0 Replies Latest reply: Apr 27, 2011 4:17 PM by wkhan69 RSS

    Subtitle Export Timecode Discrepancy

    wkhan69 Community Member

      Hi all,

      I've been doing some experimenting with exporting my subtitle list in Encore CS5.  When I export my subtitle list, I get a very nice clean text file showing the timecode (time stamp) of when each subtitle appears in the movie, and when it dissapears.  The problem is, when I burn the movie to a dvd and watch it, the subtitles timing in the dvd player do not correspond to the export file.  Not even close!  The funny thing is, that the subtitles are correct in terms of coming on at the right moment when a character is speaking.  ie:

      my exported subtitle list might have an entry like:

       

      55 00;06;47;13 00;06;49;13 But I trust you would know.

       

      And, when I watch the movie with subtitles on, I see the subtitle "But I trust you would know" exactly when the character says the line, so that part is good.  What's puzzling is when I look at my dvd player time counter (VLC player in this case), it'll say something like 7:35 - almost a minute off from what the subtitle list says it should appear!  And, the offset is not constant -it seems to get larger towards the end of the movie.  Any ideas what's going on here?

      Thanks

      Will