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wikipedia quote:
"VobSub
The name should be taken literally as to where these subtitles come from. VobSub is the name of the format for bitmap subs after they have been extracted from a VOB, Video Object
file, on a DVD. The application which extracted the subtitles was also
called VobSub (now known as VSRip) was developed by Gabest. VobSubs
consist of an .idx file (the index of starting timestamps, colors, and
other basic info) and a .sub file (which contains the bitmap pictures
for the subtitles themselves. Unlike SRT, SSA, ASS, and TTXT which are
Text based formats VobSubs are image based, and thus usually somewhat
larger."
IDX/sub (or vobsub)subtitles are overlay pictures, not text. If you want to learn more, have a look around on the web. That's why they are much larger than .srt.
That's a disadvantage, and they are much harder to edit (as you know). (I guess some translators use it because it's hard to edit them...makes it harder to remove their credits.)
But they also have advantages: many people have trouble viewing Arabic or other non-Western text subtitles, and that will not happen with IDX.
Anyway, this is not about what I prefer (and I do prefer small text subtitles), it's up to the uploader to decide which format they use. We just provide a platform for all the subtitles.
Same goes for the complicated upload procedure: I don't like it, but it's not up to me to change the size limits.
Now that I know what you want, I have a solution for your problem, because there are ways to change the timing of IDX subtitles. I'll tell you, but it's not easy, so please don't complain, okay?
And... no. No warranty, no telephone hotline. It's a "who knows"-product. Do you? ;-)
(This howto is version 0.3 beta) :D
How to synchronize an
IDX/SUB (Vobsub) subtitle
One
way to do it: use subresync, which is part of the vobsub package. (Make sure you've got a .idx and a .sub with the same name in the same folder). Open the
.idx, choose the language (I don't know if that's necessary but let's make
sure)
If
you just need to shift the subtitle forward or backward, you click on the first
text line and enter a new value in hh:mm:ss.xxx format. Then you right-click in
front of the time until a red arrow appears that points downward. Now save the
subtitle, either as idx/sub or convert to other formats if you wish.
If
it's more complicated and the subtitle is faster or slower than the film, you
enter a new time for the first line, then right-click in front of it until a
green dot appears. Then you do the same with the last line of text, including
the green dot.
Save
the subtitle. Done.
green
dot= Fixed position
red
arrow pointing upward=all lines before this one will be shifted depending on the time you entered.
Example:
original time was 00:03:20,000 and you changed it to 00:04:10,500 means that
all subtitles will be shifted by 50.500 seconds. Got it?
red
arrow pointing downward=all lines after this one will be shifted depending on
the time you entered.
Cheers