I just burned my first full PAL to NTSC conversion. Checked the disc on my laptop and it works fine. Then, I put it into my standalone. The subtitles are being cropped of on the bottom.
I know a bit about overscan, but not much more than the sticky says. Still I don't think overscanning's the problem. See, the subtitles shouldn't be at the bottom of the screen in the first place. They're supposed to be up in the video, but for some reason they're in the letterboxing. At least, that's the way it is on the computer. It's like my player's not listening to the vertical positioning.
What's going on?
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Are these embedded subs, or switchable ?
How did you convert from PAL to NTSC ?
Did you convert the subs as well, or just the video ?
There is a large difference in vertical resolution between PAL and NTSC (around 25%). Subtitles are essentially just graphics that get displayed with a transparent colour so you can see the image behind. It sounds like your subtitles are still PAL resolution, and when displayed with the top of the image matching the video, the subs end up pushed down the page. You have to extract and recreate the subs at NTSC resolution. You might also be able to raise them up using DVDSubEdit. Not something I have had to do, so I can't guarantee it will work, but you lose nothing by trying.Read my blog here.
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The subtitles are switchable.
Coversion was done with the pulldown method.
Subtitles weren't converted, but I did change the vertical positioning with DVDSubEdit.
Edit: I just checked another DVD. This one didn't have a PAL/NTSC conversion done to it. Same problem.
On both of them, I ripped the subtitles with PGCDemux, edited the video (PAL/NTSC conversion on one, split on the other), and remuxed with Muxman. Then, I used VobBlanker to replace the old movie with the new one (on the conversion I used DVDLab Pro to recreate the menus in the right size). Finally, I used DVDSubEdit to recolor the subtitles (and in the conversion to change the vertical positioning). -
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Subtitles weren't converted, but I did change the vertical positioning with DVDSubEdit.
And here it is after being properly raised:
Open the VOBs in DVDSubEdit, scroll to a barely viewable subtitle and use the "subpic vertical position" slider to raise it into the right position. Although my pic shows it being raised by 81 pixels, some players have a problem with using an odd number of pixels. It might be better if you raise them by an even number. Then go Edit->Apply Last Modifications To All->Apply Changes To Subpic Vertical Position to make the vertical position change you made to that one subtitle apply to all of them, and then File->Save All Modifications. Do this to the final DVD - the converted and VobBlanker processed version - and not the one right out of Muxman.
If you did everything just like this, then I'd next test in a few other players if possible, because I'd then think you have some kind of a funky player. Did you say you have the same problem with a DVD that wasn't converted? Are you sure these aren't widescreen 4:3 DVDs that you're zooming in using the remote? That will also cut off subs, but there's nothing you can do about that, I don't think, except to watch them in a "normal" (unzoomed) aspect ratio. I've done this PAL2NTSC conversion a number of times with no problems. -
I already moved them. Exactly the way you said.
Here's a screencap of the moved subtitle.
I know it's not a 4:3 DVD with a zoom because I don't have the option to zoom. My player's set to automatically display 16:9 movies with letterboxing. When I play the disc on a widescreen tv, I have to set it to "full" mode and the subtitles are on screen.
I did notice one thing though. In DVDSubEdit, if I set the display thing to 16:9 letterbox I get this:
Which is pretty much what I get on my tv. Do I maybe need 2 subtitle streams? One for a widescreen tv and another for a 4:3 tv? If so, how do I got about doing something like that? -
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You changed it to 16:9 Letterbox, so what did it say before you changed it? 16:9?
Do I maybe need 2 subtitle streams? One for a widescreen tv and another for a 4:3 tv? If so, how do I got about doing something like that?
I've never made that mistake so I don't know how it looks if you just loaded the one track (after all, Muxman does warn you when there's only one), but I wouldn't be surprised if that's the cause of your problem. -
Yes. It did say 16:9. I thought it only needed one stream because the originals had only one stream. I guess they're supposed to display in the letterboxing. Which means that my problem probably really was just overscan.
So, if I do only have one stream, how far up do the subtitles have to be for them to not be cut off by overcan? -
It's not overscan.
I thought it only needed one stream because the originals had only one stream. -
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Muxman only gave me any grief when I tried to select a mode (16:9 or letterbox).
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