Convert batches of SRT to SUB+IDX - smooth bitmaps

[rotven]

I've searched far and wide and tried several different programs and none of them are producing the results I'm looking for and I couldn't find an option for tweaking the settings, mainly AVIAddXSubs and TXT2VobSub.
I believe I tried increasing the resolution in AVIAddXSubs' settings but I don't think that changed anything.

I'm trying to convert SRT subtitles to VobSb (SUB+IDX) files in which the converted text (bitmaps) will show up much smoother. Currently, the text it produces very jagged, pixely letters.

Any way to change this?

P.S. A program that can generate PC safe colors (white and not neon pink) is definitely a plus.
Also, a program that can do this in BATCHES would simply be heaven.

Cheers!

[MilesAhead]

You might take a look at the scripts generated by FAVC. He uses SubtitleCreator to convert .srt to .sup. You may be able to change it to produce idx/sub or find a way to convert .sup to idx/sub in batch. The subtitles produced by the script are white with 3d black border.. a lot smoother than AviAddXSubs does by default. Of course you can change the params. It may be a good place to start.

[rotven]

Thanks! SubtitleCreator produces subtitles much smoother than the other programs I mentioned.
Now I'm just going to look for a way to run all of my subtitles through the program in a batch.

Cheers!

[MilesAhead]

If you set up a job with FAVC and on Advanced Tab check "don't start batch file" you don't have to run the job. Just look through the batch and avs scripts to see how he calls SubtitleCreator from the command line. I haven't used SubtitleCreator much so there may be guides for it around I'm not aware of.

[rotven]

I'll have a look at that.
Thanks again!

[nbarzgar]

If you set up a job with FAVC and on Advanced Tab check "don't start batch file" you don't have to run the job. Just look through the batch and avs scripts to see how he calls SubtitleCreator from the command line. I haven't used SubtitleCreator much so there may be guides for it around I'm not aware of.

Comparatively old thread - but I needed a solution and found it after some time in SubtitleCreator itself, which took more searching on the Internet. So I post here, in case others need a solution too.
(I find VobSub=idx/sub useful for muxing in .mkv thus displaying smooth subs on my Blu-Ray player.)

To display its help and use SubtitleCreator from the command line, on Windows use the Command Prompt in SubtitlesCreator's directory, using these parameters:

SubtitleCreator -help

This will display a small dialogue containing scripting rules and examples for .sup, vobsub (idx/sub) and sup to vobsub conversion.

Those can be used in a batch file afterwards, like this:

for %%F in (*.srt) do SubtitleCreator "%%~nF.srt" -p1 -iMyIfo.ifo -ven -"%%~nF.idx"
pause

I use 'pause' on the 2nd line to keep the command prompt open after processing to be able to read output messages and/or errors.
This will create any number of VobSub from .srt files in SubtitleCreator's directory. (Details are explained in SC's help.)
It seems, SC cannot accept paths containing spaces, so I wasn't (yet) able to run the .bat from the source video file directory, calling SC from there. Tried using the path with inverted commas, which didn't work.
Am not a programmer so perhaps someone else with experience will be able to suggest how to use a directory of choice, calling SC from there.

Have fun!