[linux-dvb] Subtitle synchronisation when converting to DVD

[Dave Chapman <dave@dchapman.com>]

Hi,

I'm working on programs to extract teletext subtitles and DVB subtitles 
from transport streams (and VDR streams) in order to convert them to DVDs.

This is basically working (see http://www.linuxstb.org/dvbtextsubs/ for 
the teletext subtitles version), but I have a problem with 
synchronisation which I hope someone on this list can help me with.

I am able to extract the PTS timestamps that indicate when each subtitle 
should be displayed, but my question concerns what is the "first PTS" 
for a stream.

For example, the PTS of the first video packet may be NNNN.600 ms, the 
audio PTS may be NNNN.100ms and the first subtitle PTS may be NNNN.800ms.

For each extracted subtitle, I need (for spumux) to store PTS as an 
offset from the start of the stream.  In the above example, I have the 
obvious possibilities - subtract NNNN.200ms (to align with the video 
stream) or NNNN.700ms (for the audio stream).

I suppose the answer depends on the particular demultiplexer and 
multiplexer I use to create my VOB files - i.e. what PTS they take to be 
the start of the stream.

Any suggestions?

Regards,

Dave.


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