How to split .ASS files using Subtitle Edit, without losing the styles

[Kyousuke]

I'm trying to split an .ASS file and I've already trimmed audio and video tracks, now it's remaining only the subs but, using Subtitle Edit 3.2.8 every time I split them, for some reason all the [V4+ Styles] and the [Script Info] are totally removed, also every line that contains a style, like:

Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.12,0:00:22.79,Base02,Default,0000,0000,0000,,We did it!

Gets automatically changed to "Default":

Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.12,0:00:22.79,Default,Default,0000,0000,0000,,We did it!

Is it possible to set it in a way that won't remove them? I tried searching different programs (for windows) but I couldn't find anything for .ASS files so far, before I tried with MKV Merge too but there're no key frames where I need to split so it didn't work. Right now I'm trying with Aegisub but I think it doesn't have any function to split the file. I'll have to split many other .ASS files after this, so I'm searching a fast solution, if it were only one then I could edit with notepad but, sadly it's not the case.. xD

Anyways, thanks in advance!

[Nikse]

SE 3.2.8 is very old... could you try SE 3.3.4?
Splitting lines should keep style in newer versions of SE.

[Kyousuke]

Thanks for the advice, I totally forgot to check the updates but, even with 3.3.4 there's the same problem:

Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.12,0:00:22.79,Base02,,0,0,0,,We did it!

Becomes:

Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.12,0:00:22.79,Default,,0,0,0,,We did it!

I tried with Subtitle Edit 3.3.4 both portable and non.

For more details, this is the text that gets replaced:

[Script Info]
; Script generated by Aegisub 3.0.2
; http://www.aegisub.org/
Title: Default Aegisub file
ScriptType: v4.00+
PlayResX: 712
PlayResY: 480
PlayDepth: 16
Timer: 100,0000
WrapStyle: 0
Video Aspect Ratio: c1.35104
Video Zoom: 8
Video Zoom Percent: 1.25
Scroll Position: 344
Active Line: 350
YCbCr Matrix: TV.601
Last Style Storage: Default
Collisions: Normal
ScaledBorderAndShadow: no
Video Position: 1862

[V4+ Styles]
Format: Name, Fontname, Fontsize, PrimaryColour, SecondaryColour, OutlineColour, BackColour, Bold, Italic, Underline, StrikeOut, ScaleX, ScaleY, Spacing, Angle, BorderStyle, Outline, Shadow, Alignment, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Encoding
Style: Base02,Hildegard LT W01 Bold,35,&H00CEE8FB,&H0000FFFF,&H00000000,&H80000000,0,0,0,0,111,100,0,0,1,2,0.5,2,40,40,25,1
Style: Base05,Hildegard LT W01 Bold,35,&H00F1D6DB,&H0000FFFF,&H00000000,&H80000000,0,0,0,0,111,100,0,0,1,2,0.5,2,40,40,25,1
Style: Opening,Segoe Print,42,&H00F7CEFB,&H00E25EF1,&H002E0433,&H80000000,-1,0,0,0,111,100,0,0,1,2,0,8,40,40,10,1
Style: Ending,Segoe Print,42,&H00FDF2F0,&H00F5A092,&H00330A04,&H80000000,-1,0,0,0,111,100,0,0,1,2,0,8,40,40,10,1
Style: Ending - Copy,Segoe Print,41,&H00FDF2F0,&H00F5A092,&H00330A04,&H80000000,-1,0,0,0,105,100,0,0,1,2,0,2,10,10,10,1
Style: Opening - Copy,Segoe Print,42,&H00FFFFFF,&H00E25EF1,&H00000000,&H80000000,-1,0,0,0,111,100,0,0,1,2,0,2,40,40,15,1
Style: Base02 - Copy,Hildegard LT W01 Bold,35,&H00CEE8FB,&H0000FFFF,&H00000000,&H80000000,0,0,0,0,111,100,0,0,1,2,0.5,2,40,40,25,1

After splitting, it becomes:

[Script Info]
; This is an Advanced Sub Station Alpha v4+ script.
Title: Untitled
ScriptType: v4.00+
Collisions: Normal
PlayDepth: 0

[V4+ Styles]
Format: Name, Fontname, Fontsize, PrimaryColour, SecondaryColour, OutlineColour, BackColour, Bold, Italic, Underline, StrikeOut, ScaleX, ScaleY, Spacing, Angle, BorderStyle, Outline, Shadow, Alignment, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Encoding
Style: Default,Rockwell,2025,&H00FFFFFF,&H0300FFFF,&H00000000,&H02000000,0,0,0,0,100,100,0,0,1,2,2,2,10,10,10,1

[Nikse]

OK, seems like a bug in SE - I've tried to fix it here (beta version, portable): http://www.nikse.dk/SubtitleEdit.zip

I've tested it with Tools -> Split subtitle + right click in main window list view -> Save selected lines as...

Does it work now?
If no, how do you split?

[Kyousuke]

It's working! I'm splitting the file using the duration of a trimmed video (in Basic options, because in Advanced I didn't see anything related to the duration).

I think there's another bug but this time in Advanced options, if you try to split a file using the "Lines" everything is fine, while if you use the "Characters", the styles are going to get removed again like before (or maybe it's supposed to be like that?).

Anyways, thanks so much for fixing it in no time, this is surely gonna save me a shitload of time!

[Nikse]

Nice, thx for testing

in Advanced options, if you try to split a file using the "Lines" everything is fine, while if you use the "Characters", the styles are going to get removed

Thx, should also be fixed now.