Video Recording/Playback/Editing/Converting/etc.

ihvana_003 wrote:wel..can you advise me a program i can use?...onegai... :bow:

I always use VirtualDub and Vobsub.

Here's a guide: http://www.videohelp.com/guides/how-to-add-permanent-subtitle-to-a-video-with-virtualdubmod-id808#808

i downloaded something, and it turns out it has french subs :beaten: and i think it's really annoying. but it's put together with the avi so the subs aren't separate (is that called a hard-sub?). does anyone know how to get rid of the subs?

monta wrote:i downloaded something, and it turns out it has french subs :beaten: and i think it's really annoying. but it's put together with the avi so the subs aren't separate (is that called a hard-sub?). does anyone know how to get rid of the subs?

You can't.

Once it's hardsubbed, the subs are part of the video... You have to find the raws....

bmwracer wrote:
You can't.

Once it's hardsubbed, the subs are part of the video... You have to find the raws....

Or re-author it with an overlay over the bottom of the screen, and subs over the top. It'll look terrible though :P

Anime Dad wrote:Or re-author it with an overlay over the bottom of the screen, and subs over the top. It'll look terrible though :P

Really terrible. :bleh:

bmwracer wrote:
I always use VirtualDub and Vobsub.

Here's a guide: http://www.videohelp.com/guides/how-to-add-permanent-subtitle-to-a-video-with-virtualdubmod-id808#808

geez thnx but i think i'm gonna take a long time to learn this.. :sweat:
i'm pretty dumb, i don't even know raws are!!! lol :bonk:

and, am i gonna use vosub to make sub or virtualdub?.. or both :crazy:
can i format the subtitle?, *men i'm really an ignorant, lol* :banghead:

raws = original video file without subtitles. i.e. what subtitling groups use to produce subtitled videos :)

ihvana_003 wrote:geez thnx but i think i'm gonna take a long time to learn this.. :sweat:
i'm pretty dumb, i don't even know raws are!!! lol :bonk:

Yow. :sweat:

and, am i gonna use vosub to make sub or virtualdub?.. or both :crazy:
can i format the subtitle?, *men i'm really an ignorant, lol* :banghead:

VobSub allows you to embed subtitles in the video using VirtualDub... The two programs work together....

bmwracer wrote:
VobSub allows you to embed subtitles in the video using VirtualDub... The two programs work together....

is virtualdubmod super different from virtualdub alone?.. :doh:

ihvana_003 wrote:is virtualdubmod super different from virtualdub alone?.. :doh:

Nope... They're essentially the same.

Apparently AutoGK will do it easier: http://forum.videohelp.com/topic316471.html

Anime Dad wrote:Apparently AutoGK will do it easier: http://forum.videohelp.com/topic316471.html

But you have no control over the subtitle size, font, color....

bmwracer wrote:
But you have no control over the subtitle size, font, color....

Hmm. I didn't read that far :P

is there any way to make a mpeg or avi to a raw file?..pls help :bow:

shoujo22 wrote:Please excuse me for being dumb here :beaten:, but what is the best software to use for converting VT_S to avi?

It seems like I have no problem doing anything else when it comes to computers but converting. What's wrong with me? :sweat:

VT_S??

You mean from a DVD to AVI?

There's a bunch of guides to try here: http://tinyurl.com/66gl89

Yeah. I have like 5 .VOB files that I've tried to convert with nero, avidemux, etc., but I keep getting an error message. It usually says "the 01_1 file can not be read/indexed" or something of that nature. So I was thinking that the 01_1 file was corrupt or something, but when I simply click on it the freaking thing plays perfectly in Nero Showtime. I don't get it :headscratch:

All I know is that I prefer having things in avi format, and that these freaking files are driving me nuts :banghead:.

Thanks for the link hon. I'll see what else I can experiment with :sweat:.

shoujo22 wrote:Yeah. I have like 5 .VOB files that I've tried to convert with nero, avidemux, etc., but I keep getting an error message. It usually says "the 01_1 file can not be read/indexed" or something of that nature. So I was thinking that the 01_1 file was corrupt or something, but when I simply click on it the freaking thing plays perfectly in Nero Showtime. I don't get it :headscratch:

All I know is that I prefer having things in avi format, and that these freaking files are driving me nuts :banghead:.

Thanks for the link hon. I'll see what else I can experiment with :sweat:.

Try VOB2MPG ( http://www.videohelp.com/tools/VOB2MPG ): it'll extract the MPEG2 files from the VOB files, then you can use another program like AutoGK ( http://www.videohelp.com/tools/AutoGK ) to convert the MPEG2 file to AVI... :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
Try VOB2MPG ( http://www.videohelp.com/tools/VOB2MPG ): it'll extract the MPEG2 files from the VOB files, then you can use another program like AutoGK ( http://www.videohelp.com/tools/AutoGK ) to convert the MPEG2 file to AVI... :victory:

Thanks! I'll give it a try today. Last night I just got up from the computer and went to bed. I was so frustrated :sweat:

shoujo22 wrote:Thanks! I'll give it a try today. Last night I just got up from the computer and went to bed. I was so frustrated :sweat:

Good luck...! :victory:

I recorded something off the TV with my DVD recorder and wanted to make a copy without finalizing the disc since there's still a lot of space left. So far, I haven't been successful.

When I tried DVD Decrypter, it said that the disc was empty. Then when I tried Nero, it would copy ok until the last part where it says that the burn failed. I tried it twice.

Still, I tried watching to see if one of the discs worked on my DVD recorder. I could view the disc fine, but when I tried finalizing it, it didn't want to work.

Does anyone have suggestions of what to do or should I just finalize the original copy?