Moving multiple subtitle clips

I have not found out how to move multiple subtitle clips at a time on a track. I have tried to highlight multiple clips and then move them but then only one will move at time. Any help?

Let me add a little more. I am putting together about 100 hours of footage with the subtitles displaying some data that will change every second. So lots and lots of subtitles. I'm importing them all as a .stl file and it creates a new clip for each segment of data (1 second). Is there another way to not have them divided up like that?
Thanks.

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Script for moving multiple subtitle clips in the works - EXAMPLES NEEDED!

Hi everyone!
One severe deficiency of DVD Studio Pro is the inability to move multiple subtitle clips back or forward in a track by an arbitrary offset.
I ran into this problem while I was creating a DVD from an EyeTV recording of a DVB broadcast, the subtitles from which have to be extracted to a SON file and a bunch of .bmp images with a separate piece of software, ProjectX. For some reason, ProjectX messed up the subtitle timecodes, so I had to move the entire track forward by a fixed amount. Unable to do this inside DSP, and unable to find tools that would do this for SON files, I set out to code my own tool with Python.
Currently, I have a very simplistic working version of the script, which I successfully used to shift the timecodes of the aforementioned SON file.
This got me thinking: I can't be the only one who has faced this problem. So, in the spirit of giving something back to the community, I thought I'd try my hand at turning this little script into a versatile tool for timescaling several different subtitle formats.
If possible, I would like to receive real-life examples of several different plaintext (no binary formats, thanks) subtitle formats from you guys, both those that DSP supports and those that it doesn't.
For now the tool only shifts entire tracks and works on the command line, but who knows, maybe I'll create a GUI at some point and add the ability to shift specific subtitle clips instead of whole tracks - time permitting, of course.
If you think you might have some juicy subtitles laying around, please reply or contact me directly by e-mail: elamaton (at) nic.fi. Don't worry, I won't redistribute anything you send me, it will only be used as test data.
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Sounds like a very good idea... but have you seen Subtitler:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/26322
Not to say you won't make a better version, and I'd be delighted if you did! Manipulating subs in DVDSP is not something I do any more - I use an external text editor for any job where more than a few subs are needed.
The problem in DVDSP is that you cannot extract the subs directly, you have to export an track item description which has the subs and time code buried within the XML. You might find that PHP will give you a web based tool to extract the subs and time codes and write a text file, which you can then manipulate.
In fact, wouldn't a web based tool be a good idea? People could upload the track description, it would export the subs and you could get it to adjust the timecodes and write a text file back in the correct format to import back in to DVDSP. Once the subs are in a text file it is a simple matter to manipulate them further...

How to move multiple subtitle clips?

Hi!
I want to move multiple subtitle clips in the timeline. How can i do that? I want to select multiple subtitles and then drag them to left about 2 minutes. Just click+drag doesn't work. I didn't find help in the manual also...
Waiting for the small tip.
Timo

Hi Timo
As you have discovered you can't drag all the subs in the timeline - you can only drag one at a time... which is why you will find most people recommend creating your subtitles outside of DVD-SP and then importing them. If you have to adjust them you can then go back to this file created outside and adjust the in outs of the timecode.
One way you could save the situation (I''m assuming you made the subs in DVD-SP) is to export an item description of the track then use a little utility called Subtitler
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/26322
This can extract those subtitles back out of the item description and can (I believe) adjust the timings as well and create a DVD-SP friendly STL file which you can re-import into SP... then if any others need tweaking you can go back to that external file adjust, re-import...
I've only ever tested it to see if it coul indeed extract a sub from an item description so can'tr vouch for it's other abilities - we normally use Lemony or Subtitle Workshop on a PC to adjust subs
Hope that's some help
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Moving Multiple Subtitles

I have a ten minute educational video that I have manually created subtitles for in DVDSP4 (I realize there are better methods for creating subtitles, but I wanted to get this done as quickly as possible and I very rarely do subtitles).
After placing all of the subtitles, I decided to trim one section of the video by a couple of seconds in FCP. I then reimported the footage into DVDSP. I was hoping to then select all of the subtitles after the edit point and move them to the left by the duration of the trim, but unfortunately I cant figure out how to move more than one subtitle at a time. Even if I select multiple subtitles, only the one that is clicked on gets moved. Even better would be to just hit the "minus" key, type the duration and hit return to move them, like you can with clips in FCP.
Is there any way to move a range of subtitles, or do I have to move each of them one by one? (Im hoping Im just mising something as it would be incredibly stupid if this was the case)

As Hal says Belle Nuit is supposed to be good. Played with the demo but never actually used it extensively. STLEdit would be your best bet but unfortunately the developer has stopped offering it for sale due to lack of interest.
We use both STLEdit and on a PC we use Lemony which is very good for taking one subtitle format and changing to another, shifting timecodes, etc.
Subtitle Workshop on the PC is supposed to be good. I believe soemone on the Tully DVDList (Bouke?) is about to release new subtitling tool.
Most people who deal with subtitling a lot are usually supplied with some kind of ready prepared file from the film distributor or the like. We do quite a few Japanese movies and always get some kind of file sent with timecode references - of course the English often has to be corrected! (Bet their English is better than my Japanese however...)
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Ive had a a job come in, a multi segment DVD. As is often the case someone wants a change and i've been asked to re-edit one of the sections into another. Normally of course this wouldn't be a problem. But for the fact that the original segment has subtitles which were manually entered into DVDSP.
Now the subtitles, which took the original maker 2 months to get round to doing are entirely in the wrong place; and what i'd ideally like to do is shift select the subs and drop them in their new location. Is this possible in DVDSP4 (Cant find it in the manual)
Failing that, does anyone know a good time code calculator?
I have another idea which involves having a laptop running FCP and moving an appropriate length slug up the timeline and reading the out points from that.
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www.truevision-video.de
download Subtitle TC-Converter
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JCWBU38 wrote:
Thanks Mjax4,
That's definitely one way to do it. The only negative is having to render all of that.
You cannot simply copy/paste the color...
Here's another way to do it. Note: this isn't really elegant AND it's still going to require rendering - so it might not work for you. But, I guess with any 'workaround' you've got to weigh the pros & cons, though, eh?
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