Changing subtitles alters space used??

PeterWright wrote on 6/23/2006, 12:35 AM

I have the same clip on two different menus, and DVDA correctly recognises that the space used does not need to be doubled.

However, when I change the text in a sub-title on one of these instances, as soon as I click to deselect the text frame, the space used jumps to double.

... then when I make the same change to the same subtitle on the other menu, it goes back to the original amount (3.0 Gb)

Is this "normal" behaviour - it seems surprising that changing a subtitle can have this effect, when the whole .sub file of 484 subtitles uses just 78kb.

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johnmeyer wrote on 6/23/2006, 9:17 AM

However, when I change the text in a sub-title on one of these instances, as soon as I click to deselect the text frame, the space used jumps to double.

Absolutely correct. Any additions (new soundtracks, subtitles) will no longer let the DVD use the same media twice because that extra information must be interwoven into the media stream. The solution is to add the subtitles for BOTH instances, and simply turn them off for the part of the video where you don't need/want them.

PeterWright wrote on 6/23/2006, 11:34 PM

Thanks for the explanation John - I had assumed because they can be turned on and off that the subtitles remained separate from the video.