Getting a script from a hardsub source

If you have a hardsub source, such as the c-sub for tw-dramas. What is the best way to get a script from that source. Ideally, an OCR program that will generate timing and text (then all you have to do is translate).

Another idea is a program that will scrn cap ever 3 sec or so and snip out the sub sections and generate an HTML file with that lined up, you then effectively have a raw script ... is there a program, or combo of programs that can automate that?

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 6:47 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Maybe you can try AVISubDetector. There's also a filter for VirtualDub that's supposed to extract hardsub to softsub, but I can't remember the name of the filter.

How well these things work? Haven't tried it myself, but give it a go.

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:35 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

mt877
Yah, I've d/l AviSubDetector..
but scratch

I don't even know how to start, there is no help.
I don't know what I should do after I add/open the AVI. It didn't event start scratch

when I clicked play button..
Please advise how or where I can read the instruction Wub

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:07 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

How about a tool that just does a screen shot every 3 or 4 sec. This is usually enough to capture all the subs. Ideally it would generate a html page for every x images, so that you can review them easily in batch, it has to support rm/rmvb tho... So I can drop a rmvb file and it would give me a bunch of scrn caps ... I know something like this exists, but videohelp search wasn't too helpful ...

a second thing, is there a tool that would auto crop a batch of same size (resolution) files? This tool could just crop out the section of screen that has the captions.

Now, put the output into a web page and you'd have an instant script for translators.