Yes but Kitsunekko are not timed properly with any video's so their as good as garbage in terms of actually using it for the video itself and not just separate study material.

I don't know about VLC, but with MPC you can simply use the F1 and F2 keys to alter the sub delay, fixing it on the go.

Last edited by TwoMoreCharacters (2013 April 03, 5:58 am)

Stian wrote:

You could always move them back and forth to match up.

EDIT: On VLC, I think it is "h" and "j" (or was it "j" and "k"?)...

In VLC that's G and H.

skeenbot wrote:

Yes but Kitsunekko are not timed properly with any video's so their as good as garbage in terms of actually using it for the video itself and not just separate study material.

*facepalm* It is not difficult to re-time the subs with Aegisub. It takes maybe a minute if you know what your doing.

Rename the sub file to the same name as your video. Start playing the video. Wait for the first voiced line, then shift everything backwards so it matches. Then look for the long commercial gaps, then shift subs from that point on backward the length of the commercial break. The first episode of a show takes the longest because you know know how long the commercials are. But once you have done one episode, all the commercial break lengths should be the same length for the entire series. (And probably that network's timeslot.)

Last edited by Daichi (2013 April 03, 10:06 pm)

@Daichi: I didn't know that once you retimed something, you could reuse this timing pattern for the same show when it comes to commercial breaks. Thanks for that hint. I am watching a lot of Detective Conan, so.

skeenbot wrote:

Daichi wrote:

skeenbot wrote:

Yes but Kitsunekko are not timed properly with any video's so their as good as garbage in terms of actually using it for the video itself and not just separate study material.

*facepalm* It is not difficult to re-time the subs with Aegisub. It takes maybe a minute if you know what your doing.

Rename the sub file to the same name as your video. Start playing the video. Wait for the first voiced line, then shift everything backwards so it matches. Then look for the long commercial gaps, then shift subs from that point on backward the length of the commercial break. The first episode of a show takes the longest because you know know how long the commercials are. But once you have done one episode, all the commercial break lengths should be the same length for the entire series. (And probably that network's timeslot.)

I know that . And I also know it does not take "1 minut"  By the time you go from opening the program to opening the re timed subs on the video itself, you've burned 4-5m. When I'm watching 20m long shows that calculates to me as a waist of time.

4-5 minutes? That is a very long time. I usually have Aegisub already open if I'm watching a show I need to time, and it's quick to load otherwise. I also don't usually load the video/audio into Aegisub to re-time, as that takes forever. I just rename the sub file and open the video in MPC and wait for the first line of dialog, then pause, do a little math in my head and sync. If I make a change and save, it updates right away.

Once I've synced the first subtitle, it's just a matter of scanning for 60+ second commercial gaps and subtracting a preset amount of time. Normally I only need to locate the middle commercial break, Since the OP credits break is very easy to spot with your eyes, especially if the show has a line like "♪♪～（オープニングテーマ）"

And I can retime the rest while simultaneously watching the show, like during the OP credits if I really need to pay attention to the content. I guess I should note I do have a dual monitor setup, so Aegisub and my video player can be fullscreen.

Also, if it's that big of a deal, and you don't want to re-time subtitles for such shows, then you can find the raw transport streams that include the commercial breaks... If you don't mind 2+ GBs per episode.