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Overscan Issue
Freedom Kira:
I believe Handbrake will handle that. Can't guarantee, though; I first learned about it a while back, and when I tried it, its softsub support was lacking, but they have updated since and I haven't tried out the new version.
Worth a shot though, isn't it? =P
Edit: Just in case you were wondering, I was talking about converting softsub mkv to hardsub mp4.
Stsin:
If you are using avisynth and your MKV has softsubs, just adjust the sub positioning instead of adding borders. This way your DVD will look fine even on setups that don't have overscan problems, like your next one.
Demux the SSA or ASS script, open it with notepad and modify the MarginV setting of the Styles used (higher values move toward the center). Usually modifying just the style default is enough, avoiding the styles used for signs, etc.
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=17305.msg395429#msg395429
Add the VSFilter for Avisynth, if don't have it already. Then add a textsub command using your modified subtitle script.
http://avisynth.org.ru/docs/english/externalfilters/vsfilter.htm
If your MPC_HC and FFDShow is configured properly, should be able to preview the script in that player. It's basically WYSIWYG. Learn to use avisynth. Most encoders are picky on what file formats they accept, but the good ones will accept avisynth scripts, and avisynth can play virtually everything (that your computer can play).
Malific:
--- Quote from: Stsin on March 06, 2010, 11:33:05 AM ---If you are using avisynth and your MKV has softsubs, just adjust the sub positioning instead of adding borders. This way your DVD will look fine even on setups that don't have overscan problems, like your next one.
Demux the SSA or ASS script, open it with notepad and modify the MarginV setting of the Styles used (higher values move toward the center). Usually modifying just the style default is enough, avoiding the styles used for signs, etc.
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=17305.msg395429#msg395429
Add the VSFilter for Avisynth, if don't have it already. Then add a textsub command using your modified subtitle script.
http://avisynth.org.ru/docs/english/externalfilters/vsfilter.htm
If your MPC_HC and FFDShow is configured properly, should be able to preview the script in that player. It's basically WYSIWYG. Learn to use avisynth. Most encoders are picky on what file formats they accept, but the good ones will accept avisynth scripts, and avisynth can play virtually everything (that your computer can play).
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Aye this is useful, for moving the subs, but it still leaves it as .mkv which pretty much means I need to use ConvertXtoDVD to burn it. Which is fine, because after reading a ton of posts saying it can't fix the overscan issue I finally ended up getting it anyway and it can, It has a padding option to add black bars if you go into the aspect ratios of the titles.
However it completely destroys the stylization, making some subs almost impossible to read. You can fix that, But I would really like to maintain the stylization as is.
Stsin:
--- Quote from: Malific on March 06, 2010, 05:09:44 PM ---Aye this is useful, for moving the subs, but it still leaves it as .mkv which pretty much means I need to use ConvertXtoDVD to burn it. Which is fine, because after reading a ton of posts saying it can't fix the overscan issue I finally ended up getting it anyway and it can, It has a padding option to add black bars if you go into the aspect ratios of the titles.
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ConvertXtoDVD's homepage says that it supports Avisynth. Use the .avs file as your input.
--- Quote ---However it completely destroys the stylization, making some subs almost impossible to read. You can fix that, But I would really like to maintain the stylization as is.
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Talking about Avisynth or ConvertXtoDVD?
If your previewed Avisynth file doesn't look right, it's doing the styles but probably not using the right font.
With Win XP, demuxing the fonts in the same directory often worked. But doesn't with my Win 7 setup. So I tried installing those fonts which worked nicely. Often, the whole series uses the same fonts as the first episode, so don't have to do it often, plus some of those are worth keeping.
Here's an example where I hardsubbed a video with not just stylized subs but fully animated effects that would bog down many systems here: http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=17115.msg390452#msg390452
It's in the spoiler. Just a simple avisynth using textsub script fed into meGUI encoder, and looks exactly like the original.
Malific:
--- Quote from: Stsin on March 07, 2010, 05:18:37 AM ---
--- Quote ---However it completely destroys the stylization, making some subs almost impossible to read. You can fix that, But I would really like to maintain the stylization as is.
--- End quote ---
Talking about Avisynth or ConvertXtoDVD?
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Avisynth works great, this is a ConvertXtoDVD issue. I read through their forum and it has something to do with limitations on the DVD format itself, And the programing of the software. Something about a Dvd can only handle like 3 different colors for subtitles at once and they can only be from the standard 16 basic colors and the program can't handle certain fonts etc etc.
Suffice to say ConvertXtoDVD can't put the stylized subs in, so I'm using a combination of Avisynth, MKVtoolnix with MKVExtractGUI, and MeGUI to hardcode the stylization into a .mp4, which I'm then plugging into ConvertXtoDVD so I can use it's padding options to remove the overscan.
Suffice to say My problem is solved. Thank you every for all your help, I tried pretty much everything and the above is what is working best for me.
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