Could someone please tell me why some m2v files imported into Scenarist have "Data Start Time" not equal to zero, and how to fix it? Does not seem to be an editable parameter, and it's really annoying. Starting with problems calculating duration of a stream, to IfoUpdate failing to update the script file. One value I see quite often is 00:59:58:00, but there are some above 1 hour, and other unhappy numbers.

it is the internal timecode of the file. Enf...

You can work around this by firstly importing your m2v into Scenarist and exporting your project to a script (SCP). Open the SCP in a text editor and find the Code:

Thanks! The first approach is not too cool, cuz I'll have to run through all these timings - precisely what I'm trying to avoid! :) But the pulldown approach is excellent, I'll definitely try that! Thank you very much!!

Well... Let's consider two problems. One is with the start time to video - I didn't try pulldown, but I ran restream - it fixed the GOP timing code, and scenarist was happy. Now, be careful here - this has NOTHING to do with the subtitle times, so this was not your problem in the first place. Yes, you do have corrupt subtitle file, and I don't know what DoItFast4U is doing there - I've tried it few times, but could never get things just the way I want them. Vobsub process is painfully slow, I always use subrip. So, if you go ahead and do subrip, your file will be correct - but be careful about VobIDs. If your movie does not start at the beginning of a VOB, you will have a time shift in your sst file - so either pre-split your title set by VobID and run subrip on the proper VOB, or you will have to figure out the time difference and adjust it in the post-processing thingie in the subrip. I'm not calling myself a guru, but I've seen various problems and the guides, unfortunately, do not always have a provision for an unusual situation. So, all I'm offering is the things I did and they worked. Whether they will get you your precise final result - your call :) Hope this helps! P.S. If you see the constant time shift in your sst file, try subtitle workshop, import this file there and adjust the time. Might work ;) P.P.S. Gurus - any comments about VobID thingie? It would be impossible to use IFO file for running subrip on a split vob, is it of any importance?

I tried subtitle workshop, but it couldn't even load my .sst file that DoItFast4u created, saying it was corrupted or an unsupported format. Go figure. I tried to load a .sst file from another movie where it was valid and it still said it couldn't load. Oh well. As far as the rest of what you said, I didn't understand much cause I haven't much experience with Subrip, I guess I will give it a shot. Thanx.

Well... try this: load the ifo file into the IFO editor and look which VOB IDs it is using. If there is more than one, you already have some kind of problem. If the ID of the movie is not 1, then you should use Vob Editor and split the whole title set by VobIDs - it will create several VOBs, and only one of them will be the actual movie. The others - irrelevant for you. Run SubRip on the movie VOB, and you should get your subtitles with proper timing. Note: When you open VOB directly instead of IFO in SubRip, it won't be able to show you the streams, but you can see them in IFO editor anyway.