blackmacros wrote:

1. Download and install Mono from http://www.go-mono.com/mono-downloads/download.html

2. Download ffmpeg from the link Asriel provided http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZBU4FM3M (perhaps you might want to package this with the download? As a layperson I found it very difficult to find despite much googling. Thankfully Asriel rode to the rescue)

3. Put the ffmpeg file in /bin. You can get to /bin by opening Finder, selecting Go from the toolbar, then select Go to folder and type /bin (pm215 mentioned this might not be a good idea, but I don't know how to add other directories to $PATH. I don't even really know what PATH is)

4. Open terminal (found in Applications-->Utilities)

5. Type "chmod a+x /bin/ffmpeg" (without quotes) into the terminal, then press enter

6. Type "export MONO_MWF_MAC_FORCE_X11=1" (without quotes) into the terminal and then press enter

7. Type "mono" (without quotes) in the terminal, followed by a space, and then drag the subs2srs.exe file onto the terminal so that it automatically finds its location. Press enter.

8. Use Subs2SRS. Yay.

I did all this and get:

Cannot open assembly '/Users/artistatlarge/Downloads/subs2srs-1': File does not contain a valid CIL image.

???

Could someone help me? I know NOTHING about how any of this stuff works, but I really want to use Subs2srs.

Right?? To be honest, I'm always kind of surprised not to see more messages like 'All hail cb4960!!!' every day, and wonder how many people use subs2srs. Are many people kind of intimidated by the program? Because for Windows at least, it's really simple to get running (when you don't make n00b mistakes like I did and pin the .exe directly to the Start Menu). It takes literally 1-2 minutes for me to run through it to make a deck before it spends another few minutes doing its automated thing, and then another 1-2 minutes is spent importing the deck.

Last edited by nest0r (2010 March 05, 1:34 pm)

All hail cb4960!!!
I finally got around to installing subs2srs on my macbook, and it works great.

I followed blackmacros instructions ( http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?pid=94670#p94670 ).

To clarify a couple of steps
0. You need to make sure the X11.app is installed (under Applications/Utilities).
I forget whether this is installed by default. If not, it should be included on the OS disc, or you can get it off the Apple download site.

4. Before running the "mono [subs2srs.exe]" you need to run the X11.app (Applications/Utilities/X11.app). Otherwise you get an error about being unable to open the "display".



As a final note, putting stuff in /bin is a bad idea, but the alternative is a bit technical.
Here's what I did:
- make a directory in my home folder called "progs" (or whatever you want)
- put the "ffmpeg" file in that directory
- add the "progs" directory to your PATH

The last step means adding the following line to your ".bash_profile" file in your home directory  :   
export PATH="$HOME/progs:$PATH"

To do the last step you can just edit the file, or paste the following command into the terminal:
echo "export PATH=\"\$HOME/progs:\$PATH\"" >> ~/.bash_profile


Finally, you can create an "alias" so you can run it by just typing "subs2srs" without having to remember where you put the executable.
Add an alias to your .bash_profile file with the command you use to run it.
e.g. mine is
alias subs2srs='mono /Users/avp/progs/subs2srs/subs2srs.exe'

Personally I was totally intimidated by it at first glance. I just saw a looooooong set of instructions and pages of tech speak in this thread, and shied away with the plan to someday come back, grit my teeth, and make myself figure it out. It turned out to not be so bad (though I have no idea what I did... just followed blackmacros instructions-after skimming through this massive thread to the damn end--> all noob mac users hail blackmacros!), and I can't do justice with mere words to how amazing this is for learning.

For me the computer tech speak is like trying to eat veggies when I was a kid.....nnnyu-uh! Even if it's good for me, I savagely resist educating myself in this regard. I just want to use my computer to learn japanese, not learn code stuff. I do the minimum to get want I need, and rely on the good graces of people who know what they're doing, and are kind enough to guide my noobie ass.

Anyone remember Phil Hartman's SNL Caveman Lawyer?....yeah.

I have no idea what putting stuff in /bin means, or why it's bad. I think I did that to get the thing to go, and I'm happy if it goes, and it did. I did what blackmacros instructed and subs2srs popped up, and I made a deck super-fast so I'm happy. At my pace and level I'll bee working through one episode for a while so I'm content for now. But I wonder if I need to tinker with it as avparker is describing....? I really don't savvy this PATH stuff....

I know I sound like a dumb ass yokel here, but that's about an accurate self description when it comes to this kind of crap for me LOL. And my guess is that I'm not the only one around here like this.

All Hail Caveman Lawyer!

Last edited by TaylorSan (2010 March 08, 1:23 am)

I'm having problems importing in anki, no sound and the Image shows as "?",
I'm pretty sure I importing to the correct fields and the media files are alright

Yeah , that did the trick , thanks Nukemarine
so theres no way of using the same deck for all the episodes of a show?

holyfeck this program looks amazing! now I know why people keep going on about sus2srs, I assumed they were doing it manually :$

nest0r wrote:

@cb4960 - Feature request? Sort of: A way to use audio + .trs files (from Transcriber) to create Anki decks? ;p

This Transcriber?
http://trans.sourceforge.net/en/presentation.php

Sure, I'll take a look at it. I was also thinking of adding support for Lyrics files (.lrc) one of these days.

Anyone know what the problem is here?

I'm using the idx/sub that I ripped from the DVD
The big picture (MPlayer) is the video playing with the extracted subs.
The smaller picture on top is what subs2srs gave me from the exact same subs.

It doesn't happen to all of them, but a lot more than I would like. I counted 100 of the subs, and 42 of them were garbled like this.
42/100!

Anyone know what I can do about this?

nest0r wrote:

I was just reading the subs2srs/sourceforge site. Someone gave subs2srs a thumbs down. I want their head on a pike!!

The sad part is that this user didn't leave a comment detailing what they didn't like or what they felt could have been improved upon.

I also tried following blackmacros' instructions for installing subs2srs onto Mac but ran into some problems,

I then found avparker's follow up clarification on some steps and said I needed to have X11.app installed. As far as I can tell, it appears I do not. However, I have no idea how to get this file! I'm in Japan and didn't bring my Mac OS X CD with me and it seems difficult to find on the internet. Does anyone know where I can get it? Or can I somehow verify the legality of my OS X on the Apple website and download it?

I could only find an older version of X11.app on Apple.com when I looked, I'm running 10.4.11.

If anyone has any ideas I'd greatly appreciate it. I downloaded the 5 Centimeters Per Second subs2srs Anki Deck and loving it! I'd love to create some decks of my own (and even share them) but I've been having many troubles.

Thank you!

superliman wrote:

I then found avparker's follow up clarification on some steps and said I needed to have X11.app installed. As far as I can tell, it appears I do not. However, I have no idea how to get this file! I'm in Japan and didn't bring my Mac OS X CD with me and it seems difficult to find on the internet. Does anyone know where I can get it? Or can I somehow verify the legality of my OS X on the Apple website and download it?

I could only find an older version of X11.app on Apple.com when I looked, I'm running 10.4.11.

If anyone has any ideas I'd greatly appreciate it. I downloaded the 5 Centimeters Per Second subs2srs Anki Deck and loving it! I'd love to create some decks of my own (and even share them) but I've been having many troubles.

Thank you!

Hi superliman,
X11.app is free, and is part of the developer tools which you can download from apple (you might need to sign up for the free developer account - not sure).
Unfortunately I'm not really sure where to get a copy for OSX 10.4.

I did a quick search, and found this page: http://roundhere.net/journal/install-x1 … thout-dvd/
I can't vouch for it though.