Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

From: Hadrien Lacour <hadrien.lacour_AT_posteo.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 18:09:26 +0200

On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 03:48:28PM +0000, Thomas Levine wrote:
> I settled on the following mpv configuration.
> https://thomaslevine.com/scm/langrompiloj/artifact/6a086022d93af1a1
> https://thomaslevine.com/scm/langrompiloj/artifact/161b62d352fec4f7
>
> This produces a file like the one below, which I edit until the
> subtitles are acceptably timed. Each line marks the beginning of the
> next cue and the end of the previous cue.
> https://thomaslevine.com/scm/langrompiloj/artifact/49ddb891f1f0b6fd
>
> Texts for the subtitles are stored in other files, one file per
> language. These files have one line per cue, so they have one fewer
> line than the corresponding timings file.
> https://thomaslevine.com/scm/langrompiloj/artifact/f01066b80ae8fe3b
> https://thomaslevine.com/scm/langrompiloj/artifact/cf93e6b1b7967053
>
> I then produce a WebVTT file for each combination of a timing file and
> language.
>
> Thank you for everyone's input
>
> Hadrien Lacour writes:
> > It may be possible to do this with mpv and lua scripts.
>

Thanks for reporting back, I'm sure this'll help a lot.
Received on Tue Oct 24 2017 - 18:09:26 CEST