Export as FAB text - adding CR

alexz wrote on 8/11/2004, 12:28 PM

Hi,
does anybody know how to add carriage returns to the export text of Vegas subtitles (regions)? I'd be really grateful for some help!

I've figured out how to delete the subtitle numbers (which I don't need), but I'd like to format the output of vegas like this:

00:02:15:080 00:03:24:120
This is line one.
This is line two.

00:05:10:040 etc ...

So, that's two things, actually.
First, adding a line break (CR) command to separate the timecode from the text, and another to separate subsequent titles - and if possible, to add a CR into the regions texts, thus creating two-line subtitles.

Thanks in advance for any takers!

Comments

jeremyk wrote on 8/13/2004, 9:10 AM

Hi,

I posted an "improved" subtitle script elsewhere in this forum (thanks for your response! -- my pride is soothed). And you can find the original script in Program Files\Sony\Vegas 5.0\Script Menu.

I'm glad there's someone else out there interesting in getting the subtitle stuff squared away. I have also encountered the "overlapping subtitle" problem you mention elsewhere, though I didn't try investigating it yet. [EDIT] oops -- it was jbar that posted it -- sorry.

Maybe I'll just have to buckle down and learn how Jscript works.

Jeremy

alexz wrote on 8/14/2004, 12:38 PM

I just downloaded the script - great!
But I have a question, since you seem to know how this all works ...

I want to output my subtitles in text format without the subtitle numbers (I figured that out already) and with each sucessive title separated by a space. Something like this:

00:15:06:24 00:15:26:13
Line one text.
Line two text.

00:15:31:02 00:15:33:21
Line one text
Line two text

Also, with frame numbers at the end, not milliseconds - should be divide by 40 or something for pal 25fps.

Do you think this is easy/possible? Would be a great help.

alexz