Subtitles

MaGicMaX · 10-20-2009, 10:16 PM

Ok i've had problems adding subtitles in Devede, i get a SPMUX error or something everytime. Im pretty sure its because i have not selected the proper encoding for the subtitle file. By Default the encoding method is "ISO-8859-1". My question is how do i know which encoding method i need? I usually use .sub or .srt files.

jschiwal · 10-21-2009, 01:10 AM

What type of disc are you creating?

One thing you could look at is "file subtitlefile.srt". It may indicate the encoding. If it isn't what you need, look at the "iconv" program to convert the encoding.

If you need the program itself to run with a different locale, you can start it like:

LC_ALL=en_US devede
in the terminal.

jschiwal · 10-21-2009, 01:22 AM

There is a posix regular expression man page: man 7 regex. You may need it for some of the strange details in the syntax.
The info manual for gawk is excellent. I even produced a pdf version of the book from the .texi files in the gawk source code, and printed it out. The sed info manual is a joke IMHO. You may find a small booklet on regular expressions in the book store. On of those really small cheat sheet books that don't cost that much.

MaGicMaX · 10-21-2009, 01:27 AM

Open the file with what program? I have Subtitle Editor but not sure where such info can be found when opened. In properties of the file it does not state the encoding. Im creating an NTSC DVD.

MaGicMaX · 10-21-2009, 01:32 AM

Oh nevermind, ya when i run file at the command-line i get. "ISO-8859 English text, with CRLF, NEL line terminators" That helps, strange that i still get an error using that same encoder though.