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So I was watching Star Wars with my wife and she noticed that there were no subtitles for the scenes where the aliens talk.. So I tried turning on subtitles and ALL english subs turned on. Is there a way to have the alien subtitles show up but not all the other subtitles? I feel like there has to be a way. I don't even care if the subs are hardcoded into the movie. Now that my wife pointed it out, it's bugging me. Thanks for any help!!
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2012-04-15, 22:48
(This post was last modified: 2012-04-15, 22:49 by Chris!.)
Yep, download the subtitle with just the alien subtitles in it.
Or edit out all the non-alien bits using a subtitle program such as jubler
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Hi, whats the source of the subtitle?
IIRC the Star Wars DVD's used forced subtitles for the "alien speak". When I built my mkv's I included the subtitle files twice, the default being forced only, which gave the desired result with the option for full subs...
If you're using .srt files you could probably edit one to do the alien translation, other than that it gets a little tricky...
Definately need more info on the type of source you're playing...
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I believe I use .sub files. Couch Potatoe, you mentioned the dvds use forced subs for the alien speak. How would I get the forced subs when ripping is it a setting in some programs? I use dvdfab for ripping. Thanks both of you for your help so far!
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If you made a mkv out of your dvd you can always use MkvMerge to add your subtitle file.
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What a coincidence as I was re ripping my Star Wars blurays last night and thought about this. So this will be an issue with any movie that has forced subs? Shouldn't Makemkv include all subs along with forced?
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Well, if it's true that the stream is labeled properly and you can address with your own build, then I can't imagine why this would be ignored. Question about your build - what is it based off of? The latest Eden beta?
And have you used Pavtube's app at all? It looks like it can separate out the forced sub so this is avoidable
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Ok I'll give your build a try, then!
Should I uninstall my current install or can I install over it?
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I haven't built the installer, so included in the zip file is just the folder structure of what would be installed to "Program Files" (or wherever you install XBMC). As long as you have Eden release installed, you shouldn't have to uninstall. All you need to do is to extract the zip and replace the original exe and dlls, etc. Though, as long as all your plugins, skins, and settings, etc. are in your users directory (C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\XBMC) and not in the program files directory, you can also just extract this to a different folder and run it from there as well.
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This seems to be working well for me!
I also realized that I didn't add subtitles to a lot of my bluray rips. Not looking forward to going through my blurays to get the subtitles.