Learning with DVD questions

[onebir]

Maybe you have some Chinese keywords to google .. (or to baidu)?

This thread - which you're aware of contains links to the e-book & audio book. I guess the title + author/leading actors names would be the main keywords to search on...

Also there are old threads here giving plot summaries...

I've attached some reformatted, tab delimited versions of your files. They should make correction/collaboration easier.

Episode 1 I crashes the Python script (CSDproc) I used for some reason*. Perhaps someone more computer-literate than me can suggest a fix??? Also, could other people have a go at using these in the ZDT annotater? It doesn't seem to work on them, which is a real drag...

* Traceback (most recent call last):

File "C:/Python25/CSDproc1.py", line 7, in

rawinputline = inputfile.readline()

File "C:Python25libcodecs.py", line 610, in readline

return self.reader.readline(size)

UnicodeDecodeError: 'gb2312' codec can't decode bytes in position 2-3: illegal multibyte sequence

divorce-02p.txt

divorce-03p.txt

divorce-04p.txt

divorce-05p.txt

CSDproc.txt

[hlk123]

Hi onebir

I used MY subtitle file divorce-02.txt with the videofile and produced the picture (see below) with the subtitle in the middle .. (which needs no correction).

I used YOUR subtitle file with the videofile ... and cannot "see" the subtitle anymore ..

That means you've changed the structure of the data.

[hlk123]

Hi onebir

This is an example for a "corrected" subtitle file.

I've corrected only the 4th character with Wenlin.

As a proof look at this picture .. plz compare with the 2nd picture... frm a few days ago.

I use KMPlayer.

divorce-01 from wenlin to uedit.txt

[onebir]

That means you've changed the structure of the data.

Yes, I changed it from GB2312, to unicode (UTF- - I thought more software would be compatible with that - and changed the layout to make it easier to edit manually (as I said).

I suspect either change would be enough to prevent your player from recognising the subs, but you could try GB2312 encoded version in the same format I posted before.

If that's not it, it's the layout. It's not a really problem. We can use the easy to read format for editing, and - because the easy-edit format preserves the line numbers - then I can write another script to put the edited files back in SRT format (pulling the times out of the original files).

divorce-02pgb.txt

[hlk123]

Hi onebir

UTF is not yet a standard but a headache.

The subtitle has the SubRip format. It is a kind of standard.

Many software videoPlayers like VideoLan, Window Media Player etc can use that format for subtitle with the extension srt.

I will use f.e. as pinyin subtitle .. to train/test my ears .. etc.

In Chinese the context is very very important! What is context in this sense...!?

Sometimes the OCR-software cannot "see" a character-line. Sometimes it sees too long .. double.

Not the original number of the subtitle-line but the time stamp is important.

I understand that for you it is easy to synchronize the character-line with the video afterwards? Well ... optimist!

[hlk123]

Hi onebir

What for is the file divorce-02pgb.txt ..?

I've tested it with divorce-02.rmvb and the KMPlayer .. and showed nothing.

[johnmck]

My copy of Chinese Style Divorce is on a DVD. How do I play it back on the PC with the subtitles added? Do I need to rip the video off the DVD first?

John.

[hlk123]

@johnmck

You can find information or post your question here:

http://www.videohelp.com/

or here:

http://forum.doom9.org/index.php

[onebir]

What for is the file divorce-02pgb.txt ..?

It's a GB2312 encoded version of divorce-02p.txt ;-) to check if just changing the encoding back would work.

Since it doesn't, I'll write a script to convert the tab delimited format back to (GB encoded) SRT format...

[flameproof]

Just a note:

I bought "Chinese Style Divorce" as a 3-DVD set in the Wangfujin large bookshop for rmb48

Haven't looked at it yet, but my friends told me afterwards it's not funny. I start to get some buyers remorse...

Luckily I also bought 好想好想 - 谈恋爱 . It's a 4-DVD set. I paid 90 in a small shop, but say it later in WFJ for 58, well.... Anyway, as I checked many shops I I knew it's a hard-2-find DVD and I took no chances.

This will keep me busy till 2012

PS: I know you can find the rips on the web, but mostly only as RMVB format, which my DVD player can't play - and i still like to use TV... (other then that the quality is often gruesome)

[flameproof]

Anybody know if there is a downloadable script out there for 好想好想 - 谈恋爱 ?