crusher11 854 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 It seems like anything that can direct play ASS can also direct play PGS, so you'd be better off just not bothering. Am I missing something? I add SRTs where possible, but those obviously lose layout settings and when the speaker for SDH subtitles is indicated by the position of the subs rather than by text, SRT becomes incomprehensible. ASS would retain the layout, but doesn't seem to give me any advantage over the PGS track that's already on the disc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwhodges 1532 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 It's up to you. Rips of Bluray disks will have PGS (and Vobsubs from DVD); fan-mads subs for anime in particular will often be ASS. When fans add ASS subs alongside or instead of PGS subs, it's generally to improve the styling, especially for signs and other on-screen elements which are often treated fairly crudely in original PGS subs - but also in particular to add karaoke effects for the words of songs. Here, for example, is an ASS fan subtitling of handwritten words in a diary - try finding any PGS subs which match the original so well! But for words alone, in an SDH context, PGS is, of course, just fine. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 854 Posted October 20, 2022 Author Share Posted October 20, 2022 All my media is sourced from Blu-ray discs, so I'm really just asking about creating ASS subs from the PGS subs that already exist. Doesn't seem to give me any advantage over just keeping the PGS as it will still need to transcode on most devices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution pwhodges 1532 Posted October 20, 2022 Solution Share Posted October 20, 2022 No reason to do that conversion at all, in general. Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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