Trouble With "Timed Text"

[Startropic1]

I have a bunch of subtitled mp4s I'm trying to make playable on my PS3, (with the subtitles.) I've found the best solution for subbed media is to just put it through multiAVCHD. However it didn't mux the soft subtitles from the mp4s. According to Mediainfo the subs are "timed text". I tried extracting the subs with mp4UI but it was unable to read them properly. MP4Box successfully demuxed them as .ass. What's going on here?

[Baldrick]

Multiavchd supports ass/ssa subs. Tried add the ass together with the mp4?


Or does the ass not contain any subs? Check with a text editor.

[Startropic1]

Multiavchd supports ass/ssa subs. Tried add the ass together with the mp4?


Or does the ass not contain any subs? Check with a text editor.

The subs are inside the mp4s

[Baldrick]

But have you tried add the demuxed ass file and mp4 in multiavchd ?

[Startropic1]

Ok this is really weird, I was wrong about the .ass. mp4box demuxed the subs track as a .ac3 file. I opened it in a text editor and the subs were there. I'm going to attach the aforementioned .ac3 file. What is the deal here? Here's the mediainfo log too:

General
Complete name : E:\anime\NinjaRobots\01 - An Open Door.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 222 MiB
Duration : 24mn 28s
Overall bit rate : 1 268 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2007-06-28 20:31:15
Tagged date : UTC 2007-06-28 20:31:15
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L5.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 16 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=1, N=5
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 24mn 28s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 1 000 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 3 032 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.121
Stream size : 176 MiB (79%)
Writing library : x264 core 54 svn-635M
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=16 / deblock=1:1:1 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=7 / brdo=1 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=2 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / bime=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40(pre) / rc=2pass / bitrate=1000 / ratetol=1.0 / rceq='blurCplx^(1-qComp)' / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30
Encoded date : UTC 2007-06-28 20:18:23
Tagged date : UTC 2007-06-28 20:31:23
Audio
ID : 3
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 24mn 28s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 264.6 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 312 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 45.5 MiB (21%)
Encoded date : UTC 2007-06-28 20:31:20
Tagged date : UTC 2007-06-28 20:31:23
Text
ID : 2
Format : Timed text
Codec ID : tx3g
Duration : 24mn 22s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 48 bps
Stream size : 8.49 KiB (0%)
Encoded date : UTC 2007-06-28 20:22:24
Tagged date : UTC 2007-06-28 20:31:23

[Startropic1]

Apparently the subs are Timed Text (TTXT). Yamb is able to convert them to srt on the fly when demuxing them. Problem solved!