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>Subject: Re: #8600 DVD, ripping of subtitles
>Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:13:43 -0400
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On Jul 25, 2007, at 1:50 PM, Michael Jones wrote:
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> Was wondering if anyone has found software, which allows you to rip a
> scene from a DVD with subtitles?


If we need subtitles for something ripped from DVD we play it on a  
DVD player with subtitles turned on in the DVD disk menu, outputting  
S-Video and audio to a digital converter box (analog in, digital  
out). Ours is an old Sony Media Converter (DVMC-DA2), but the Dazzle  
Hollywood DV Bridge does the same. From that box we output DV via  
FireWire and capture in iMovie or Final Cut and edit as needed. We  
then export scenes as H264 video. The capture happens in realtime.  
The compression takes longer. If you have a dedicated station, this  
is really an easy process and much faster and more reliable than  
ripping tracks and burning.

-John
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On Jul 25, 2007, at 1:50 PM, Michael Jones wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> Was wondering if anyone has found software, which allows you to rip a
> scene from a DVD with subtitles?  Have been using Mactheripper and
> DVDxDV, but not having any luck getting subtitles unless they were
> burned into the video.  We've managed to get a VOB file from
> Mactheripper which has audio and subtitles ... the VLC player
> recognizes this, but Quicktime doesn't.  We're testing a freeware app
> (mpeg2decX which is still in alpha testing) that will convert the VOB
> file to a Quicktime movie containing the subtitles, but not the
> audio.  We could copy that in, but hoping someone has a simpler
> solution.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - mike
>
>
> Michael Jones
> Director,
> Language Resource Center
> Swarthmore College
>
> (610) 328-8036
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