Wow! That was fast~~~

thank you,

any way you could tell me how to do it in DVD arcitech.... I searched it in the help and nothing came up.....

peace,

ice

Open DVD Architect, press F1, and type "Subtitles" on the Index tab. Follow the full instructions listed there.

Subtitles are pretty easy. You can even do them up in Microsoft Word if you want. They need to be in this format though:

0000_____00:00:00:00_00:01:58:42_This is a test

(I'm not sure if the tabs/spaces will show up in this post so I used lines but each piece of info is separated with a tab/spaces. The long line is tab, and the short ones are space)


The first number group is the subtitle number. This one would be the first subtitle
The second number set is the time code where the subtitle starts
The third is the timecode where the the subtitle finishes
The last bit is the information that will be shown
The second subtitle would be:
0001____00:01:58:42_00:02:10_This is a second test

Once you've laid this all out in Word then save it as TXT (dos format), then change the extension to SUB

You can also edit a vegas subtitle set in Word. just change the vegas generated sub file extention to TXT, and open in word.

I set up region markers in Vegas, then I use the "convert regions to subtitles" script in vegas to export the timing codes. This sets up all of your timing numbers so you don't have to put them in manually. I then import that to Word and write the actual subtitle to each timing code set.... much faster that way.

Then in DVDa you right click the time line and choose "add subtitle track" and a new track will appear. Drag your SUB file onto that track.

Hey thanks a lot blink3times!
Really helps!

If I could just ask.... Is there a certain font or size that is industry standard? or just whatever looks right?


Thanks again,

ice

Your font size/color and positioning will be set in dvda after you import it to the subtitle track. Just change the first subtitle to the way you want it then right click it and you will see an option to carry out that change to the rest of the track. I should point out that you can have each subtitle a different color/size/location if that's what you really want too.

You will also have to set the dvda disk properties to show the subtitles by default or leave them off and hit the subtitle button on the remote to enable (you can have it either way)

I should also point out that the timing numbers are not THAT crucial. They help dvda to locate each subtitle as they are imported as a whole... but once on the subtitle track each subtitle can be slid left or right to adjust timing if you need

Also, I just figured out that if I use Blink's script method to export the timecodes to a Word file, I can type in the titling I want in the Word file, then if I want the titles back in Vegas, at each Marker, I can click on it, "rename," and then paste each title I typed into the Marker title. It still requires typing, but that way it simplifies the process... at least it did for me.

You can also do it using Excel, makes it easier to keep things together. I've also done it using Access along with a bit of VBA code that totally automated the process but that was only possible because each subtitle was to be displayed for the same time to match a slide being displayed for the same time.

One smallish trap.
I recall there's an issue if you want no subtitle on the screen as the TC out value will not remove the sub until a new one is scheduled. Simple fix is to have a blank subtitle if you do strike this issue.

Bob.