Create AVCHD discs with subtitles using tsMuxeR
The new tsMuxeR version 1.84 introduces support for .SRT subtitle format. In our previous guides we have shown you how to author Blu-ray/AVCHD discs from .MKV files using tsMuxeR. This guide is an extension to our previous guide, covering the new subtitle features of the tsMuxeR. By using this guide you can convert compliant high definition .MKV (Matroska) source files to the AVCHD format, with subtitles but without the lengthy process of re-encoding the file.
Preconditions
- Read our guide: Convert .MKV files to Blu-ray or AVCHD for PlayStation 3 using tsMuxeR
- Matroska .MKV video file with AVC (h.264) video and AC3 audio streams
- A matching .SRT subtitle file for the .MKV video
Adding subtitles
Adding subtitles to your AVCHD project is a rather simple producedure, but involves adjusting a few settings:
- Click Add to load a subtitle file. It will appear to the user interface along with the audio and video track.
- You can also add a delay to your subtitles. Normally this is not needed, but if it seems that your subtitles are not in sync with the audio, you can try to fix things by adding delay.
- Open the Subtitles tab to adjust a few more settings
The default Font in txMuxeR v1.84 is Times Roman of 60 pixels. This however does not look very good, at least not on my 720p 32″ television - the text was rather larger, Times Roman is not the nicest font for subtitles, and they were also placed a bit too low. You should try the settings and experiment how it looks on your setup - for an example, using a 1080p resolution the large font size might be suitable. I used the following settings to achieve more a more appealing subtitles using my setup.
- Use font Arial
- Size 40 pixels
- Bottom offset 30 pixels
But remember, your mileage may vary, depending on your resolution, TV, projector or what ever you use as the display.
Finish the authoring and burn the result as described in our AVCHD guide. As a result you will have a AVCHD disc with subtitles. In PlayStation 3 playback mode, press triangle button to access the options and choose subtitle options to enable them.
[...] The version 1.84 of tsMuxeR introduced the support of .SRT subtitle files. If you want to add subtitles to your AVCHD project, then read our new guide: Create AVCHD discs with subtitles using tsMuxeR [...]
I do some test with subtitles. The process is very quickly but I found a problem with italics lines on SRT, the subtitle appeares with and at the end. I hope creators of tsMuxeR can fix this problem. Thanks
Sorry, double post to confirm at italics lines on the subtitle, appeared in regular font with the simbols [i] and [/i] at beginning and the end of the line. Thanks
Yes, I have encountered this as well - Italic tags are show in the subtitles. A minor annouance, but I am sure that SmartLabs will fix this bug eventually. After all this (1.84) was the first version with any subtitle support.
I tried this multiple times I think I burned almost 10 DVDs, and I never could make this right, if a video is 720p, then the subtitles that at the end there will be images, will be rendered to that resolution?, if the video is 1080p, the subtitles will be rendered to that resolution?, I know this questions are related more to tsmuxer, also another issue, the blurays provided by the too, seems to have bad resolution in the ps3, i.e. it seems to it is always a bluray created for 480p, I guess this is also another bug of tsmuxer.
Did anyone experience this?
When I mux a video with subtitles these subs doesn’t show in either Media Player or Media Player classic. Media Player tells me that I don’t have the right codec for this track, and Media Player Classic simply doesn’t show it? Any solutions to this?
i succesfully created the avchd with subs,but when i tried to watch on my ps3,i enabled them but no subs were shown.
Do you know whether the srt text subtitles stay as text or they converted to bitmap once in the mp4 container? thanks!