DVDStyler subtitles error

[thedigglegod]

I'm trying to burn some mkv files that have subtitles embedded into them. During the "Generate DVD" phase in DVDStyler, it will error out towards the end.

Here's the bit where it happens.

STAT: VOBU 1312 at 977MB, 1 PGCs
STAT: VOBU 1328 at 989MB, 1 PGCs
STAT: VOBU 1344 at 1001MB, 1 PGCs
STAT: VOBU 1360 at 1013MB, 1 PGCs
STAT: VOBU 1376 at 1025MB, 1 PGCs
ERR:  procremap encountered unknown subtitle command: 48
Failed

I cannot for the life of me figure out what is causing this. I've seen a few people online post about this problem, but it seems like they haven't received an answer that works outside of disabling subtitles (which I don't want to do).

Has anyone figured out a definitive solution?

[cholla]

I became so disgusted with DVDStyler I uninstalled it.
I did a search for the error you got & it said do this:

Open your subtitle file (SRT) in a text editor (like Notepad++) and convert/save it as UTF-8 encoding.
Check the subtitle file for special characters & I believe delete those.
If using non-English characters, ensure the subtitle properties in DVDStyler are set to the correct character encoding (e.g., CP1250, UTF-8).

[ricardouk]

Have you tried Avs2Dvd? Altough no longer maintained it was the go to software for what you want.

[thedigglegod]

I became so disgusted with DVDStyler I uninstalled it.
I did a search for the error you got & it said do this:

Open your subtitle file (SRT) in a text editor (like Notepad++) and convert/save it as UTF-8 encoding.
Check the subtitle file for special characters & I believe delete those.
If using non-English characters, ensure the subtitle properties in DVDStyler are set to the correct character encoding (e.g., CP1250, UTF-8).

I actually did find the post that you quoted from here earlier. Unfortunately that ties back to what I said in my original post, the subtitles are embedded into the file, I don't have a separate .srt that I'm loading in. And you're unable to edit the properties of embedded subtitles in the program (at least from what I can see).

I did discover a tool called MKVToolNix allows to change the character set of embedded subtitles in MKVs. But when I set my file to UTF-8 through that program, DVDStyler would still error out at the same point.

Regarding the other post, I just downloaded Avs2Dvd. I'll try it out later today. Though I'd hope I'd be able to find a solution to this problem here. DVDStyler is perfect for what I'm trying to do (outside of the subtitle thing). Avs2Dvd's menu creation is seriously lacking compared to it seemingly.

[cholla]

I'm going to suggest a few things but they have not worked for me.
I believe my problem is my OS being Windows 7.

SubtitleEdit:
Using Video dropdown\Audio to text\ Add the file
I can not get Whisper to work & it is supposed to be better than VOSK.
I did not get accurate results with VOSK.
If you can use Whisper give it a try.
This should automatically create a .srt from the audio.

On the file I tested mkvtoolnix it did not remove the embedded subtitles.
So I will see if I can find a way to remove embedded subtitles.
If not then adding them to your mkv files would just make a bigger mess.

I like AVStoDVD but if you use it do not create a menu.
Then use DVDStyler to create a menu you like.

[davexnet]

At least try and repair the existing subs.
Extract the subs using Mkv Cleaver
https://www.videohelp.com/software/MKVcleaver

Open the sub in SubtitleEdit and use tools/fix common errors
Save as a new sub and use that in DVDStyler

[Adub]

As others have said, you can just process the subtitles separately and then replace the problematic SRT subs in the original MKV.

A rough order of operations:
1. Extract the SRT subtitles that are in the MKV using mkvextract / Mkv Cleaver, etc etc. (Actually, this may be optional, since Subtitle Edit seems to have direct support for opening an MKV file with subtitles already in it)
2. Open the subtitles in Subtitle Edit. You might also try the "Open in Notepad and resave as UTF8" trick before opening the subtitles in Subtitle Edit.
3. Save/export the subtitles from Subtitle Edit in the DVD compatible "sub" (VobSub) format.
4. Merge them back in to the MKV using MKVtoolnix, being sure to uncheck the existing SRT track so that the old subtitles are not carried through to the new MKV.
5. Process the MKV with DVD Styler, which should just accept the subtitles as is since they are already in a DVD friendly format.

[thedigglegod]

I was hoping it wouldn't have to come to extracting the .srt files myself since I have a good amount of files to burn, it'd get tedious to do all that manually.

Thankfully I realized if I'm able to find separate .srt files online somewhere then I can just drag and drop those into DVDStyler and use those while omitting the embedded ones.

I'm moving on from trying to get the embedded subtitles to work, but hopefully someone in the future can come across as solution to the problem I described and post an update here for anyone also suffering from this. ��

[cholla]

mkv files that have subtitles embedded into them

Per the OPs first post.
The embedded subtitles are the problem.
Unless they can be removed AFIK none of the suggested programs will help.
Maybe AVStoDVD can convert the .MKV to DVD format.
Then maybe that DVD can be used by DVDStyler. I'm not sure about this.

@ thedigglegod.
Does mkvtoolnix show the .mkv to have any subtitles ?
It should not unless you have soft subtitles also in the .mkv file.

[thedigglegod]

@ thedigglegod.
Does mkvtoolnix show the .mkv to have any subtitles ?
It should not unless you have soft subtitles also in the .mkv file.

These are soft subtitles, not hardcoded. Sorry, I wasn't sure how to distinguish between soft subtitles and loose .srt files. I didn't know the terminology until earlier this morning lol.

[cholla]

Does mkvtoolnix show the .mkv to have any subtitles ?
If it does you can use it to extract only the subtitles.
Then you can use it to extract only the Video & Audio

Then as suggested use Notepad++ to check if the .srt is UTF-8 encoding.
If it is not: convert/save it as UTF-8 encoding.
Then see if DVDStyler will work for you.

[thedigglegod]

I extracted them and checked in notepad++, they were in UTF-8 BOM. I converted to UTF-8 and it still gives the error.

[davexnet]

Post the subs here and let somebody have a look

[cholla]

I created a clip so I could post it & so DVDStyler would take a lot less time when burning it.


First open the .mkv in mkvtoolnix.
Remove just the subtitle.It will be a .mks file.
Open it in SubTitle Edit.
Save it as an .srt.
Then open the .mkv in AVIDemux if the audio is something other than .ac3.
Set audio to AC3 (I use AC3 lav). Configure to your bit rate to what you believe is appropriate.
Save with new name. Video is just Copy.
Open DVDStyler & open the Saved.mkv
Make the New Project settings to match your .mkv
Right click at the bottom & add your .mkv
Right click the video & Properties.
Subtitle: Omit (This will prevent the old subtitle from being added to the video).
Then select the green + & add the .srt subtitle from SubTitle Edit.
click the gray square & set the subtitle properties as you want them.
Then "Burn DVD" set to "Just Generate".
When DVDStyler finishes Play the Video_TS folder with VLC or your media player.
The reason I like VLC is you can check the subtitle sync if it is off.
It was for the video DVD created by DVDStyler for the video clip I used.
That meant another trip back to SubTitle Edit.
Select: Synchronization\Adjust all times(Show earlier or later).
Adjust until the audio & subtitles are synced.Save
Now delete the old subtitle from DVDStyler & add the new one.
Then "Burn DVD" set to "Just Generate".
Veiw in VLC again.
For me the subtitles are now in sync with the video & audio.
House_On_Haunted_Hill1.mkv is the first clip.It is strait from the full movie.mkv.
House_On_Haunted_Hill1.mks is the subtitles extracted with mkvtoolnix.
House_On_Haunted_Hill2.mkv is the clip from AVIDemux with the audio converted to .ac3
House_On_Haunted_Hill1.srt is the final subtitles from SubTitle Edit
These worked with DVDstyler & created no errors for me anyway.
I'm adding them if you want to use them to test this method.
I used 7-zip to create the .zip file so I could post all the files in their formats.