How to remove subtitles from Japanese LaserDiscs

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On 29 Apr 2004 18:50:37 -0700, nsa@dk.catv.ne.jp (Nicolas Santini)
wrote:

>I suppose it would be possible to have an algorithm detect the subs,
>and replace them by some sort of interpolation of pixels around.
>Results would not be perfect but it could run frame by frame,
>requiring no attendance.

That's about what DeLogo does. It's a bit complicated to set up, but
after that, it runs on its own in VirtualDub. And the results run from
quite astonishing down to absolutely appalling, depending on the
quality/details of the source. Quickly-changing hard subs over video
are a real bitch.

 

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Karyudo wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 05:23:27 GMT, T <tberk@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Joshua Zyber wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Any
>>>subtitles you see when playing a disc now are burned into the image
>>>permanently, and are not LD+G related. The only way to not see them is
>>>to cover them up.
>>
>>Or,
>>you could get them into the computer and REPLACE them.
>
>
> With what? The original picture information is permanently obscured by
> subs, as Josh says. "DeLogo" and a few other VirtualDub filters are
> the best hope, but even they are likely to come up with
> less-than-satisfactory results in this case. Even if you put new
> (non-Japanese) subs over top, it's mostly gonna look like you put new
> subs over top of either hard Japanese subs, or a weird blurry mess.
>
> Computers, as much as I love 'em, aren't a panacea.


OK, what ever, yer screwed, thats all there is to it, done deal.


TBerk

 

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On Sun, 02 May 2004 21:31:20 GMT, T <tberk@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>OK, what ever, yer screwed, thats all there is to it, done deal.

Hey, I'd love to be proven wrong! I don't think I will be, sadly. But
if you've got some more details on what sort of computer replacement
you're talking about, speak up!

 

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Leonid Makarovsky <venom@cs.bu.edu> wrote in message news:<c6f7ii$ali$2@news3.bu.edu>...
> Does anyone know how to remove Japanese subtitles from Japanese LaserDiscs?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --Leonid

I'd suggest to anyone bothered by the Japanese subtitles to consider
them as a great opportunity to learn the language while watching an
interesting program.