[MEncoder-users] error with subtitles from dvd

[Alexey]

After some more testing I think that mencoder just added a invalid
timecode. That means if you cut it out you get all the timecodes that
are really on the DVD. I think that because: 1.)I commented out the
invalid timecodes and the video ran find with the subtitles. There was
nothing missing. 2.) I ripped the sibtitles with VobSub and it ripped
all timecodes except the invalid ones. I suppose that is a bug in
mencoder.

Are the developers reading this mailing list or should I submit a bug
report?

Regards

Alexey

On Wed, 2005-02-09 at 07:46 +0100, Alexey wrote:
> I took a closer look at the subtitle.idx file, here is an excerpt:
> 
> # VobSub index file, v7 (do not modify this line!)
> #
> # Generated by MPlayer 1.0pre5try2-3.3.4
> # See <URL:http://www.mplayerhq.hu/> for more information about MPlayer
> # See <URL:http://vobsub.edensrising.com/> for more information about
> Vobsub
> #
> size: 720x576
> palette: ee450d, df8f1e, ecc014, ecfa0c, 95cc24, 53a42f, 0de60d, 0cb5ed,
> 0f00ef, 580f5f, c72868, ebebeb, aaaaaa, 7e7e7e, 535353, 101010
> # ON: displays only forced subtitles, OFF: shows everything
> forced subs: OFF
> 
> # Language index in use
> langidx: 0
> 
> id: de, index: 0
> 
> .....
> .....
> timestamp: 00:04:39:479, filepos: 000017000
> timestamp: 00:04:43:480, filepos: 000018000
> timestamp: 00:04:43:479, filepos: 000018800
> timestamp: 00:04:46:479, filepos: 000019000
> timestamp: 00:04:50:479, filepos: 00001a000
> timestamp: 00:04:54:479, filepos: 00001b000
> .....
> .....
> 
> As you can see the third timestamp has a lower timestamp value then the
> prior. So what should I do? How can I determine what is wrong? The
> timestamp oder the fileposistion? And can I just switch the timestamps
> so that they fit the chronological order? 
> 
> I will do some testing, but I would be glad to hear some experts
> oppinion.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Alexey
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2005-02-08 at 05:48 +0100, Alexey wrote:
> > Hi everybody!
> > 
> > I've got a probem with the ripping of subtitles from a DVD. I do that
> > with:
> > 
> > mencoder dvd://1 -dvd-device /pah/to/image -ifo
> > path/to/image/VTS_01_0.IFO -vobsubout subtitles -vobsuboutindex 0 -sid 0
> > -nosound -ovc copy -o /dev/null
> > 
> > This runs just fine.
> > 
> > But when I try to merge them with mkvmerge into a matroska conatainer I
> > get this warning:
> > 
> > Warning: vobsub_reader: '/tmp/subtitles.idx', line 45: The current
> > timestamp (00:04:43.479) is smaller than the last one (00:04:43.480).
> > mkvmerge will sort the entries according to their timestamps. This might
> > result in the wrong order for some subtitle entries. If this is the case
> > then you have to fix the .idx file manually.
> > Warning: spu_extract_duration: Encountered broken SPU packet (next_off <
> > start_off) at timecode 00:04:43.479. This packet might be displayed
> > incorrectly or not at all.
> > 
> > And there is really one subtitle block missing although its only one
> > sentence. It just doesnt appear. When I play the file with mplayer the
> > text goes on with the next sentence spoken. When I play it with VLC in
> > windows the subtitle stop at this position and dont appear again.
> > 
> > Does anyone know an alternative way on how to get DVD subtitles with
> > mplayer? Maybe I am doing something wrong. Or what about another
> > alternative native program? I need a command line interface solution
> > since I am writing a bash script.
> > 
> > Your help would be really appreciated since I finished all other steps
> > and this subtitle issue is the only thing that keeps me from ripping all
> > my dvds.
> > 
> > I use/have installed:
> > mplayer-1.0_pre5-r5
> > libdvdread-0.9.4
> > libdvdcss-1.2.8
> > 
> > (Maybe I need another program of the libdvd* series.)
> > 
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > Alexey
> > 
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