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Good morning, everyone. I have just updated to PD14 and was practing with the software. I am still relatively new to filmmaking and editing so I could just be missing something. I entered in a subtitle that initally was set to 10 seconds in length. It was set to start at the beginning of the video. When I tried to add a second one, I got the message in the screenshot attached. I increased the duration to 20 seconds but still got the error message when trying to add the second subtitle. So I previwed the video to make sure I was correct in thinking that a 00:00:20:00 duration was in fact 20 seconds - 18 seconds longer than the warning message indicated as the minimum length. Then I changed the duration to 8 seconds. After that, I was able to add a second subtitle.

When I tried to add a third, I got the warning message again. So I did the same thing with the second subtitle that I did with the first - edited it to 20 seconds, then to 8. Still got the warning. I previewed the video. Still got the message. Changed the duration on the second subtitle again, still got the message. I can't seem to find the "pretty please" action that will let me add a third subtitle.

So is this a glitch or am I missing something? It can't be this difficult to add subtitles.
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Luthien Tinuviel
Neil.F.1955 [Avatar]
Senior Contributor Joined: Mar 07, 2012 09:15 Messages: 1303 Offline
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Hello, Luthientinuviel!

I'm just wondering if you're trying to add "captions" describing something on-screen, for which, the "titles" function is your best bet.

If, however, you're translating a spoken language(perhaps French or German[Franzoesich oder Deutsch]) and want to give an English translation, but only when called up by the DVD player's subtitle facility, then it appears this may be something else Cyberlink needs to sort out. By rights, you should be able to insert as many subtitles as required, and have them appear as long as required when called up on a DVD(or Blu-Ray) player's subtitle function. Many of Cyberlink's so-called "innovations" are turning out to be design faults instead. This is just one more to add to the list!

Cheers!

Neil.
ynotfish
Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline
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Hi Luthientinuviel -

In video language, 0.2 seconds is 6 frames in a 30fps timeline. That's 00:00:00:06.

When you're adding subtitles, that alert will pop up if you forget to move the timeline marker/scrubber before adding a new subtitle marker.



Neil - it's not an innovation nor a design fault, and there's no conspiracy theory attached to it. It's just what happens.

Cheers - Tony
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Neil.F.1955 [Avatar]
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Hi, Tony!

I'm not saying there's any conspiracy going on here, it's just that with some of these features, people who attempt to use them are experiencing problems of uncooperative features, that's why I referred to them as design faults. Some features are new, some have been around from several versions back through Power Director's history. Some of these features are easy to use, some may, or will cause problems. It's where they're causing problems that I deem them to be "design faults". the phrase is intended to nudge Cyberlink into straightening them out and make them easier to use and work with.

Cheers!

Neil.
Richmond Dan
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"the phrase is intended to nudge Cyberlink into straightening them out and make them easier to use and work with."

Shouldn't you be communicating this directly to Cyberlink, rather than posting them on a user-to-user forum? Kind of like peeing in a navy blue suit: gives you a warm feeling, but nobody much notices.
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Neil.F.1955 [Avatar]
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Quote: "the phrase is intended to nudge Cyberlink into straightening them out and make them easier to use and work with."

Shouldn't you be communicating this directly to Cyberlink, rather than posting them on a user-to-user forum? Kind of like peeing in a navy blue suit: gives you a warm feeling, but nobody much notices.


Hi, Dan!

I'd expect someone at Cyberlink would be reading the posts in these forums, otherwise, why bother with the "Suggestions For PD15" thread?

Cheers!

Neil.
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Hi,

I got a notice that an answer to my post on this thread has received a reply, I click on the link, and I see that it is MY OWN post! I've asked this a few times before, but I'll ask again, WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON, HERE? I should only be notified if someone else replies to a post I make. Has anyone else had this experience?

Cheers!

Neil.
Dafydd B [Avatar]
Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 26, 2006 08:20 Messages: 11973 Offline
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Hi Neil.F.1955,
Yep, I have had the same. The problem is known to CyberLink.
Dafydd
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Quote: Hi Neil.F.1955,
Yep, I have had the same. The problem is known to CyberLink.
Dafydd


Hi, Dafydd B!

Sure can be annoying, can't it?

Cheers!

Neil.
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