Forum: Subtitling
Topic: Ask me anything about subtitling
Poster: Max Deryagin
Post title: -
[quote]csilber wrote:
A class I'm teaching right now (experimental!) is using Aegisub with the intention of subtitling into English and also Chinese, using Mac computers, including those with the latest OS. We've had trouble with Chinese characters appearing as question marks, but may have a solution for this. More troubling is an apparent incompatibility between Aegisub's zoom function and the latest MAC OS--works fine on older OS, but not the newest, and many students--and the classroom--appear (alas?) to have the newest.
Any advice? We are all raw beginners with subtitling software, including me. Plan A would be to get Aegisub to work, but Plan B would be another program. Free, open source, community support of course ideal--MAC compatible.
We are subtitling a feature length 1960s Chinese film into English, and then we will be subtitling some American TV from roughly the same period into Chinese.
Thanks in advance!
Cathy [/quote]
Hi Cathy,
The first thing you should do is try Plorkyeran's latest trunk build here. If it doesn't fix your issue, you can contact Plorkyeran on Twitter (or elsewhere) and ask for help. If that fails as well, you can try Belle Nuit Subtitler, a discontinued professional subtitling tool that's now free to use.
Topic: Ask me anything about subtitling
Poster: Max Deryagin
Post title: -
[quote]csilber wrote:
A class I'm teaching right now (experimental!) is using Aegisub with the intention of subtitling into English and also Chinese, using Mac computers, including those with the latest OS. We've had trouble with Chinese characters appearing as question marks, but may have a solution for this. More troubling is an apparent incompatibility between Aegisub's zoom function and the latest MAC OS--works fine on older OS, but not the newest, and many students--and the classroom--appear (alas?) to have the newest.
Any advice? We are all raw beginners with subtitling software, including me. Plan A would be to get Aegisub to work, but Plan B would be another program. Free, open source, community support of course ideal--MAC compatible.
We are subtitling a feature length 1960s Chinese film into English, and then we will be subtitling some American TV from roughly the same period into Chinese.
Thanks in advance!
Cathy [/quote]
Hi Cathy,
The first thing you should do is try Plorkyeran's latest trunk build here. If it doesn't fix your issue, you can contact Plorkyeran on Twitter (or elsewhere) and ask for help. If that fails as well, you can try Belle Nuit Subtitler, a discontinued professional subtitling tool that's now free to use.