So I don't think this was going to end up being a very efficient port the way I was doing it. So now I'm basically starting from scratch, and I hope to use only ffmpeg, because to make every user download the Mono framework, and Fink so they could get mp3splt would just be ridiculous.

I'm working in Java, mainly because of it can be used anywhere, and they have ffmpeg for other systems as well. I'm hoping to bundle them all together and it might be able to be universal

I'm still only dreaming though. Shouldn't be too hard to get it working.

Hi Asriel,
sorry, I got much less done on the weekend than I thought I would, and I didn't really get to the Subs2SRS stuff (I did install the mono package, but that's as far as I got).

I'd really like to help out, it'd be great to be able to make these decks.
Unfortunately I don't have a lot of time, perhaps a few hours here and there.
Probably only enough to do a bit of testing.

What happens when you run from the command line?
I assume you get an exception.

The mac edition doesn't work for me.

If I don't use options I get this:

Macintosh:Subs2SRS golem$ java -cp /Subs2SRS/Subs2SRS.jar Subs2SRS Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
    at java.io.File.<init>(File.java:277)
    at srtScript.<init>(srtScript.java:22)
    at Subs2SRS.main(Subs2SRS.java:61)


If I use options I get this:

Macintosh:Subs2SRS golem$ java -cp /Subs2SRS/Subs2SRS.jar Subs2SRS -s /Subs2SRS/Input/cb1.srt -f /Subs2SRS/Input/cb1.avi
Error: File not found: /Subs2SRS/Input/cb1.srt
IO Exception?

Doesn't it work on Linux? I mean, Java is Java, unless you're using something OS specific it should work fine on Linux too right?

That the subs2srs has to be put in a specific spot on your harddrive doesn't bode well though... why is there such a limitation?

Last edited by Tobberoth (2009 August 02, 11:04 am)

The reason I have it work on Mac is because really all it does is invoke ffmpeg, which should work if you have a linux version in the same directory as Subs2SRS.jar

You ask why it has to be in a specified directory:
Hopefully it won't have to be like that forever. The way I found the directory control in Java to work was set up by where the main class file is located.
I have ideas of how to get it to work elsewhere, but so far it begins searching for files in either the main Subs2SRS directory, or the directory where the main Java files on your system are stored.

Shouldn't be something too hard to fix...I just don't know how...

Hey, Asriel, could you make a sourceforge page for this (with a git / svn repo)? I've never coded in Java, but I wouldn't mind helping out if you like.

Last edited by bombpersons (2009 August 06, 2:23 am)

Oh by the way I used an ogm file with double audio track english/japanese ....As it took english and not japanese I wonder if the picture problem has also something to do with the file format...

in the first place take a look to this topic http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=3915
and yes subs2srs is unable to deal with DVD....
considering the audio sampling and the snapshot process it would be incredly painful.
it takes about 30 minutes to rip a DVD  and 4 hours to encode it in a decent way
so even if you don t know much about video there s no need to elaborate further ?

you need to get your hand on a compressed video file ffmpeg is able to deal with (because sub2srs is based on it)
either you make it by yourself or you download it. And if you read my previous post you must know that ffmep isn t totally reliable. So avoid exotic format like OGM ,OGG
obviously the safest standard is the lowest : avi for container /divx for video/mp3 for sound . MKV as container and H264 for video are also safe . Didnt try AAC and MP4.

if you download some subtitle watch out  .... Besides padding the timing , sometimes you are compelled to redo the whole timing as the subtitles comes from a different edition and all the timing is mucked up. It s the case with mononoke hime : I had a subtitle made for a 2H09 long movie  and most of the versions on internet are 2H13 (the irony being the 2H09 version I found was OGM file ...so I could nt use subs2srs with it).In which case I hope you rule with aegisub because retiming can be a real pain in the ass if you re not accostumed the keyboard shortcuts especially for such a long movie .

As I m currently making deck of my DVD  , I ll publish a tutorial within 2 weeks.

Last edited by ghinzdra (2009 August 20, 11:23 pm)

I'm a newbie when it comes to this sort of thing. If I want to take an Anki deck that's already been made with subs2srs, and edit it using an include list/remove non-kanji lines, how would I go about doing that? Is there a way to run it through subs2srs again with new 'advanced' options, or is it better to use another program to edit the .csv (or whatever it is) files, and if so, how?

Last edited by nest0r (2009 August 24, 5:17 pm)

Ah, that context thing is looks awesome! I thought it might get in the way, but the way it's set out, it doesn't look like it will get in the way at all

uh well the previous version works and doesnt throw up an error. Kinda fiddly to get it all working nicely though but i've been meaning to get around to learning how to use this properly.

I haven't used it yet, but I like the graduated size differentiation, though I'd probably still change the colours of those fields to a gray gradient in Anki's options to make sure my eyes don't stray as easily.


This makes setting up dialogue chains of call-and-response cards easier, for sure. When I originally thought of them, I was just going to manually cut up the dialogues by hand, I think. I don't know how I expected to do it... no more theorizing w/o practice for me! (Now I will proceed to theorize w/o testing out the new subs2srs.)

Now I'd just mark the time spans down for those dialogue scenes, then edit the subsequent mini deck so that, let's see, the Current Line's cue (Previous Line's audio/image or video, expression optional) is on the Question side, then the cue's meaning (optional?) and the Current Line's audio/video/expression/meaning is on the Answer side... not sure if in that case I'd bother with Next Lines trailing it, to avoid unnecessary overlap. Also not sure if I'd bother adding the Expressions for earlier Previous lines on the Question side.

The Context tab says that it attaches text, audio, snapshots, etc--does that mean when you select the # of leading and trailing lines, that you end up w/ a series of Previous Line subfields like Previous Line Audio, Previous Line Video, et cetera? Guess I'd eliminate most of those as per the above paragraph, though if Anki had multiple Play buttons I'd tinker around w/ that.

Maybe we can have a group project where we add Actor's lines to the subtitles for various scenes, and convert .srts to .ssa/.ass files.

Or perhaps I'd only do call-and-response decks made from episodes/films I'd already studied and perhaps tagged with actors in the process? Hmm...

Last edited by ruiner (2009 August 30, 9:08 am)

Nukemarine wrote:

I do have a request:

Can the field that shows the title of the show "movie_yyy" be changed to be "movie_yyy_xxxx". It will be sequential to the cards created in that sub batch.

Reason: If you use Anki's media check, it'll rename the audio and media files. Without those to sort and identify, it's hard to know where in the show or subtitle file

Did Grandpa Nukemarine wander off before finishing this comment?