dvdmrn / stl-to-srt-conversion

Converts an .stl closed captioning file to .srt format

STL-to-SRT-conversion

Converts an .stl closed captioning file to .srt format

This hasn't been robustly tested, let me know if there are any errors!

How to use:

If you already have Python installed:

• Open a terminal window, navigate to where STLconvert.py is located, and type python STLconvert.py
• Enter the filepath of your .stl file. For example, if it's named 'myClosedCaptioningFile.stl', and if it is located in the same folder as STLconvert.py, you can just type myClosedCaptioningFile.stl
• STLconvert will output your file in the same folder that contains it.

If you are on Windows and do not want to install Python:

• Go into windows_exe>dist and open STLconvert.exe
• Enter the filepath to your .stl file. For example, if it is located in the same folder that STLconvert.exe is located, you can just type myClosedCaptioningFile.stl. If you like to keep everything somewhere specific, you can type: C:\<THE_PATH_TO_YOUR_FILE>\myClosedCaptioningFile.stl
• STLconvert.exe will output your new .srt file in the same folder that your old .stl file is living in, and will name it <NAME_OF_YOUR_OLD_STL_FILE>_converted.srt

Troubleshooting:

• Make sure to include the file extension when inputting the file path.
• If you run into any problems be sure to add them onto the issues tab so we can list them here, and solve it! Of particular concern is the validity of the translation between .stl and .srt files since I have not accounted for formatting or anything beyond basic timecode and dialogue markup. This script also assumes that your .stl file is not compressed in any way (i.e. whitespace and line breaks matter).

stl-to-srt-conversion's Issues

Error when attempting to convert .stl at 24fps

Hi,

Hoping this is still maintained, I found this on reddit but the post was pretty old.

I'm getting this error when trying to convert an .stl to .srt. The sequence is 24fps. I've tried 23.98, 23,976, 24, 24.00, 25, 25.00, 24fps (including fps gives an error which makes sense)

enter file path: /Users/justin.fisher/Desktop/SRT_Testing/TLD_SRT_TEST2.stl
enter framerate: 24

========================================
opening: /Users/justin.fisher/Desktop/SRT_Testing/TLD_SRT_TEST2.stl

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/justin.fisher/Applications/STL-to-SRT-conversion-master copy/STLconvert.py", line 82, in <module>
    main()
  File "/Users/justin.fisher/Applications/STL-to-SRT-conversion-master copy/STLconvert.py", line 79, in main
    parsefile(filename,fps)
  File "/Users/justin.fisher/Applications/STL-to-SRT-conversion-master copy/STLconvert.py", line 46, in parsefile
    TCin = formatTC(TCin,fps)
  File "/Users/justin.fisher/Applications/STL-to-SRT-conversion-master copy/STLconvert.py", line 26, in formatTC
    if(float(frames)>=float(fps)):
ValueError: could not convert string to float: e

I can successfully convert the test file in the repo, as well as a different test file an assistant editor made, but I'm getting an error on this one.

EDIT

I don't think this has anything to do with the specific frame rate, I think it's either a python2/3 issue or it's related to the .stl file from Avid