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I'm trying to create a set of English subtitles for the Japanese cut of Johnny Mnemonic, which has the scenes where Japanese is spoken only in Japanese. I have a copy of the screenplay to guide me. I tried using the subtitle tool in DVD-lab, but this is too imprecise for me. Does anyone know of a program that allows the user to view and monitor the video/audio as they are creating the subtitles, or something like that?

Or just any tips in general?

Before anyone mentions it, I checked Doom9's guides and they pretty much only cover manipulating existing subtitle tracks.

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I'm trying to figure this out too. Search for "subtitles" over at videohelp.com. One of the guides that came up seems like it would work. One of these days I'll actuaklly try it.
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Originally posted by: ReverendBeastly
I'm trying to create a set of English subtitles for the Japanese cut of Johnny Mnemonic, which has the scenes where Japanese is spoken only in Japanese. I have a copy of the screenplay to guide me. I tried using the subtitle tool in DVD-lab, but this is too imprecise for me. Does anyone know of a program that allows the user to view and monitor the video/audio as they are creating the subtitles, or something like that?


Well, if you're still looking, I recommend DivXLand Media Subtitler. It took me a little while to get used to it but I've not yet seen another program like it at all. Another good thing is that it's freeware.

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I am still looking, and I'll definitely check that program out. Thanks!

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Wow, this is pretty much exactly what I was looking for! Thanks so much!

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Anyone with subtitle authoring help for a beginner on a mac?

I've created a project in iMovie which can give me the start and stop times of each clip:

Clip: 1.mov 01
File: 1.mov:01
Frames: 28 In:28 Out:56 Thumb:0
Timestamp: 154572240.000000
RecordDate: 1
Clip: bsotw02
File: bsotw02
Frames: 229 In:0 Out:229 Thumb:0
Timestamp: 151701792.000000
RecordDate: -1082648993

But this is frame information....

For instance i'm trying out:
Belle Nuit Subtitler
Which works with timecode information. ...the export options are strange too. export to tiffs?

I would idealy like to have a .srt (or comparable) file at the end, which could then be incorporated into the final DVD. But at this point any guidance would be helpful.
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Tiffs would make sense. Subtitles on DVDs are not text, they're bitmap images. Programs that rip subtitles are actually just recognizing text from pictures and creating text documents.

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Ell, you're right about that. However, I have yet to find a program which allows someone to create those sorts of "subtitles". For instance, I wanted to create a "subtitle" track that contained silhouettes much like the one on the first Ghostbusters DVD.

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One of the most used programs in the subtitling scene is Subtitle WorkShop. It's freeware and you can get it in its webpage:

http://www.urusoft.net/download.php?lang=1&id=sw