How to Extract Subtitles from DVD Using Handbrake. Today's first tool is called Handbrake. This software is an open-source transcoding tool for digital files. It allows you to convert audios, videos, and DVDs even from Blu-ray. Handbrake has the ability to decrypt and extract the subtitle at the same time. 1: As I already have done a bunch of iso files and handbrake converted mkv files and do not wanna start all over again I wonder if I can somehow extract the subtitles from the iso file (iso files still in my temp folder) or from the blu ray disc if I insert the disc into the bd drive? Part 1: How to extract subtitles from DVD with HandBrake. Handbrake is the very first tool we would like to recommend to you for extracting subtitles from DVD to SRT file. As a free and open-source transcoder for digital video files, Handbrake could help you easily convert video, audio, DVD, Blu-ray files for multiple media players and devices.
Sometimes, people will come the needs the extract SRT subtitles from DVD just the the following condition:
' I've used HandBrake, Subler, VideoMonkey, and RipIt. I'm familiar with mencoder. None of them seem to be able to rip the subtitles from a DVD and then get the soft subtitles to the iPad.'
'I'm using Handbrake to encode my DVDs but there is no feature to convert subtitles to .srt format. What's the best software I can use? I've already tried Subrip and it's not doing such a great job... spacing is all messed up for ex. 'This isthe subtitle and Ihate it'. That happens a lot.'
Best tool to Rip DVD Subtitles to SRT
Although Handbrake features rich subtitle functions such as adding soft or hard subtitles, however, you may be disappointed to find that it won't allow you to extract srt subtitle from your DVD movies for adding to your favorite movies or using with media players with subtitle displaying function. Fortunately, here comes Pavtube ByteCopy, the exclusive subtitle extractor software which enables to your easily extract SRT subtitle from DVD disc, Video_TS folder and IFO/ISO image file. It also functions as a Blu-ray Subtitle Extractor to save SRT from Blu-ray disc, BDMV folder and ISO image file.
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Besides extracting subtitles from DVD, you can also use the program to extract desired subtitles form DVD movies, enable forced subtitles to DVD movies to disable the traditional subtitles while still preserving the subtitles that translate foreign language speaking parts periodically throughout the film, add external srt/ssa/ass subtitles to DVD movies if the original DVD movies don't contain your desired subtitles.
How to Extract SRT Subtitles from DVD Movies?
Step 1: Import DVD movies
Run this DVD Subtitle Extractor on your computer, and import DVD disc by clicking 'File' ＞ 'Load from disc.' The small window on right side allows you to preview DVD movie before conversion.
Tips: The program can automatically detect the main DVD title (the one with largest file size and longest length) for you.
Step 2: Choose SRT subtitle format
Find the 'Format' menu, and select 'Subtitle File' from its drop-down list. There is an options of the box-'SRT Subtitle(*.srt)'
Tip: if you need to set the subtitle language, click the 'Settings' to select subtitles by language. Check any language you'd like to keep. You can either keep native-language subtitles only or multiple subtitles in different languages.
Step 3. Extract SRT subtitles from DVD
Click 'Convert' and ByteCopy will extract SRT subtitles from DVD. Wait for a moment, open your file destination (or click 'Open output folder' to locate generated files), you will have the srt subtitles Which is exactly the same as in your original disc.
I guess you'll agree with me that most DVD ripping tools out there handle video and audio pretty well but unfortunately just do not manage subtitles that good at all. They either 'burn' the subtitles on the video which means you cannot turn them off or create .sub files. In the other hand, .srt subtitles is much more handy than any of the choices above. It's plain text, so it is small sized and can be formated by the player to the liking of the user. Also it is very easy to merge in containers like mkv so that you can have video, audio and subtitles in one file.So the best solution is to create the video file using the DVD rip program of your choice and then rip the subtitles using something else. In this guide we will use one of the most popular programs that can do this task, SubRip.
Load SubRip and in the main window click the 'VOB' button in the toolbar (it is the very first one). The window above will open. First, you will have to click Open IFO and load the first .IFO file of the DVD. That will probably be VTS_01_0.IFO. After you load it, check the filenames to make sure everything is OK, there should be 4 or more VOB files of a big size (size appears in the right). Make sure you select all of them but the first, and right at the top select the Language stream you want to rip. In the right part of the window, leave Characters matrix file to New File (we will explain what that means at the end) and make sure 'SubPictures to Text via OCR' is selected in the Actions option. Finally, click Start to begin the ripping process. |
SubRip is using OCR (optical character recognition) to convert the subtitles, which in the DVD are stored as images, to text. Because of that you'll need to manually input each character the first time SubRip finds it. It may sound like a big job, but usually in 5-10 minutes you will enter everything SubRip needs to continue the ripping automatically. You can see an example dialog above. All you have to do is check the blue character in the image, enter it below and click OK. Just make sure you enter the correct one (they are case-sensitive) or the subtitle created will have dozens of errors. |
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Above you can see SubRib working. Usually ripping a 2 hour movie's subtitles after you're done with the manual character input takes a little less than an hour. Just make sure you are around, since SubRip might find an unrecognizable character anytime, and of course halt the ripping process waiting for your input. |
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When it is finished you have to save to .srt file. Click the save button as shown in the image above and your subtitles file is ready! Before you close SubRip it would be a good idea to save the Characters Matrix, so check the next step as well. |
The Characters Matrix file holds all OCR information that we inputted manually before, so it's a very good idea to save it by selecting Characters Matrix -> Save Characters Matrix File As. Then you can load it in Step 1 in the next DVD you will rip in order to save yourself time by not starting the recognition process all over again, but instead just enter any extra characters SubRip can't understand. This pretty much concludes this simple guide for ripping the subtitles from a DVD. Of course SubRip is a much more advanced utility with many more options that we may explain in future guide. Until then feel free to use our forum for any question. |