Select all or select just the subtitle you want to convert. To convert your subtitles that are contained (in VobSub format) inside an MP4 file, the process goes like this:ĭrag your MP4 file into the top window (a dialog will come up and ask which tracks you want to include). For danish, the file is called: 'dan.traineddata' Now download you trained language file from Github and put it inside the '~/Library/Application Support/Subler/tessdata/' folder. Then create a new folder inside it, called: 'tessdata' (if it doesn't already exist). If you want the subtitle to be converted into text (SRT) format, Subler works really well for transforming the images through an OCR process.įor OCR recognition of subtitles that are not in english, I found that it works best if you download the latest training data for that language from the tesseract-oct project on github.įirst open this folder: '~/Library/Application Support/Subler/' The 'Burned in' option, means that the subtitle will be rendered into the video frames and thus it can't be turned off during playback. This will include the bitmap subtitles into the video file and if your player can work with these and you can live with this format, you don't need to do anymore. (if anyone has a more straightforward method, I would love to hear it)

MP4Tools.Įdit: upon reflection, you can avoid making two copies by using the 'New' menu item in Subler - my workflow has artifacts. You can extract those with any number of tools, e.g. In the end, you'll have an MV4 file with text subtitles.

Subler will translate the VOBSUB subtitles to text using an OCR process. Uncheck all the tracks except for the subtitle, verify the 'action' is 'Tx3g'. Click the '+' button to add a track, navigate to the copy and open it. You should see your video, audio, and subtitle tracks. Duplicate this file so you have two copies. You will end up with an M4V file with DVD (VOBSUB) subtitles.

Select the subtitles you want but uncheck the 'burned in' option. Rip your DVD to an unencrypted VIDEO_TS folder using your favorite DVD ripper (RipIt, Fairmount, etc.). It is not strictly extraction, but this (ridiculous jumping through hoops) may be sufficient for your needs: DVD subtitles are not digital, but pictures overlaid on the video.

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