Anime Dad wrote:No, that's where the problem starts.
I tried registering on the DVDLabPro2 forums to ask them what i've done wrong, but their forum registration process is screwed up :(
I gave up on dvdlabpro and I'm using Ulead DVD workshop exclusively now for any subbing and tmpgenc for anything that does not require subbing. So far no mroe problems but of course I'm making DVDs not AVIs. But converting AVI to DVD with full blown menus and subs is a cinch with Ulead DVD workshop. All those loosahead gifts in his gigashare download emporium that come with subs to be combined are so easy now... I'm actually able to do other stuff. Yippee
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A-Dad, you might try demuxing the audio from the video before hardsubbing and then remuxing the two after you've hardsubbed the video... Not sure if that will make much of a difference, but worth a try, I suppose. :sweat:
I already authored the DVD using DVDLabPro2, but the problem i'm having with that is that it doesn't start at the menu when you put it into the player like it should: It starts at the main movie and won't go back to the menu (when you press the menu button on the remote) like it should. I had successfully authored 6 or 7 DVD's, with soft subs, using the same process. The movie is Tokyo Zombie, and it has soft subs.
I thought i'd try to hardsub it instead, and just burn it using NeroVision Express, which is what I used to do. Problem with NeroVision Express is that you can't have a start menu with a "Start Movie" button AND a "Scene selection" button.
So I did the VirtualDub thing (which I had done before, successfully, with Shinobi) which worked fine for the subbing, but threw the audio out of sync.
Anime Dad wrote:So I did the VirtualDub thing (which I had done before, successfully, with Shinobi) which worked fine for the subbing, but threw the audio out of sync.
I can't for the life of me understand why the audio would go out of sync... :headscratch:
DVDLab Pro - cool menus.. but subtitle problems is keeping me from using it. when a line's too long, you have to manually make it into two lines. (right?)
DVDAuthorGUI - good subtitling but not so good menus
I'm thinking I should just stick with DVDAuthorGUI, but maybe you guys got something BETTER?
BOGCHI wrote:what do you guys use to AUTHOR your DVDs?
DVDLab Pro - cool menus.. but subtitle problems is keeping me from using it. when a line's too long, you have to manually make it into two lines. (right?)
DVDAuthorGUI - good subtitling but not so good menus
I'm thinking I should just stick with DVDAuthorGUI, but maybe you guys got something BETTER?
I use sub title workshop to prep the subtitle file. It has tons of options.
I immediately call in the text option to break long lines. That sets the line break character in all long lines in the entire file wherever needed. You can also specify the max length of a line before breaking it.
You can save the file in about 50 different sub title formats for whatever program you use to combine the sub file with the video.
While you work on the sub file, it is superimposed on the video so you can adjust out of sync lines...
I take the finalized sub file into Ulead DVD workhshop 2. For my needs that has proven the best subtitle/video output. Of course I always go to DVD output. As far as I have been able to determine, Ulead only inserts soft subtitles... but I prefer that so that I can turn them off when I want to test my learning progress of understanding Japanese.
BOGCHI wrote:what do you guys use to AUTHOR your DVDs?
DVDLab Pro - cool menus.. but subtitle problems is keeping me from using it. when a line's too long, you have to manually make it into two lines. (right?)
DVDAuthorGUI - good subtitling but not so good menus
I'm thinking I should just stick with DVDAuthorGUI, but maybe you guys got something BETTER?
I just use TMPGEnc DVD Author... Not as sophisticated as some of those other programs, but it gets the job done: simple menus are fine with me... I don't need animated menus, backgrounds, etc... That stuff is fluff.
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I just use TMPGEnc DVD Author... Not as sophisticated as some of those other programs, but it gets the job done: simple menus are fine with me... I don't need animated menus, backgrounds, etc... That stuff is fluff.
It's the CONTENT that counts. :victory:
I use tempgenc DVD author too for all dramas that are presubbed... When I started using it, I made all menus animated.... kind of like a kid with a new toy.... but I suddenly realized that doing so was actually putting up spoilers.... so no more of that ... now I find a nice drama meaningful jpeg and use that as menu background. :crazy:
Thart's what I do, Ralph :) Just a nice wallpaper or promotional pic from whatever series it's from. For Tokyo Friends, I used a nice picture of Tokyo :)
Back to my DVD authoring trials: I have FINALLY found a program for authoring DVD's that's simple, a small (under 7MB) download, can cope with externsl (soft) subs, and most importantly, WORKS! It's called ConvertX to DVD, and it's highly regarded at the videohelp forums (always a good indicator). It doesn't do anything fancy like animated menus, scene selection menus etc, but you can fire it up, select your avi file(s), select your subs, select a background picture for the menu, enter a name for the DVD and the actual episode titles, hit the Convert button, and it's done! It will even burn the DVD once you're finished. It automatically inserts chapter points every 10 mins (or whatever you specify). I tried it with my Tokyo Zombie movie (soft subs) and with the first 2 eps of Densha Otoko, and it works great!
Also, you can use it to just convert to DVD and do the authoring in another program if you wish.