Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-10-24 Thread Thomas Levine
WebVTT format is more complex than I would like and also not fully implemented on any browsers, as far as I can tell, so I use a small subset that is very simple. The following section is most of the parsing of my bespoke formats for timings and texts. It references lots of other functions in th

Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-10-24 Thread Markus Teich
Thomas Levine wrote: > I settled on the following mpv configuration. > https://thomaslevine.com/scm/langrompiloj/artifact/6a086022d93af1a1 > https://thomaslevine.com/scm/langrompiloj/artifact/161b62d352fec4f7 > > This produces a file like the one below, which I edit until the subtitles are > accep

Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-10-24 Thread Hadrien Lacour
On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 03:48:28PM +, Thomas Levine wrote: > I settled on the following mpv configuration. > https://thomaslevine.com/scm/langrompiloj/artifact/6a086022d93af1a1 > https://thomaslevine.com/scm/langrompiloj/artifact/161b62d352fec4f7 > > This produces a file like the one below, whi

Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-10-24 Thread Thomas Levine
I settled on the following mpv configuration. https://thomaslevine.com/scm/langrompiloj/artifact/6a086022d93af1a1 https://thomaslevine.com/scm/langrompiloj/artifact/161b62d352fec4f7 This produces a file like the one below, which I edit until the subtitles are acceptably timed. Each line marks the

Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-09-03 Thread Timothy Rice
> Holy shit. Is everyone on here a fucking child trying to score points about > something that really doesn't matter? People like you are the reason why > Usenet died. > > Grow up. > > If you want to know how to deal with something like an adult: He said, resurrecting shit that had already fizzl

Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-09-03 Thread fao_
On 2017-08-31 1:07 pm, Timothy Rice wrote: We are really glad to know you've been entertained. I think you mean "I am really glad". this would have been more constructive to address directly Thomas to ask about his needs if you're interested at all in this discussion. It sounds like you w

Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-08-31 Thread hiro
no, please don't contribute to suckless, your code will suck like usual.

Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-08-31 Thread Quentin Rameau
> I think you mean "I am really glad". No, you're wrong. > It sounds like you want to have a discussion about how to do things > constructively. Not really, I just do things, discussions are what you do and this is certainly not constructive, as we can see here. > Are you sure you would have an

Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-08-31 Thread Timothy Rice
> We are really glad to know you've been entertained. I think you mean "I am really glad". > this would have been more constructive to address directly Thomas to ask > about his needs if you're interested at all in this discussion. It sounds like you want to have a discussion about how to do th

Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-08-31 Thread Quentin Rameau
> Unlike the OP's four paragraph feature request against software which > suckless obviously doesn't offer, I have at least found isabella's > content entertaining and concise. We are really glad to know you've been entertained. > While I'm sure it was kind of you to step in to defend your bro, I

Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-08-31 Thread hiro
> i thought this was a mailing list for hackers? hahahahahahahaha

Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-08-31 Thread hiro
> i judge people by their ability to perform basic tasks define basic.

Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-08-31 Thread hiro
> i'm fairly confident my grandma could do it too > maybe she can teach you for a small fee i'm glad she taught you these very important life skills. i'm sure it will come in handy when you can install an arschlinux for some desperate hooker in return for food and LTE traffic.

Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-08-31 Thread hiro
finally somebody with a legit software requirement! nobody cares about a nerd's imagined answers to imagined problems. thanks kamil, it was about time somebody contributed something of actual value on this list. :)

Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-08-31 Thread Kamil Cholewiński
Background: a close friend is doing subtitling for $, usually for local film festivals. One festival often means dozens of movies to be translated and subtitled. Most people doing this are freelance translators with limited technical background. > ffplay prints the playback time in centisecond pre

Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-08-31 Thread Thomas Levine
As Felix pointed out (and I had not previously realized), the subtitles depend mostly on the audio, and the video can largely be ignored. I thus think it has relatively little to do with blind. I had looked at mpv and came upon the annoyingly close but still unhelpful watch-later feature. I consid

Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-08-31 Thread Timothy Rice
> Like trolling on mailing lists, thank you. Unlike the OP's four paragraph feature request against software which suckless obviously doesn't offer, I have at least found isabella's content entertaining and concise. While I'm sure it was kind of you to step in to defend your bro, I would have pre

Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-08-31 Thread Hadrien Lacour
On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 08:04:26AM +, Thomas Levine wrote: > I want to write some subtitles for some videos. I found several subtitle > editors through web searches, and their documentation doesn't make them > look very good. What's more, I haven't managed to install any of them > properly, whi

Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-08-31 Thread isabella parakiss
On 8/31/17, Quentin Rameau wrote: >> i judge people by their ability to perform basic tasks > > Like trolling on mailing lists, thank you. > > https://asciinema.org/a/uxviYMKZbD1FJ2ftRKUo5lVj8 i thought this was a mailing list for hackers? am i the troll or the guy that can't do this?

Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-08-31 Thread Mattias Andrée
On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 11:34:00 +0200 Quentin Rameau wrote: > Hi Mattias > > > I tried it out, it sucked donkey balls; i'd rather just use > > ffplay and a text editor; the video playback didn't even work > > for me. > > Isn't this something that could be done with blind? > I wonder if this woul

Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-08-31 Thread Quentin Rameau
> i judge people by their ability to perform basic tasks Like trolling on mailing lists, thank you.

Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-08-31 Thread isabella parakiss
On 8/31/17, Quentin Rameau wrote: >> 99% of the fansubbers use aegisub >> they're teens and they all managed to install it properly >> i'm fairly confident my grandma could do it too >> maybe she can teach you for a small fee > > We're glad to know you judge the quality of a software by its abilit

Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-08-31 Thread Quentin Rameau
Hi Mattias > I tried it out, it sucked donkey balls; i'd rather just use > ffplay and a text editor; the video playback didn't even work > for me. Isn't this something that could be done with blind? I wonder if this would be within its goal scope.

Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-08-31 Thread Mattias Andrée
On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 11:25:21 +0200 Quentin Rameau wrote: > > 99% of the fansubbers use aegisub > > they're teens and they all managed to install it properly > > i'm fairly confident my grandma could do it too > > maybe she can teach you for a small fee > > We're glad to know you judge the qual

Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-08-31 Thread Quentin Rameau
> 99% of the fansubbers use aegisub > they're teens and they all managed to install it properly > i'm fairly confident my grandma could do it too > maybe she can teach you for a small fee We're glad to know you judge the quality of a software by its ability te be easily installed only.

Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-08-31 Thread isabella parakiss
On 8/31/17, Thomas Levine <_...@thomaslevine.com> wrote: > I want to write some subtitles for some videos. I found several subtitle > editors through web searches, and their documentation doesn't make them > look very good. What's more, I haven't managed to install any of them > properly, which is

Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-08-31 Thread Mattias Andrée
On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 08:04:26 + Thomas Levine <_...@thomaslevine.com> wrote: > I want to write some subtitles for some videos. I found several subtitle > editors through web searches, and their documentation doesn't make them > look very good. What's more, I haven't managed to install any of th

Re: [dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-08-31 Thread Felix Van der Jeugt
Hi Quoting Thomas Levine (2017-08-31 10:04:26) > Or, does anyone have other recommendations about the editing of > subtitles? I haven't editted a lot of subtitles, but for sound synchronization, a waveform is extremely useful. Instead of hitting a button when you hear something, you can just sele

[dev] Writing subtitles for videos

2017-08-31 Thread Thomas Levine
I want to write some subtitles for some videos. I found several subtitle editors through web searches, and their documentation doesn't make them look very good. What's more, I haven't managed to install any of them properly, which is both inconvenient and further indicative of suck. I think that m