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Post #654262

Author
A_New_Hope
Parent topic
Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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Date created
12-Aug-2013, 4:20 PM

I am concerned at whether or not my effort at contributing to the "Sources" documentary sub-project is of legitimate value.  Yes, there is some desirability to having a neatly packaged single .mkv file with neatly labeled and current subs (sourced from the collaborative efforts of HanDuet and several others in their "Sources Documentary - Current .srt Subtitle List"), but…

My concerns here are primarily two fold:

1) As HanDuet indicated, the "Sources Documentary - Current .srt Subtitle List" is a moving target currently receiving contributions and feedback that (hopefully) will result in a more refined and broad final product that Harmy could then mux into his "Sources" documentary clip for the v2.5 Blu-ray release.

2) I have personally experienced issues using the default Charset values when muxing in Mkvtoolnix…so, I am concerned at the potential for a muxed language sub track displaying garbage characters NOT present in the original .srt file.  [This may or may not be the case with German subs issues earlier indicated by Laserschwert and deho, but from a troubleshooting standpoint…it just makes sense to systematically identify and isolate potential causes.]


The small, independent structure of using and testing the EXTERNAL .srt's (as maintained by HanDuet) until such time as their inclusion in v2.5 makes perfect sense to me…and while well intended, I don't think there's any inherent value in further maintaining a parallel muxed version (and at 700mb a download), AT LEAST until the v2.5 release.  IF Harmy doesn't release a stand-alone muxed "Sources" documentary (to compliment the DVD9 or .mkv format release of v2.5), then I think that might be the good time to re-visit a stand-alone muxed version release of "Sources" to include the fruits of HanDuet's sub-project efforts at that point.

For anyone less familiar with how to use EXTERNAL subs, all you need is your video source (for which I have provided unaltered, full-resolution mirrors of Harmy's "Sources" documentary HERE)…rename your desired sub file (see HanDuet's updated posts for the latest) to be the SAME as the video source (before the dot extension part) and make sure that it's located in the SAME folder/directory as the video source…then simply open the video source using VLC (or similar).

Kind regards,

 

-A.S.