I am unaware of any restriction on the total character length in a subtitle .txt file.
Each individual sub-title size will probably be limited by the screen layout, font choice and size etc.
A member's recent .srt file contained 15,637 words and 132,403 characters and 1573 individual sub-titles.

I believe the Ansi format works fine.

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Hi James,

I may not understand the issue you are dealing with, but when using note pad, save the text as a .txt file (as Adrian pointed out). Using Word wrap will set margins for you. One can display the text in PD9 in various ways, horizontally and vertically, scrolling or simply displayed. This is done in PD9, after the text is imported for use as a sub-title. Creation of sub-titles is covered in the help files, including importation.

I realize you may have no need for this information, but just thought I would add it to the thread in case someone with less experience than you might read it.

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Hi Adria and Pax,
thanks just curious about that I created a text file to experiment and imported it and only one line of text showed! My text file was only three lines long.
I will search the help files (done previously but didn't get an answer as to the txt file formats).
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Your file should look something like this:

1
00:00:11,711 --> 00:00:13,879
[SUBTITLE 1 TEXT]

2
00:00:52,752 --> 00:00:54,920
[SUBTITLE 2 TEXT]

Obviously you need to have your own correct timecode. So 3 lines would make 1 subtitle. Not sure what your 3 lines were.

Jeff

Jim,
You might like to view this tutorial on the DZ.

http://directorzone.cyberlink.com/tutorial/pdr/434&pageIndex=1

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thanks all off to view video...and hopefully remember the sequences LOL
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Hi James1

When copying large amounts of text from an outside program (Word - Note Pad - IE etc) and with PD open in minimal screen. Hightlight - copy and use control V to paste into open title box. Happing editing

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FYI,

The standard for Subtitles:
Subtitles are limited to 32 characters per line.

JL_JL, your subtitle format is called .SRT.
You have the time codes included.

You can have just the lines of text in a .txt file.

But you do have to do the markers where the text is supposed to appear in the video timeline.
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Thanks Carl,
got it solved I hope.
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Quote: JL_JL, your subtitle format is called .SRT.
You have the time codes included.

Thanks Carl312, well aware of that.

Quote: The standard for Subtitles:
Subtitles are limited to 32 characters per line.

Limit is much more than that, attached pic has 80 characters. I don't know what the limit is, Adrian indicated probably just screen layout.

Jeff

Limit is much more than that, attached pic has 80 characters. I don't know what the limit is, Adrian indicated probably just screen layout.

You are showing a 16:9 screen, yes, it is wider than the standard 4:3 720 pixels that the 32 character limit was imposed.

Higher res, wider screen will fit more on the line, but what happens to the subtitle when viewed on a SD 4:3 TV?

Do you remember the early days of computers when the screen was 640x480? The max characters you could clearly see was 32. There were 80 character screens, but the text was hard to read.
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Quote: Higher res, wider screen will fit more on the line, but what happens to the subtitle when viewed on a SD 4:3 TV?

80 characters can fit just fine and play just fine on my 4:3 CRT TV.

Quote: Do you remember the early days of computers when the screen was 640x480?

Sure but things have moved on. VolksWriter no longer the premier word processor either. I guess we could do subtitles in the original "Line 21 Character Set" one byte hex like.
50 6F 77 65 72 44 69 72 65 63 74 6F 72 for "PowerDirector" but that's not very relevant to todays editors either. That's why all should be happy with video edit codes like PD, even though they are a little buggy now and then.

Jeff

I agree, Jeff.

PowerDirector, Yep, you got the Hex correct.

"Line 21 Character Set" is two bytes per field, but only the first field is normally used.

Also thanks for CCextractor Version .54, extracting closed captions from a DVD is easier. CCextractor makes an .srt file ready to import into PowerDirector for subtitles. Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.