Tai Chi Master - English subs?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 27 Mar 2006, 00:25

I've owned the HK and French DVDs of this for 4 years or so but whenever I try and sit down to the HK DVD I manage to last about 15 minutes before I have to turn it off.

Man the so called Remastered HK DVD is a disaster. I'd definitely get the older non-remastered DVD if I could find it, the 5.1 remix is awful.

I've still not seen the film.

Anyway my questions are these:

1. Are there English subs out there of the .srt type?
2. What software do I need to encode a new DVD (subs in sync) using the French DVD?

p.s - The French DVD looks so lovely.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 27 Mar 2006, 00:37

1. Are there English subs out there of the .srt type?

HungFist aka Shurayuki already timed subs for the French DVD.
You should ask him.

BTW, I think that these subs:
Tai.chi.master.PandaCrew.(subs.2ya.com).rar
are what you're looking for. You can find them at Kloofy's (www.kloofy.net)

2. What software do I need to encode a new DVD (subs in sync) using the French DVD?

http://www.videohelp.com/forum/archive/t219535.html

Looks more complicated than it is. Follow every step and you'll be fine.
Don't forget to check if the subs work before you burn the DVD (use PowerDVD to watch the files on your HD).

p.s - The French DVD looks so lovely.

It is.

If you're stuck, feel free to ask me. I've got my own methods.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 27 Mar 2006, 07:21

Actually just yesterday I decided to do some re-timing for my Tai Chi script. It was the first subs I ever made, and I used the timings of the french subs. However, I'm not so happy with those timings so I'll be making a new version. You can have it when it's ready (probably later this week). Don't be expecting any first class transtation, though (universe subs with slight changes)

Ricochan38 · Post by **Ricochan38** » 27 Mar 2006, 13:31

bradavon wrote:I've owned the HK and French DVDs of this for 4 years or so but whenever I try and sit down to the HK DVD I manage to last about 15 minutes before I have to turn it off.

Man the so called Remastered HK DVD is a disaster. I'd definitely get the older non-remastered DVD if I could find it, the 5.1 remix is awful.

I've still not seen the film.

Anyway my questions are these:

1. Are there English subs out there of the .srt type?
2. What software do I need to encode a new DVD (subs in sync) using the French DVD?

p.s - The French DVD looks so lovely.

I had that old version in my trade/sel list but I just sold it.....

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 27 Mar 2006, 14:15

How come martial arts movies feature so much dialogue? Tai Chi Master has more than 1000 lines!!!

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 27 Mar 2006, 14:18

There's a lot of cantonese comedy in it.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 27 Mar 2006, 16:02

HungFist wrote:You can have it when it's ready (probably later this week). Don't be expecting any first class transtation, though (universe subs with slight changes)

Thanks a lot.

I'm sure the translation will be more than adequate. I've added subs to a DVD using DivX as the source so I've done this kind of thing before.

Ricochan38 wrote:I had that old version in my trade/sel list but I just sold it.....

Doh! Why did you trade it? I know it's rubbish but it "must" be better than the awful 5.1 Remastered version.

Still I won't need it for much longer.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 28 Mar 2006, 01:15

Tom2681 wrote:BTW, I think that these subs:
Tai.chi.master.PandaCrew.(subs.2ya.com).rar
are what you're looking for. You can find them at Kloofy's (www.kloofy.net)

How does this differ from the one you're creating Hung?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 28 Mar 2006, 01:19

Wrong timings.
Sorry, Brad. My mistake.

Better to wait for HungFist's version.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 28 Mar 2006, 01:27

No worries cheers.

Yeah it needs to time with the French DVD.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 28 Mar 2006, 06:19

bradavon wrote:
Tom2681 wrote:BTW, I think that these subs:
Tai.chi.master.PandaCrew.(subs.2ya.com).rar
are what you're looking for. You can find them at Kloofy's (www.kloofy.net)
How does this differ from the one you're creating Hung?

Those are the subs I'm using. I remember I did some slight changes when I was working on them last time. There was like two or three lines that I thought did not make any sense so I re-traslated those from the french subs using a dictionary. Maybe I also corrected one or two typos/spelling errors, but that's all. It's pointless for me to try to correct all the mistakes, I would just end up adding new typos and spelling errors.

I love the HK Video release, but one thing they did not get right is the french subs. I actually used the original french script for the timings and just copy-pasted the english lines when I did the original version of the subs. But the timings on the french script aren't that good. Lines usually appear 0.2 or 0.3 second too late. Not something you can't live with, but annoying nevertheless. That's why I'm working on these subs again...

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 28 Mar 2006, 16:35

Great cheers I can't wait.

Lines usually appear 0.2 or 0.3 second too late.

That happened when I created my Ong-Bak adding English subs. It was annoying but by the time I noticed I'd burnt the DVD and then really couldn't be bothered to fix it.

I suspect Thai Chi Master will be much, much better.

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