Having problems adding a subtitle to a video...

[Johnathan]

I have a movie, in VIDEO_TS format, it already has selectable subtitles in there. I want to replace it with my own subtitle file, I have it in both .srt and .sup files, I can't find a good tutorial for how to simply replace it without taking it apart and putting it back together. I'd like to just open the one .ifo or .vob file and replace/save, but I don't think that's possible.

My second option is to just rip it to m2v/ac3/sup, then put it back together in a NEW VIDEO_TS folder. I have done this already, and although the subtitles don't work MPC, they work in VLC Media Player, hope they work when I burn it to a DVD and try to play it on my DVD player. But I found out the subtitles, all of them, every line, is a second or two off. A little ahead of the actual voices. Does anyone know how I can fix this easily, without going and redoing the timestamps to all 600+ lines in the .srt file?

Thanks.

[manono]

Hi-

I can't find a good tutorial for how to simply replace it without taking it apart and putting it back together.

That's because there is no such thing. The reason there is no such thing is because it's not possible. You'll have to take apart the DVD. As perhaps you know, there are some stickies at the top of the Subtitles Forum that explain the process. I might suggest Method 2 of Baldrick's guide:

https://forum.videohelp.com/topic338721.html

But I found out the subtitles, all of them, every line, is a second or two off.

I don't know the method you followed, but it's possible to adjust the delay of a SUP file before muxing using SubtitleCreator (Tools->Manipulate SUP or VobSub), or the sub delay in the finished DVD by using DVDSubEdit. Both methods can adjust the delay for all the subs. You won't have to do it for the 600 individual lines of dialog. If you prefer to do it to the SRT file, SubtitleCreator can do that also. Open the SRT and then go into the Synchronize Tab.