Re: Importing a Multi Format Disk DVD to my Mac and ad Subtitle by Bruce Nazarian on Jul 17, 2008 at 5:27:23 am
Hi Ray
What you are asking to do is possible, but it will take some effort and time; in DVDSP, you can add subtitles manually, but that is time-consuming. You can build a Text script for DSP that will create Subtitles for you in a batch, but you will need to review how to do that from the DVDSP manual.
Once you have the new subtitles created, you CAN add that new Subtitle stream to the existing DVD, but to do that you have to extract the existing video, audio, and subtitles, map the navigation, create a new DSP project and re-author the DVD with those assets, import and add the new subtitle stream, then re-building the DVD.
There's no simple way to do this without the original DVD project, sorry...
Re: Importing a Multi Format Disk DVD to my Mac and ad Subtitle by Raymond Mergen on Jul 17, 2008 at 8:03:30 am
Thanks Bruce for the fast reply
But a this all is a bit " chinese " for me...;o)
>>Once you have the new subtitles created, you CAN add that new Subtitle stream to the existing DVD, but to do that you have to extract the existing video, audio, and subtitles,
>>>can i extract the existing Video with DVDSP or do i need some "extra" software and if yes what do you recommend... wouldn't be handling that all with Sublime or is there any similar software around?
map the navigation,
>>>Would you please explain me this further, how to do that..
re-author the DVD with those assets
>>>Same here....?
import and add the new subtitle stream, then re-building the DVD.
Re: Importing a Multi Format Disk DVD to my Mac and ad Subtitle by Alex Asp on Jul 17, 2008 at 9:13:41 am
Hi Raymond,
A better solution to your problem is a little helper application called DVD AfterEdit. It is available in Standard Edition and in Mastering Edition. Standard Edition is all you need, it is also a cheaper one.
It is true, that using DVDAE requires better and deeper understanding of DVD-Video Specifications than the casual DVD SP user might have, but in your case it is so simple you just need to follow the steps:
1.Find the track you need on existing DVD and extract its elementary streams. Mac The Riper can help you with that, and numerous tools on a PC side as well.
2. Using free app on a PC/BootCamp/Parallels/VMware called SubRip, extract the subtitles as BMP files plus script and save them in a Scenarist format.
3. Open new project in DVD SP and import your elementary streams, create a new track, and import subtitles you ripped in a previous step.
4. Create additional subtitle stream as required by your client.
5. Build DVD SP project.
6. Open the existing project in DVD AE
7. Find the VTS you want to replace and select it
8. Use Replace VTS command to import a track you created in DVD SP. Use the option that preserves existing pre- and post- commands.
Save the project and test it. If you are satisfied, burn the disc and send it to client.
You can download a fully functional application from http://www.dvdafteredt.com, and as you can see the job requires DVD SP as well, but you won't have to recreate the whole DVDSP project, nor would you need an original DVD SP project file. Once you are satisfied with the project you can buy the app and unlock the SAVE function.
Re: Importing a Multi Format Disk DVD to my Mac and ad Subtitle by Alex Asp on Jul 18, 2008 at 2:00:56 pm
Hi Raymond,
I am afraid SubRip is a Windows only application. To the best of my knowledge there is no application on the Mac that can extract subtitles the way SubRip do. You can get an old copy of VirtualPC (now discontinued)that runs on the PPC machines and it will let you use Windows and SubRip, however this would be a waste of time. If you are serious about making DVD's, you need to add a PC to your arsenal. There are still more apps that are Windows only, and they really can save time. For our purposes PC does not need to be state of the art latest and greatest, a really cheap machine will do.
Elementary streams are MPEG2 video and AC3 sound files. You get them by either creating or disassembling existing projects.
