How can I change the position of only SOME lines in a subtitle file?

[jrodefeld]

I have a film project I'm working on that requires the addition of English subtitles. During the credits, there is a song playing and I'd like to include English subtitles to the lyrics of the song during the credits.

The problem is that I'd like the position of these subtitles to be significantly lower on the screen than the position of the subtitles for the main film. I have no idea how to do this.

I'm actually swapping the subtitle stream from an already-authored Encore Blu-ray folder. I've done this many times because I hate the way Encore handles subtitles. I use tsMuxer to generate the proper subtitles and then I replace the streams in the folder.

Are there tags I could add to an SRT file offsetting just some lines of the subtitle file in relation to the others?

Or could I edit a SUP file directly using some sort of image editor?


I'm sure there is a way to do this.

[videobruger]

Convert the .srt to .ass with Aegisub or Subtitle Edit and use two styles. Convert the .ass to .pgs with EasySUP.

[jrodefeld]

Convert the .srt to .ass with Aegisub or Subtitle Edit and use two styles. Convert the .ass to .pgs with EasySUP.

Thanks for the reply. Could you clarify what you mean? What do you mean "use two styles"?

[videobruger]

What do you mean "use two styles"?

With .ass you can define styles, ie what font to use, their size and position etc.

In your case use one style for the normal position of the subtitles and another with the offset. Here's how it would look in Subtitle Edit.

[jrodefeld]

Okay, I think I've got it.

Thanks SO much for helping me out here! Knowing this, I've got much more control over the subtitles I use in my projects and I can make them that much better than before.

I'll reply again if I have any additional problems, but it looks like I'll be able to do exactly what I wanted.