how to convert CVD or SVCD subs to srt or any DVD compatible format

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  1. sipec

    sipec Member

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    Hi, it is possible using vob2sub to rip subtitles from as SVCD or a CVD and to use them for subbing an SVCD or CVD with the help of winsubmux. However, what can one do so as to use them for subbing a DVD?
    Is there a way of converting winsubmux type of files to, for example, .srt?
    The format of SVCD and CVD subs ripped with vob2sub is a) a text file with the sufffix .sub referring to the timings, size and position of a number of subtitle images in BMP format and b) the said images (BMPs).
    I have subtitled lots of italian operas to greek and did not keep the original text files, alas. Now that DVDs have became cheap, I would like to use my original DVDs so as to burn them with the subs I made on a writable DVD. Unfortunately, DVD companies do not offer greek subs for italian operas.
    Any help or suggestion is welcome.

    Anna from Athens
     
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    Hi. I haven't done much with subtitles so all I can tell you is Subtitle Workshop is a freeware that can convert lots of formats. I've used it a couple of times to convert between .sub and .srt
     
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    Thanks for the suggestion. Subtitle workshop, alas, does not recognize the .sub plus BMP images format.
    Anna
     
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    Efharisto!
    Thanks for the link, I'll look into it.

    Solution found, at last!

    It is not free, though.
    Lemony subtitler does a perfect job out of it. I have only tried the crippled shareware version and had to replace the comma with a a colon or period in the original .sub file created by winsubmux and then do some search and replace in the output file. The result was excellent. I got a scenarist compatible file referring to the BMP images.
    Lemony can be fount at
    http://www.jorgemorones.com/lemony/title.htm
     

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