Guide to Convert PGS to SRT subtitles with SupRip

Struggling converting PGS (blu-ray) subs to .srt but not very succesfull sadly? Here will introduce you the best tool to convert PGS to SRT and give you the easy guide.

PGS Subtitles:

The Bluray m2ts format allows for two types of on-screen overlays that can be used for subtitles. One is based on text but as for now I've seen no BluRay using this one for subs. The other one is the PGS (Presentation Grapic Stream) and consists in bitmaps (and the timeframes on which they have to be displayed). That second stream is by far the most commonly used by BluRays.

SRT Subtitles:

SRT is perhaps the most basic of all subtitle formats. This format is supported by most software video players and subtitle creation programs. The time format used is hours:minutes:seconds:milliseconds, with the milliseconds field precise to three decimal places. The purpose of srt subtitle file is to use it with desired movie file together to display subtitles when you play video file by any player supporting srt subtitles.

It consists of four parts, all in text..

1. A number indicating which subtitle it is in the sequence.
2. The time that the subtitle should appear on the screen, and then disappear.
3. The subtitle itself.
4. A blank line indicating the start of a new subtitle.

SupRip v1.16 Download (Windows ONLY, Mac users you can have a try with Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac if you’re ripping Blu-ray to Mac, which lets you convert Blu-ray .sup subtitles straightly from Blu-ray Disc)

1. Start SupRip, load the SUP file with the “Open” button.

2. Click “Auto-OCR” to automatically scan the whole file and leave any unknown characters alone.

3. Go to the SRT tab

4. Review the subtitles and statistics. Change some options there if you want.

5. Save the SRT file with the “Save” button

How to name multiple srt files so that the language shows to select:

1) name the subtitles exactly as the video stream. E.g. 00033.m2ts-> 00033.srt
2) give an id to subtitles with different languages. E.g. name English subtitles xxx.en.srt and German subtitles xxx.de.srt

What’s annoying- there are lots of spelling mistakes and indistinguishable characters when Auto-OCR is used, and you have to proof and correct them one by one.

Alternative PGS subtitles tool download- BDSup2Sub

Alternative Blu-ray ripping tool download- ByteCopy (which converts PGS to VOBSUB when ripping Blu-ray to MKV, and also you can also learn how to use ByteCopy to rip .srt subtitles directly from Blu-ray Disc)

The Differences between Recordable Blu-ray Disc Formats BD-R and BD-RE

For recordable DVD disc, there are seven formats: DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, BD-R and BD-RE (Blu-ray discs). They offer different features and not all are compatible with all recorders.

If you are interested in getting a DVD or Blu-ray drive to burn some data off to an external disc that you can store in a safe deposit box or for some other reason, then the sheer number of formats and versions can make the task quite confusing.

For example, there are five different formats for DVDs and Blu-ray discs have even more formats! In this article, I’ll try to break down the different types of formats without worry about a lot of technical details that you’ll find when you read about the differences on other sites. I personally just want to know the main differences, what works better and what’s best suited for burning as a consumer.

We have introduced DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM in Can I play my recorded DVDs in other DVD players - What are the DVD Formats? and next we will introduce BD-R and BD-RE to you.

Blu-ray discs (BD-R and BD-RE)

When it comes to Blu-ray disc formats, it’s really confusing, so I won’t even mention the stuff that’s really not important. Basically, there are only a couple of formats you need to worry about as a consumer and those are BD-R (Blu-ray disc recordable), BD-RE (Blu-ray disc recordable erasable), BDXL (multi-layer disc recordable), and Mini-BD.

There are two formats of Blu-ray disc capable of recording high-definition programming when used in a Blu-ray recorder. BD-R discs are write-once-only discs whereas BD-RE discs can be recorded on over and over again. These offer typically 6.5 hours of high-definition (HD) quality and between 10 and 13 hours of standard definition (SD) quality. However, both types are also available in dual-layer (DL) formats that offer twice these recording times.

Again, this is a very basic overview of the different formats for DVD and Blu-ray, but hopefully it gives you enough to understand what everything means without getting overloaded in lots of useless details. Any other questions about what type of disc your should burn, post a comment here and I’ll try to help. Enjoy!

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