How do you remove the running subtext of a movie?

[johnharlin]

I'm not even sure what you call it but it is the text of the spoken words that runs below the film. I have an avi movie that has annoying foreign subtext running. Is there any way to get rid of it?

[guns1inger]

Start by playing the movie in a player like VLC or The KM Player. if the subtitles are soft-subs embedded in the video you will be able to turn them off during playback. If you can, try using AVIMuxGUI to remove them.

If you cannot turn them off then they are hard-subs, encoded as part of the video. There is no nice way to remove them. Your options in the case are

1. Leave them. No further damage is done to the video.

2. Use a filter such as Delogo or MSU Subtitle Remover to replace the subtitles with an annoying blurry blob instead. You will also have to re-encode the video, potentially reducing the quality.

3. Crop the section with the subtitles off, then re-encode. You lose some of the image, but you don't get the blob. You still risk losing image quality when you re-encode.

[Supreme2k]

4. If available, buy or rent the DVD. It's well worth it, quality-wise, to have a legit copy, rather than a hard-subbed (probably) torrented copy.

[johnharlin]

Thank you.

[JoeBolden]

Start by playing the movie in a player like VLC or The KM Player.
If you cannot turn them off then they are hard-subs, encoded as part of the video. There is no nice way to remove them. Your options in the case are....
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2. Use a filter such as Delogo or MSU Subtitle Remover to replace the subtitles with an annoying blurry blob instead. You will also have to re-encode the video, potentially reducing the quality.
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VirtualDub MSU Subtitle Remover latest version might just work good enough for you. Try it and see how well it works for you.
http://www.compression.ru/video/subtitles_removal/index_en.html

If you plan on overlaying a new translated soft coded or hard-coded subtitle, that might even further reduce any blurring effect