AMV with song lyrics

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AMV with song lyrics

Postby animefan4ever » Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:03 pm

Hey, can anyone help me here? I'm thinking of making an amv with japanese song lyrics but don't know how to add them on. Can anyone help? Thanx.
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Postby downwithpants » Tue Aug 02, 2005 12:28 am

most video editing programs have a subtitle function.

look up the lyrics and enter the subtitles where appropriate. note that it will probably be annoying for viewers to watch an amv with lyrics subbed throughout the video.
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Postby Pwolf » Tue Aug 02, 2005 2:59 am

virtual dub comes with a plugin by defualt to add subtitles, i think. learn how to use sub station alpha or medusa to time the subs, then you can use virtualdub to add them to your final encode. my last video was in japanese but i ended up not releasing it with the subtitles... not sure what people prefered so i just left them out and put the lyrics in the info page.


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Postby Kitsuner » Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:01 am

It worked pretty well for AbsoluteDestiny's Little Mermaid video, though, so if you want to do it, more power to you. You may want to consider making the video widescreen and keeping the subtitles in the black area, and having two versions of the video available (one subbed/one raw) would also be a good idea...
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Postby WhereNext » Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:54 am

or try and track down the RAWs, you can get your best quality out of these.
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Postby Pwolf » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:03 am

WhereNext wrote:or try and track down the RAWs, you can get your best quality out of these.


we are talking about <i>adding</i> subs...


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Postby Manganate » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:36 am

note that it will probably be annoying for viewers to watch an amv with lyrics subbed throughout the video.


Sometimes I think it can actually add to the video if executed correctly in the right context.

It worked for BaHaRa in http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members/members_videoinfo.php?v=16934
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Postby WhereNext » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:37 am

i dunno how i posted that in here, i swore i posted that in a completely different section of the forum.. lol oh well, guess it means i need to go get some sleep if i'm doin stupid crap like that.
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Postby Knowname » Tue Aug 02, 2005 9:51 am

downwithpants wrote:most video editing programs have a subtitle function.

look up the lyrics and enter the subtitles where appropriate. note that it will probably be annoying for viewers to watch an amv with lyrics subbed throughout the video.


it'd be new to me! But it'd take a really good Japanese song to impress me and I usually don't care about foreign lyrics. (no offense)
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Postby Knowname » Tue Aug 02, 2005 9:55 am

Oh yeah... Mr. Panda does that... like I told him I prefer it opening style. You know, follow the bouncy ball style. Ya miss a beat and you'll be CRUCIFIED though...
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Postby Qyot27 » Tue Aug 02, 2005 6:22 pm

Better yet, have the subtitle file seperate and make sure that it can play through DirectVobSub or use a container that allows softsubs (like Matroska or OGM).
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Postby Pwolf » Tue Aug 02, 2005 6:28 pm

Qyot27 wrote:Better yet, have the subtitle file seperate and make sure that it can play through DirectVobSub or use a container that allows softsubs (like Matroska or OGM).


not many people know how to play mkv or ogm though :/


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Postby Qyot27 » Tue Aug 02, 2005 6:57 pm

Pwolf wrote:
Qyot27 wrote:Better yet, have the subtitle file seperate and make sure that it can play through DirectVobSub or use a container that allows softsubs (like Matroska or OGM).


not many people know how to play mkv or ogm though :/


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Which was why I suggested a seperate subtitles file with DirectVobSub. I may be shooting into the dark with this, but I'd wager that most users that care enough to want selectable subtitles in the video would be the same type that would willingly go install DirectVobSub or softsub-compatible container support if that's what they needed. Providing a link to the Matroska Packs download area wouldn't hurt either. There's only so much of a compromise that the editor can come to.

Don't get me wrong, having the translated lyrics or a transcription of the lyrics in the vid profile work too, but for those that don't want to constantly look away from the video and look at a notepad file or a printed sheet, DirectVobSub or MKV/OGM are about the only reasonable thing the editor can provide them with. Reencoding a whole second version with hardcoded subs may be more convenient for some users, but is it worth the hassle (and the webspace, if you plan on offerring both subbed and raw versions)?
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Postby WhereNext » Tue Aug 02, 2005 7:20 pm

just provide an .ssa file w/ it, they are nice and simple to use
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