Subtitle Edit 4.0.3 and 3.6.13

[robena]

Thanks for the merge python script, I'll try that.

You can also merge with SE: tools -> join subtitles

Just add the 2 subs and click "join".

Then: tools > Sort > By start time

Looking at your subs I see what happens: the missing subs come from the merge, but that has a penalty: there are parts where you have both subs generated by whisper and those merged for the same dialog.

Example starting at 47:42:507 for E02 (timestamp with my version):

One sub with 2 lines:

I always believed that I
had a future in this country.

And then 2 subs with 2 lines and one line:

I always believed
we had a future

in this country.

That's a bit of a mess!

About syncing subs.

Most US shows are designed to have ads. These ads are generally inserted at scene changes, when the video goes dark briefly.

2 different versions of a same show (web-dl and FOX edited to remove ads for example) will show a timing discrepancy at the scene changes.

My process is:

1) Use comskip, a tool to find ads, to detect scene changes to produce a VideoRedo .vprj file.

I use:

comskip82_010_donators\comskip.exe --threads=20 --videoredo --detectmethod=95 --verbose=0 "Bones S01-E01.mkv"

Even if the adds have already been removed, comskip usually finds where

2) Open the VideoRedo project. VideoRedo will clearly show where the ads where. It will show many false positions, but using F6 to navigate from one to the next shows the image, and when it's dark, it's likely where the adds were.

Example with an old FOX show where the adds were already removed:


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Use SE to adjust at the beginning using "Set start and offset the rest". Then navigate to the next scene change that you see with VideoRedo. Check before the timestamp if it's in sync (usually it is) and there after. If it's not, sync it at this location with ""Set start and offset the rest"".

That does not work with all the shows (not with Kabul for example that never had embedded ads anyway), but in my experience with many of them.

Not sure if the donator version of comskip is still available. Or if it's actually needed.

VideoRedo is no longer sold, it's hard to activate it now but I read somewhere that somebody has the rights to it now and can provide a legal way. You would need to do a search for that.

If I get more information, I'll send you a PM.

[sam12345]

Example starting at 47:42:507 for E02 (timestamp with my version):

One sub with 2 lines:

Code:
I always believed that I
had a future in this country.
And then 2 subs with 2 lines and one line:

Code:
I always believed
we had a future
Code:
in this country.

SE engine is the culprit. No problems with CMD>CLI


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Doing the transcription again.Will update you with new subs soon.

Meanwhile, read my PM

[sam12345]

Uploaded complete clean subs of Kabul (Mini TV Series) 2025


https://www.opensubtitles.org

Uploader: SamGer

https://www.opensubtitles.org/en/ssearch/sublanguageid-eng/idmovie-2350514


https://sub-scene.com/

https://sub-scene.com/subtitle/3363962

[robena]

Uploaded complete clean subs of Kabul (Mini TV Series) 2025


https://www.opensubtitles.org

Great, that will save me the trouble doing all the subs myself.

I actually tried to upload the Assembly ones, they were rejected because it's too obvious that they are AI generated.

Edit:

But there are still subs that overlap:


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[sam12345]

Will update the code of assembly tommorow.