Ask me anything about subtitling

SAMON UT wrote:

I tried the standalone executable for Faster-Whisper you're talking about, and it was indeed quicker than the regular Whisper, even on my slightly older system. The automatic GPU processing was a cool touch, although I faced some minor hiccups in getting it running initially. Overall, it's a handy tool for those who don't want to mess with Python.

Max Deryagin wrote:

Hello fellow ProZians,

In this topic I (and hopefully my colleagues that frequent this subforum) will try to answer all your questions about subtitling that you always wanted to ask but thought it didn't warrant a whole new topic.

Ask away!

Tanja Nestorović wrote:

I have a question. How do I calculate remuneration for two subtitled films and one QC at $2.5 per program minute for translation and $1 for QC per program minute.

Does this mean the entire length of the film, or just subtitled parts, or something else? Pls, help

Novian Cahyadi wrote:
Remember: both subtitle files must be copied. They work like a pair.

Claudia Matt wrote:
Well, I don't know where to find the backup files and am afraid I couldn't handle them properly anyway...

Claudia Matt wrote:

Hello Max and everyone...

I'm not an experienced user of SE, but had managed to translate subtitles for a little video in translation mode. So I had the subtitles in the original language and their translation. Then I had to work on a different computer, and I've transferred my subtitle file to this computer, only when I open it, there is only the target language appearing, as well in "Text" as in "Original text". I've even repeated the transfer once again, paying more attention, but the result was still the same.

Can you imagine what went wrong? I've checked whether on the "old" computer, there are in fact the two languages: there are.

I hope you can help me.

Kind regards,
Claudia

Hindi Enjoyer wrote:

Greetings!

I have a question regarding the automatic Hindi subtitle generation.
I oftenly use SE to generate English subtitles with Const-me and a large (2.88gig) model. It works fine.
However, when I choose other languages, it never creates them correctly. It takes 5-10 times longer to be generated, and usually only generates a few first minutes of the video. All the other subtitles are filled with some random symbols, "Music", or a copy of the last recognised sentence.

Is there a way to automatically generate good quality Hindi/other uncommon languages subtitles? Maybe there are some custom engines available, which I couldn't find. Or maybe there is a free online resource where I could do it?

Regards

Nicolás Sivero wrote:

Hello Max,

I was wondering if you could help me with my question. I have always worked with the tool Subtitle Edit, and mainly with the formats .srt and .ass. Now, I have been assigned a project to subtitle a video into English with the format SMPTE 2007 (more specifically, SMPTE 428-7-2007). I found that format in Subtitle Edit, and I found out that if I click on "File" in Subtitle Edit, there is the option "D-Cinema SMPTE 2007 properties" (this appears if you have previously chosen the format D-Cinema SMPTE 2007). The problem is that I don't know how to change the font inside the properties screen. We have the option to add a font ID (which I think is not the font itself), and then we are given a URI. When I export the subtitle file into an XML file, I can see all the details, but the font is always the same; it doesn't matter the font ID that I wrote or the URI assigned. I use DCP-o-matic to check, and it is always the same font.

I wanted to know if there is a way to change the font in that subtitle format.

Thank you very much in advance.