So... what if I actually WANT subtitles?

comorbid · Post by **comorbid** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:12 am

Ok, so I decided that I want to get some of my DVDs onto my PSP (specifically, foreign ones with no english dub, hence the need for the subs). I downloaded the AMVApp, and picked a random chapter from my 301/302 DVD in IFO mode with stream processing enabled. I've tried all three ways in IFO mode to process the subtitle stream, but trying to use the VSFilter plugin (which seems to be "the" way to do it, according to all the other sites I've checked) with VDubMod to superimpose the subs doesn't work (nor does adding them to the stream list).

I open the .avs in VDubMod, add the filter, and it opens up the dialog where I choose the subtitle file. When I choose the subtitle file that DVD Decrypter made, and click OK, it just goes back to the main filter window, with nothing added. I tried it with the VobSub filter and the TextSub filter, and the same thing happens with both.

I've also noticed that if I rip the .VOBs straight and play them in VLC, there's no subtitle option. So is DVD Decrypter actually even processing the sub streams or not?

I was thinking about just buying the PSP Media Manager (though I really don't want to, having already learned how to do it myself... except for transferring the subs, obviously), but if it doesn't handle subs, then I don't really have a reason to get it.

Anyway, has anyone managed to get a DVD to any other video format with the subs intact?

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:33 am

Even if you look at the output window in VirtualDubMod instead of the input window?

Just another reason I like SmartRipper better: its stream processing options clearly label all the streams and what each one is so you know whether to include, demux, or ignore each one.

comorbid · Post by **comorbid** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:46 am

Yeah, I dragged the scrubber and played both windows and saw nothing. And IFO mode in DVD Decrypter is pretty much the same as SmartRipper's default setup. When I get back home, I can do a screencap to show you what I mean.

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 7:00 am

So you have a DVD without a dub in the language it has subs in?

comorbid · Post by **comorbid** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:06 am

BasharOfTheAges wrote:So you have a DVD without a dub in the language it has subs in?

Right. No english dub.

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:35 pm

Old release, or bootleg? Either may explain a problem.

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:51 pm

could be one of the new media blaster's releases... they never dubbed Sukisyo, Loveless or Princess Princess (though i donno if thats their taste) theres also Cardcaptor Sakura O.o or the uncut Sailor Moon

Qyot27 · Post by **Qyot27** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:09 pm

JaddziaDax wrote:could be one of the new media blaster's releases... they never dubbed Sukisyo, Loveless or Princess Princess (though i donno if thats their taste) theres also Cardcaptor Sakura O.o or the uncut Sailor Moon

Bandai also released/is releasing Gunbuster and Gunbuster 2/Diebuster without dubs too, apparently.

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:23 pm

I know it was done a lot on the cross-over from VHS to DVD. I had no idea they did it now though - I guess licensing fees are a lot less than paying for VAs.

Kitsuner · Post by **Kitsuner** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:40 pm

Qyot27 wrote:
JaddziaDax wrote:could be one of the new media blaster's releases... they never dubbed Sukisyo, Loveless or Princess Princess (though i donno if thats their taste) theres also Cardcaptor Sakura O.o or the uncut Sailor Moon
Bandai also released/is releasing Gunbuster and Gunbuster 2/Diebuster without dubs too, apparently.

Not to mention TRSI's release of Super GALS Season 2.