Alright fags, who wants to get paid today?
Paypal is set up, about 50 bucks to anyone who can help me.
Videofags get in here, will post specific info on the next post but basically
>make mp4 video
>decide to add subtitles with Aegisub
>have .mp4 and both .ass & .srt files ready
>turn them into .mkv , VLC plays it great
>whenever I try to convert it to a YT compatible format, fucking subtitles either disappear or change in color/symbols.
wat do, gotta say, working on a Mac right now, so yeah.
>>58750217
idk, try using ffmpeg
Youtube's annotation and subtitle format is a bit odd. I'd just upload unsubbed and hardsubbed versions if I were you.
>>58750604
I want it hardsubbed, but the .mp4 file and the .ass file (subtitle script) wont merge together permanently.
I made costum subtitles so, depending on the program I used to merge them they (the subs) either dont appear in the .mp4, or they appear with square boxes and shiet (they only appear on VLC, and when I try to convert it using vlc, subs dont appear. I have it on .mkv too)
>>58750604
>>58750657
I've already used Handbreak, XviD4PSP, SnowFox and iMkvExtract to try and merge them into one .mp4. No luck.
I made the subs using Aegisub btw
>>58750217
https://handbrake.fr/docs/en/1.0.0/advanced/subtitles.html
>>58750657ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -vf "ass=subtitle.ass" out.mp4
should hardsub it.
You might be having issues with fonts. It sounds like you're on OSX and I don't know much about fonts on OSX
>>58750737
Fuck, I am on OSX, who can I send the files (.mp4 & .ass) to hardsub it? ;-;
>>58750754
>Boot into live CD
>install ffmpeg after booting
You an also install ffmpeg on OSX.
Also Youtube should support adding captions. You don't need to hardsub it.
>>58750818
Hah yeah, but I made them costums, the're yellow and shit like the old jackass videos
>>58750840
What? I see white on mpv.
>>58750217
You have a few options, OP.
You can BURN IN (hardsub) the subtitles like >>58750737 mentioned, with ffmpeg.
A more comprehensive manual on this is at https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/HowToBurnSubtitlesIntoVideo but his post pretty much sums it up
Static build for OSX:
https://evermeet.cx/ffmpeg/
https://ffmpeg.org/download.html#build-mac
Your other option is to just upload the srt to YouTube as native softsub captions, however, you'll lose formatting that way
>>58750859
Like this
>>58750913
Use the SRT formatted ones; ass uses theming by default whereas SRT is like the .txt of subtitles
What doesffmpeg -i orig.mp4 -vf ass=subs.srt out.mp4do?
>>58750896
Thanks bro, Ill try but Im new to this, really dont know shit hah
>>58750933
Really appreciate your post, and it will probably help me alot but I dont know what the fuck you just said
>>58750947
ASS subtitles are the reason your subs are ugley
use SRT
Download a copy of ffmpeg from https://evermeet.cx/ffmpeg/
Then run the command like >>58750933 says, only replace "orig.mp4" with your original video, and "subs.srt" with the filename of an SRT copy of your subtitles
>>58750977
He is using ass because he wants to keep the formatting not lose it via srt. He might as well just use Youtube's captions if you are telling him to burn a srt.
>>58750947
OP,
why can't you just upload the SRT to YouTube?
When uploading choose "Subtitles" rather than "Transcript"
Also, show us what kind of formatting you're dealing with: positioning, color..karaoke?
Although, if you really want to hardsub, all the instructions are at
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/HowToBurnSubtitlesIntoVideoffmpeg -i "Original_Video.mp4" -vf "subtitles=Subtitles.srt" copy_for_YouTube.mp4
>-vf subtitles=
rather than
>-vf ass=
>>58751043
>ffmpeg -i "Original_Video.mp4" -vf "subtitles=Subtitles.srt" copy_for_YouTube.mp4
ugh
typoed
FINAL ANSWER ISffmpeg -i "Original_Video.mp4" -vf "subtitles=Subtitles.ass" "Upload_Me_To_YouTube.mp4"
>tfw OP is kill
>tfw I will not get $50 to spend at ChinkExpress
>>58751272
Hah dude Im here, Im just tryna figure out how tf I get all of your info to work, this is alien runes to me
install gentoo
>>58751518
Already done, nothing
>>58751500
What does the DMG file at https://evermeet.cx/ffmpeg/ do?
I've never used a Mac except like once
The ffmpeg command at >>58751078 will be run in your Terminal (under System Utilities?)
http://www.videohelp.com/software/MKVtoolnix here op