STL subtitle files in DVD Studio Pro - ripple

I think I have the answer - an STL is a text based file.  The timing cannot be automatically rippled?  Am I right?  Say I wish to move a block of subtiles up by a few minutes.  I have eleven shows in a row that stretch out 28 minutes for subtiling by an outside firm, that are going back to eleven separate shows.
Thanks.

My guess is that you may have the sound files, but not spotted them...
When you encode your video with Compressor it splits out the sound form the video, making 'elementary' streams for DVDSP. This is perfectly normal. In compressor, if you apply a standard preset for encoding you get to choose what sort of audio you want. If you didn't set up your audio encode then you may only have the video after all.
If so, go back to compressor and re-encode and make sure you get the audio out - in AC3 format. Bring that into DVDSP and all will be well.

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