Cih subtitle master thread - Page 6

Region B Australia has subs in the picture (for indigenous Australian dialogues).

Jumped the gun on this one. First line of subs is in the picture, if a second line it is out of the picture

TAKEN has subtitles IN the picture.

Gran Torino and The International both have a few subs outside the picture (half in half out)

Jakie Chan movie The Myth blu-ray has subtitles within the frame. It has Chinese and English audio streams.

Just wanted to know how many subtitles there are in Gran tourino? Alot or just a few.Don't really want to watch if theres alot, a few I could deal with but would hate to miss out on important subs. Thanks Jim

True Lies (DVD) and Team America (DVD) both have STs in the picture.

The Incredibles (DVD) has STs in the picture. Is this title on BD yet?

Seven Pounds has STs half in and half out the picture

No (hopefully soon)

Boy, no action in this thread lately.

10,000 BC has subs IN the picture (Warner Bros.).

Anybody watch WATCHMEN? I was curious (before I buy it) if there are subtitles?

I watched it on BD, and I don't think it had any subtitles.

^ Thanks! (I don't want any surprises when I have friends over for a 3 hour movie)

That's a first. Are the subtitles burned-in to the print, or are they electronically-generated?

^
I was surprised too (because it was a Warner release).
I believe they were burned-in the print (they didn't have that electronic look).

Max Manus: Man of War (UK Import)...subtitles are half in - half out of the picture

Can you turn the subtitles off, or switch to another language during the subtitled scenes?

Please add ROCK N ROLLER [BD region B] to the list of subtitles IN the picture.

Transporter 3 on BD [b] also has STs in the picture.

36 Quai des Orfèvres (Department 36) - French import

Great movie; but another title with English subs out of the picture

This title is in the NOT IN PICTURE list and needs to be added to the IN PICTURE list. I own the Region B version and the STs are well and truely in the active picture.

BRAVEHEART BD has subs IN the picture.

Quote taken from first post...

I have a few questions that some of you might know. I'm planning to go CIH and just want to get a feel for what I'm up against. I don't normally watch films with subtitles, unless they are required in an English release (the reason for this thread).

1. How are subtitles handled in Blu-Ray? Are they always authored directly in the video file itself? Or are they all a separate file that is 'overlayed' on top of the video? Or can it be either (if so, which is most common)??

2. I am using a HTPC for all my blu-ray watching (ripped to mkv+flac). I thought that at least some, if not most, of blu-rays had subtitles as a separate file and were 'overlayed' because there is a section in the mkv+flac guide on how to rip and handle a separate subtitle file. Anyways, I'm just confused here because if players didn't dictate where the subtitles were located...then how can there be different vertical placement of subtitles (some in movie and some below)?? Maybe subtitles that are a separate file and overlayed are always displayed at the bottom (in black bar) and subtitles that are authored in the actual video file would obviously be higher in the video part.

Sorry if this post is confusing, I'm just trying to figure out how the subtitles work in BD. Also wondering if ripping to mkv gives any kind of advantage (maybe its possible to raise up subtitles vertically into the video if they are a separate video file during the rip process??)??

Both. Some are hard coded into the video, others are kept in a PGS track (Presentation Graphics Stream).


I have an HTPC too, and that's what I've done. Use a utility to convert the PGS track to an SRT file, which can then be played back so that the subtitles are within the picture image for those of us with a CIH setup.

Cool. Anymore info or a link to where I can find details how to accomplish this??

Bob, I think you found your answer over on the HTPC forum, no? If not, let me know.

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Drag Me to Hell Blu-ray. Has a few scenes with foreign dialogue (some Gypsy dialect). Subtitles are CIH safe (Universal release).