MaestroSBT

MaestroSBT is a simple, small and reliable utility that was made to help with the creation of subtitlesfor various DVD/SVCD authoring tools and utilities.

It can be used with VirtualDub to hard-code subtitles into several video file formats (including AVI), or may be to just preview the generation without actually burning a SVCD/DVD.

MaestroSBT takes as input a script file made with the popular Sub Station Alpha (http://www.eswat.demon.co.uk/) and outputs a script file and a series of bitmaps for the parsed subtitles.

The script file can be created in the following formats: .SON (DVD Maestro), .TXT (I-Author), .SST (Scenarist), .SUB (Philips IMG 2.0) and .SUB (submux). The bitmap files can be generated in several formats, but each authoring tool has its own requirements. In the case of VirtualDub, MaestroSBT integrates to it as a plug-in.

MaestroSBT is a DVD subtitle rendering utility. It produces subtitle bitmaps and import scripts for Scenarist, DVD Maestro and others from SSA v.4 files. PAL and NTSC formats are supported, and aspect ratio correction is provided for both 4:3 and 16:9.