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  1. 11th Nov 2006 22:28 #1
    rambler
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    I can play dvd's on my PC using Windows media player, and I can toggle the closed captions on and off.

    What I want to do is rip dvd's to my pc harddrive as AVI files, and still be able to toggle captions on and off. I use DVD DeCrypter and Auto GK to create AVI's from dvd's. When I play these AVI's using Windows media player, no captions are available. After hours of research I am stuck. Any ideas? THANKS!!!
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  2. 11th Nov 2006 23:25 #2
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    Hours wasted. All you had to to do was scroll down this page and you would find a number of posts on closed captions.

    What you need to do is extract them, then convert them to subtitles to use with your AVIs. You can start your reading here : https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?p=1368315#1368315
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  3. 12th Nov 2006 07:19 #3
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    Thanks, but that thread is full of conflicting info and is very confusing to me. I guess i'll try the vobsub, but i don't know when in my process it should be done, or how it's output is supposed to mesh with the avi file.

    edit - I downloaded and installed vobsub, but there does not to be a ripper wizard that was mentioned in the other thread.
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  4. 12th Nov 2006 09:14 #4
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    VobSub Ripper (VSRip) isn't part of the VobSub package. You can find it here.
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  5. 12th Nov 2006 10:23 #5
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    Yes, use VSRip, its very fast. Youll have an out subtitle file in SRT or SUB format you can use with your avi.

    Why they don't include CCs in divx is mystery to me. I remember in the store you could buy those one time divx flicks & the box said CC...
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    OK, thanks for all the help so far, thank God for the internet.

    I have the vsrip working, but when i play the dvd now there are a bunch of Y's in advance of the captions/words. Plus I can't seem to toggle them on or off. They are always on the screen, and when I toggle them "on", the screen shrinks and i see them twice (once on the screen, once below and to the left.

    Also, the output files are many (the least of my worries right now), I'm wondering if some could be deleted. I am telling the ripper to only grab the english. Output files are: cc.raw; cc.srt; cc.utf8.srt, utf16be.srt, utf16le.srt, idx, sub (largest one by far).
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  7. 12th Nov 2006 11:54 #7
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    This is one of options:
    Copy .idx and .sub files to the same directory where your avi is.
    Now rename those 2 files into the same name as your avi.
    Download GOMplayer or KMPlayer and use it to play your avi.
    Right click on the playing video and go to Subtitles - Choose language.
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    Those Y's you see are CC formatting codes that haven't been properly processed. Funny, I thought VSrip didn't have that problem...

    Open the various .srt files with a text editor or a subtitle editor, see which one is best for you, and keep that one.
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  9. 12th Nov 2006 17:01 #9
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    Outstanding, I am all set, thanks to all who helped. Just a summary of what worked for me to be able to go from DVD to an AVI on my computer, that can toggle closed captions on and off:

    1. dvd decrypter
    2. autogk
    3. VSRIP
    4. play the avi on KMPlayer

    For steps 1 and 2 I used info from this site http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2005/12/26/how-to-rip-a-dvd-a-tutorial/

    For steps 3 and 4 I used info from this thread.
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  10. 12th Nov 2006 17:03 #10
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    One last thought - any way to make KMP's toolbar/menubars disappear while it's playing?
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    Originally Posted by rambler
    One last thought - any way to make KMP's toolbar/menubars disappear while it's playing?
    Click on the full screen (upper right) and as soon as you move your mouse toward middle of a screen - those toolbars disappear. To show them again, just move your mouse all up or down.
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