happen. I owe you guys one! Below is what I have cut and paste from the website above mentioned.

Opening Credits




CUT TO: Outside LC’s house




LC: I want to go to the beach so bad.

Morgan: Well it’s where you live.

Lo: I’m relaxing. This is nice.

Morgan: Are we gonna plan a theme party or what?

LC: Well what have we done so far? Like we’ve done the whole G.I. Joe…

Christina: Dress up, like a dress up party.

Lo: We did the astrocrat party, like trophy wife astrocrat.

Christina: But not like that.

Lo: Would this be like go get a cute new dress?

LC: Oh that could work.

Lo: We could make it like a black and white cocktail hour, black and white cocktail party.

Morgan: At Cami’s, no one dressed up. We have to make sure you’re not let in the door unless you’re fully decked.

LC: Where do you wanna have it?

Lo: A hotel?

Morgan: That would be so rad.

Lo: (Gets ready to write) So what should the invitation say?

Christina: Everyone’s gonna wear black and white so let’s make it like a black and white…

Lo: A black and white affair?

Christina: That works.

Lo: Okay.

LC: Okay. Let’s do the guest list.

Morgan: We’ll do twenty and then ten, you know like if we forget you kind of thing. ‘Cause a lot of times you’re like “I meant to invite you, but I just forgot you.”

Lo: Morgan. Who do we wanna come?

LC: Well us obviously.

Lo: Our friends. Mora, Brit, Jill, Jen, Sahara, Nate, Caitlin, Joselyn.

LC: Stephen, Dieter, Trey.

Lo: Kristin? (LC coughs) Drama.

LC: Yeah.




CUT TO: Kristin’s House




She is lying in her pool when her phone rings. She gets out to answer it.




Kristin: Hello?

Alex: Kristin.

Kristin: Hey Al.

Alex: Hey, what are you doing?

Kristin: I’m just laying out. What are you doing?

Alex: Do you still wanna hang out later?

Kristin: Yeah I do. I’m just gonna visit Stephen at the surf shop really quickly before I come get you, but it’ll probably be around 8:30-9:00.

Alex: How are you and Stephen?

Kristin: We’re good.

Alex: Aw.

Kristin: We’re really good, yeah.




CUT TO: Stephen’s Work




Kristin walks in to see him.




Kristin: Stephen.

Stephen: Hello.

Kristin: Hi.

Stephen: What’s going on?

Kristin: Nothing, what are you doing? (They hug)

Stephen: Nothing, working.

Kristin: How is it?

Stephen: It’s lagging. It’s dead.

Kristin: Oh.

Stephen: Shoot me now.

Kristin: What are you gonna do after?

Stephen: Going to Trey’s barbecue.

Kristin: Are you gonna go to that?

Stephen: I might have to go cook myself a steak. What are you going to do?

Kristin: I told Alex I’d go hang out with her for a little while and then we’re going to figure it out.

Stephen: You don’t wanna go to Trey’s at all?

Kristin: I don’t know, call me when you get there. I’m not going if Lauren’s going.

Stephen: Really? (The phone rings)

Kristin: Aren’t you going to get that?

Stephen: The phone? (Picks it up)

Kristin: Surf and sport.

Stephen: Surf and sport. Yes, we do do surf lessons. $8.00 a person per hour. Have a good night. (Hangs up) Thanks, surf lessons.

Kristin: Have fun working.

Stephen: You’re leaving me?

Kristin: Yeah, I told Alex I’d go pick her up.

Stephen: Thanks for coming by. (Kisses her on the head) Bye.

Kristin: Okay, bye Stephen. (She leaves)




CUT TO: Trey’s Barbecue




LC: Hey Lo. It’s Lauren. I’m still at Trey’s. I’m like the only senior girl here. So call me when you get this. Bye. (Hangs up her cell phone)

Polster: Coming over to Trey’s right now? We’re having the pre sesh at Trey’s right now and after that we’re going to my mom’s house. (To Trey) Is it okay if Shane cruises over too?

Trey: Yeah.

Polster: Yeah, Shane, cruise on over buddy. Knock like dun dun dun dun dun dun, you know when you knock.

Dieter: Do you not like being here? Do you wanna leave?

LC: No I don’t care.

Dieter: Stephen’s gonna be like in a little?

LC: Yeah. He’s gonna come here.

Dieter: Are you gonna spend the night there?

Polster: Hey Dieter!

Dieter: I’m claiming that as mine. That was my hat for some night, I swear to God.

Polster: Trey gave this to me. It’s been at my house since he gave it to me.

Dieter: Bull s***.

Polster: No it’s not bull s***.

Dieter: We’re going bubble bathing tonight. You wanna come?

LC: Bubble bathing?

Polster: We’re going to be putting bubble bath in Jacuzzi’s so it creates a massive amount of bubbles.

LC: Why would you do that?

Polster: Why wouldn’t you do that?

LC: Don’t you have to empty the Jacuzzi?

Polster: We’re not going to do it in my Jacuzzi.

Dieter: We’re going to like a hotel.

LC: That’s mean.

Dieter: That’s mean?

LC: Yeah.

Dieter: Well I’ll write them an I’m sorry letter.

Polster: How inconsiderate is that? She’s like thinking about the hotel.

Dieter: LC always thinks about the smart s***.

Polster: Remember when I used to be the smart one?

Dieter: No.

LC: (Laughs) Yeah, I don’t remember that either.

Dieter: That never happened. (Stephen comes) Steveo! Steveo! (LC watches him. Stephen high fives Dieter)

LC: Hey. (She hugs Stephen)

Stephen: You solo?

LC: Yeah.




CUT TO: Kristin’s House




Kristin and Alex are painting their feet.




Alex: Kristin, you’re supposed to put those on before you paint your toes.

Kristin: I forgot. I forgot.

Alex: Do you know if Stephen has talked to Lauren like recently at all?

Kristin: Uh, they’re friends, but she’s a stuck up little brat.

Alex: Oh I know.

Kristin: But he’s mine. (They laugh)

Alex: If you and Stephen had babies, they’d be so good looking. (Kristin laughs) They would.

Kristin: ‘Cause Stephen’s all tan.

Alex: Stephen’s hot.

Kristin: Stephen’s really hot.

Alex: He likes you so much and he’s admitting it to you.

Kristin: I can’t believe it.

Alex: Like he can’t help himself smile whenever he sees you.




CUT TO: Trey’s




Stephen: (He high fives someone) Call me tomorrow.

LC: We’ll give you invitations called a black and white affair. And you can only wear black and white. And it’s formal.

Morgan: It’s Friday night. At the Surf and Sand. And we got the suite.

LC: If you’re wearing any color you’re not allowed in. No, I’m just kidding. (LC looks at Stephen. Then she gets up)

Stephen: (To LC) You coming over?

LC: Yeah.

Stephen: (To Trey) See ya. Yeah, we’re going to my house. (He and LC leave)




CUT TO: LC’s new house that is being built.




It shows her dad watching them do stuff. Then it shows Stephen come and hug LC. They walk around the house together.




Jim: Go ahead guys. Keep going. That should be about square in the whole right there. (On the phone) We’re just dropping a palm into my backyard.

LC: Hey Stephen.

Stephen: Where’s your dad at?

LC: I don’t know. He’s somewhere measuring stuff.

Stephen: They do that kind of stuff?

LC: My dad’s an architect. He’s gonna do all kinds of fun stuff.

Stephen: He could just draw something.

LC: There’s more to being an architect than just drawing it.

Stephen: Do you wear hard hats?

LC: No.

Stephen: That’s kind of random. People are gonna trip over that.

LC: What?

Stephen: Right there.

LC: Oh it doesn’t stay that way.







CUT TO: Inside the house




Stephen: (He whistles) You have like the sickest view of like anyone I know.

LC: Come on. (They keep on walking)

Stephen: Awesome.

LC: (Points to the left) Sister’s room, and my room.

Stephen: Is your room the best?

LC: Of course.

Stephen: Of course.

LC: I think my bed goes here.

Stephen: Where?

LC: You’re on my bed.

Stephen: Nice.

LC: I have two closets.

Stephen: Shut up.

LC: This is my clothes closet. (Points to the other) And that one’s my shoe and purse closet.

Stephen: This is nice.




They go outside.




Stephen: Dude, this is so gnarly. It reminds me of the houses on the OC. Oh God.

LC: Maybe this is the Jacuzzi. (Points to the right)

Stephen: Look at people are down at the beach right now. No, the Jacuzzi’s over there. (Points to the left) Let’s go sit in the Jacuzzi. (They go in it) It’s gonna be so nice. (He whistles)

LC: Oh just like my old one.

Stephen: The jets right here. (He pretends they’re there and LC laughs)

LC: (Points) There’s Kristin’s house.

Stephen: Where?

LC: Right there.

Stephen: Oh yeah. Have a nice little room up in San Francisco and come back to this place.

LC: I’m not gonna wanna leave.

Stephen: You’re not gonna wanna leave up there?

LC: I’m not gonna wanna leave here.

Stephen: I know. Pretty sweet. (LC watches Stephen)




CUT TO: Outside




Kristin is talking to Talan




Kristin: Yeah, I don’t know. I’m really stressed out on Stephen and Lauren because last night, he told me he was going to bed early, and today I found out he was at her house.

Talan: Do you know if they hooked up?

Kristin: He says that they didn’t.

Talan: Does that bum you? I mean, it’s kinda funny, you guys like have a relationship that’s like on and off. ‘Cause you hook up with him, he hooks up with Lauren, you hook up with him, he hooks up with Lauren, I kind of come in on the side and like grab one of you every once in a while.

Kristin: Yeah.

Talan: Gosh, our town is so small. We need another girl.

Kristin: What is that supposed to mean?

Talan: I don’t know, I’m kind of sick of hooking up with the same girl.

Kristin: You’re sick of hooking up with the same girl? Who?

Talan: You know it’s you. It’s seems like whenever I call you, you’re with Stephen, and whenever I call Lauren…

Kristin: She’s with Stephen. Either wants to go back out or stop whatever we’re doing.

Talan: So you think it’s Lauren’s fault they’re hanging out all the time?

Kristin: I think it’s both their faults. I just hate Lauren. She needs to go out of my life.

Talan: That’s a little harsh.




CUT TO: Surf and Sand Hotel (The location of Black and White Affair)




Jan: I’m gonna show you the suite. You have 30 people from what I understand? The hotel room usually rents for $700.00 a night.

Lo: Sounds fabulous. Oh it’s so nice.

LC: Oh, I like the big deck.

Lo: So do I. I really like the big deck.

Jan: So you obviously see how close how you know this guest room is to all the other guest rooms.

LC: Yeah.

Jan: And obviously noise is a concern for us while you’re here.

Lo: Noise control. Yeah.

Jam: And you know you understand you’re not planning a dance party or anything like that. So it’s more, kind of a get together.

Lo: Definitely. We’re trust worthy, don’t worry.

Jan: You’re trust worthy? All right.




CUT TO: Store




Polster: Wait, are you going with LC or are you going with Kristin?

Stephen: I don’t know. There’s like mad tension there, so I don’t know.

Polster: Can you imagine like LC and Kristin fighting over you?

Stephen: Having Lauren and Kristin fighting over you?

Polster: Yeah.

Stephen: Kristin’s like a really good girl to hook up with and have fun with. We can have like so much fun. But, coming down to the boyfriend and girlfriend stuff, Lauren would like a better girl.

Polster: Such drama.

Stephen: It is.

Trey: Could have seen you though dude.

Stephen: I know. It sucks for me because I don’t know what to do because either way I’ll be like hurting one.

Polster: It’s a tough choice man. But it’s a predicament…it’s just the way it goes.

Stephen: Exactly.




CUT TO: Kristin’s House




Stephen comes to pick her up. He rings the doorbell.




Kristin: Hey.

Stephen: Hello.

Kristin: What’s up? (They hug) Ready?

Stephen: Okay.

Kristin: Bye Dad. Okay.

Stephen: See ya Dennis.




They leave and go to a restaurant.




Stephen: What the hell did Talan say to you today that got you so pissed off?

Kristin: At you?

Stephen: Yeah, I sent you two messages and then you’re like “I know why you’re not responding because you’re lying” or something like that.

Kristin: You did lie to me.

Stephen: I didn’t lie to you. I went to sleep last night.

Kristin: Taylor saw you at 9:15 Stephen.

Stephen: Where did she see me?

Kristin: Driving down from Lauren’s house.

Stephen: How did she know I was at Lauren’s house?

Kristin: Well you were. So I mean don’t say that because you were.

Stephen: Maybe Taylor saw me but I wasn’t there at 9:15 that’s for sure.

Kristin: I know. So you were at Lauren’s house. You just lied to me.

Stephen: That’s what I’m saying. It was like 7:30 when I was there.

Kristin: So then what were you doing up there? See I don’t believe you.

Stephen: She was weirded out because people were asking her “So what’s going on like with you and Stephen” and stuff like that and she didn’t know what to say.

Kristin: She could be like “Uh, nothing. We’re friends”.

Stephen: I guess that’s not the way she feels or something like that.

Kristin: Well all I heard about is that you and Lauren had sex, and like Stephen and Lauren. All right.

Stephen: There’s like so many times I could have gone and hung out with her.

Kristin: Whatever. ‘Cause I am over it if all I’m gonna hear about is you and Lauren, you know? Then yeah, I’m over it. (Stephen runs his fingers in his hair)




CUT TO: Surf and Sand Hotel




LC and her friends are getting ready for the party.




Christina: It’s fun getting ready though.

LC: I like getting ready. Even if you don’t really do anything.

Morgan: I’m wearing this.

Lo: This, really? That’s so cute.

Christina: Remember the dress I wore sophmore year?

LC: When you went with Hue and he got kicked out.

Lo: Is that the one with the bow?

Christina: No.

LC: Your freshman year dress.

Christina: Shut up.

LC: Did you see my dress? It was orange.

Lo: I had a cute dress.

LC: Lo had a cute dress.

Christina: What was your dress?

Lo: It was the Vissi Viggi one, like green.

Christina: Oh that one was so pretty. Remember I tried to fit it into it?

Morgan: Kristin and all the junior girls are coming right?

Lo: Uh, yeah.

LC: I wonder what Stephen and Kristin are gonna fight about tonight.

Morgan: Seriously.

Lo: I don’t know, but hopefully they’re not loud.

LC: Oh they will be.

Lo: I wish I had a white dress.

Morgan: I know, that’s what I wanted to wear.

Lo: I know. I have never found a cute white dress like ever. They’re all trashy.




CUT TO: Kristin’s




She’s getting ready.




Alex: You look pretty.

Kristin: I have to ask what shoes should I wear. Ok, here. This one? Or this one?

Jessica: Those look more approiate with the outfit.

Kristin: I’m gonna call Stephen and make sure they’re coming to pick us up. I’m really not into this.




CUT TO: Trey’s House




Stephen leaves to go get Kristin. He runs over Dieter’s cologne.




Stephen: It’s broken.

Dieter: You just ran over my expensive thing of cologne dude.

Stephen: It wasn’t half full.

Dieter: How are you not full for running over my cologne? If I put a baby next to your car, you’re gonna run over it?

Stephen: Why would you put a baby next to my car?

Dieter: Why would I put cologne next to your car dude?

Stephen: It’s your fault.

Dieter: F*** off.




CUT TO: Party




Morgan: It’s gonna be the best party of our senior year. Got that? (It shows them at the party and Kristin getting ready)

Lo: What’s Kristin’s phone number because she’s with all…

LC: I just spoke with Dieter and he’s like “Me, Stephen, Kristin, and Jessica are gonna stop by and say hi and we’re cruising over to Polster’s”.

Lo: What?




It shows them coming.




Kristin: I wanna stay for like 5 minutes. I’m sorry Stephen. I just don’t wanna hang out with these people right now. (They knock and LC answers the door. She hugs Stephen when he comes in)

LC: Hi. This is Trey’s suit and it’s blue and white.

Stephen: I know.

Christina: This is fun though. Let’s put on some music and dance. Hey guys come on let’s dance.

Kristin: Nah.

Morgan: Come on everyone dance.

Christina: Woo! (People dance)




CUT TO: Outside




LC: Wait, you guys wanna come? At 2:00, we’re all running down there and jumping in the water.

Stephen: Naked.

LC: No, I’m wearing a bathing suit. You can go naked.




CUT TO: Inside




Kristin: Stephen’s like “We’re only here for 5 minutes”. This is such bull s***. Is this like the boycotting hotel room party right here?

LC: I like how we’re all wearing black and Kristin’s wearing white. How ironic.

Kristin: I’m the only one that wore white. I’m different.

LC: I just want to…

Girl: I know.

Kristin: All right let’s go. Stephen’s lagging.




Cut to; Outside




Kristin: I wanna get out of here. I’m leaving.

LC: I swear if Kristin says she wants to leave one more time, I’m gonna pick up, pick her up and physically remove her from the hotel. (Stephen goes inside. Kristin watches. LC goes inside and looks at Stephen.)

Kristin: I seriously need to get out of here. I’m sorry. I’m leaving. (She goes to find Stephen and everyone else follows) Stephen, let’s get out of here. Come on. (They leave)

Alex: What, we’re leaving? Why aren’t we staying? (LC goes outside)




Guy: Are you bummed?

LC: I’m so bummed right now.

Guy: On the whole night?

LC: Yeah.

Guy: Skinny dip sesh, later. (Everyone leaves so LC is alone. It shows Kristin and everyone leaving, then goes back to LC alone.)

[politiken]

Hi - Look to Subtitle Workshop

regards Pol

[träskmannen]

Subtitle Workshop is a great tool but there are better options to create subs from scratch. I would use VisualSubSync. You can find a tutorial here: http://christophe.paris.free.fr/VisualSubSync/tutorial.html

I don't know if VisualSubSync will accept DVD files or not. If it doesn't, convert it to DivX or similar using for instance AutoGK.

Follow the tutorial but do some cut-and-paste work instead of typing it all in. You will need to edit a bit since what you have is a transcript, not subtitles. Try to keep the subs short, not much more than 40 letters per line or the final result will look strange. Be careful about how long they are shown: a sub of one line should be shown 2 - 4 seconds, one of two lines at least 4 seconds, 6 is better. This is of course not a law but it is a handy rule.

Once your text subs (*.srt) are done you can follow this excellent guide https://forum.videohelp.com/topic338721.html to add them to your DVD.

Good luck!

[manusse]

You can also use VisualSubSync for that.

Cheers
Manusse