Karaoke Creator v0.1

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:55 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

tikleabubble, this is the best thing I think I've found about the commands of ssa/ass, it helped me out a lot, other than that I don't think there is a lot of other things that will help..

Also I think medusa subtitling station is the best for karaoke because it has a little window on the left with the video and the subs for you do look at and then the wav part on the right, though to check the timing you'll have to encode the video each time to check because if you just play the file with the subs it'll lag because of all the commands you add to the script.

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:44 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I also thought Medusa was a great program. Although, it's kinda hard to find now. I believe the makers pulled it, renamed it, and changed a bunch of crap. Eh, I liked it the way it was.

Edit: Medusa was changed to Chrono Sub and a lot of stuff changed. I remember not liking it as much for some reason. Also, the maker removed the links to download good ol' Medusa. ;__; I like Sabbu a lot too, but I can still handle SSA since I learned on it sweating

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 4:12 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

hmm looks confusing to do but i guess i will give it a try. thanks~ ^^

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 4:15 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Ok I finally got the hang of sub station alpha now. Man it REALLY does take a long time. It sounds good when I click "play karaoke" but when I actually encode it, it doesn't synch with the video...ok...

Well I think I can do the timing now. Thanks neon and others who helped!!

Will someone add karaoke effects for me after I finish timing the file? Now it's just regular fill in but I want it to "pop up" and then fade. If you know how to do that please PM me, since I know I won't have time to figure out the coding. I will send you the timed ssa. once I'm done timing. OR better yet you can add in the special effects for me so I can time better. pinch

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:12 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

@tikle: Now that you are able to time, try playing with the codes listed on the link Lowest gave above. It may seem like Greek at first, but the examples near the end (w/ wasabi) help you understand which codes do what. Plus at the bottom there are examples of which codes to use for the desired effect. Then manipulate variables and see what the differences are....

Taking one step at a time is easiest. Taking on too much at one time will mix you up. Since you hadn't known how to time karaoke at the beginning of this thread, it would've been difficult to code the thing right? It goes in order of what's easier to master.

Many times if you are playing with the codes, you'll end up with something you like and will be proud of, rather than asking someone to do it for you Smile

I suggest you keep tryin' Tongue

My main problem w/ trying to code it manually (w/out programs) was figuring out which codes to combine for which effects, like, what did what when put together. But, it's still neat to see what comes out of the test encodes. Most times I came out with "Why did THAT happen?", sometimes in a good way, sometimes not Laugh

Usually what I tried for wasn't what I got, but sometimes it was still pretty cool anyway, lol.

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 5:09 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 7:37 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I think maybe I understand now? I dunno, I'll take another shot, LOL. I guess it depends on the language you are working in, but with words (in English at least) it may be helpful to do individual letters when the words have a lot of consonants (like express).

Did you try just adding the {\k##} to precede each letter? Like I said in my last reply, you can add them manually (after switching karaoke mode on). Like this:

{\k##}e{\k##}x{\k##}p{\k##}r{\k##}e{\k##}s{\k##}s

(Again, for people just seeing this, ## should have numbers in it for your karaoke timing...I just put those instead of hypothetical numbers.)

I would think spacing the letters would allow it to do all needed {\k##}'s but maybe not. Still, you can throw in as many as needed. Timing it might be a bit harder, but it should work. The "transition", if I understand what ya mean, should then take place in karaoke with each letter then. It's all a matter of where the {\k##}'s are and how many there are.

If you are gonna change the effects instead of doing a standard outline or fill, it's gonna be a real **** sweating

You're gonna have even more codes all over the place. It'll be difficult to see and distinguish between codes and your letters of choice for the karaoke. I suggest you use Sabbu for something like that, because you can hide the codes in the line and make things easier to find. If you do a bounce, quick appear/fade, or something other than a standard outline or fade, it would probably be more suitable for doing just letters, IMHO. At least that's what it sounds like.

I dunno, keep us posted I guess Smile

Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 7:55 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0