Originally posted by: Hal 9000Hey AdigitalMan, how exactly do you acess the subtitles on a DVD folder file?

I am thinking about purchasing a DVD burner and wouldn't mind changing some of the subtitles (tastefully, and only slightly of course).
Like correcting a few minor type-os, changing the "oh shit!" to "help me!", etc.

In short:
I used DVDDecrypter to rip the disc into its individual streams. File splitting was turned off, so the video was one big file and the audio was one big file. Made re-synching a non-issue.

Then I ripped MF's original subtitles (from the original DVD, not from the Demuxed streams) using SubRip and converted to a text format using the OCR utiltity. This was perhaps the most tedious process, but I got them in okay on a few passes, after several hours of trying. Skip this step because I've saved you all the time and effort by saving the file, as noted further down in this response.

I then used Subtitle Workshop to make the edits and to create a format that DVD Lab Pro could import. I added then used said tool to import the video file, the audio file, and now the two subtitle files. I then exported the movie project, burned it to a re-recordable to test, and after testing went OK, burned it to a recordable for archiving.

I ditched the original menu simply because I didn't know how to make the menu select subtitles. Instead, I just added a subtitle note in the first few seconds (during MF's title card) stating that this was my edit, the date (for version control purposes in case I update the file down the road) and that MF's original subs were on stream 2. You can select them with the subtitle button.

The entire compilation sans-menu was about 4.28 GB, which leaves room for more subtitle files to be added by additional editors who care to do so.

To save you all the SubRip and Subtitle Workshop steps, I've saved the text based SRT files which will import into DVD-Lab pro. Feel free to update them using the text editor of your choice, then re-mux into a project of your own.

You can download MF's Original Subtitles and my version and edit to your heart's content.

May the force be with youse.

Citing my sources: I used a combination of tools and methods based largely on this guide and this other guide and then customized them as the project and my instincts dictated.