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# garret's shitty aegisub scripts
Aegisub automation scripts I've written.
-Probably only useful to me.
+ Mostly only useful to me.
-A few of them are dupes of already-existing scripts, or parts of them.
+Some scripts do the same things as other peoples',
+ likely because I didn't know their script existed,
+ or because it had loads of ~~bloat i'll never use~~ other stuff with it (cough cough unanimated).
-Likely because I didn't know the already-existing one existed, or because it had loads of ~~bloat~~ other stuff along with it (cough cough unanimated).
+Tested on official-ish aegi for linux,
+ but _should_ work fine on any build that has automation v4 (read: all of them).
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### A-B
-Makes checking pre-timing possible by putting some text in the lines (the actor name, and `a` or `b`, hence the name)
+Makes checking pre-timing possible
+by putting some text in the lines
+ (the actor name, and `a` or `b`,
+ hence the name)
-ignores lines with text in them, prepends to lines with just tags in them
+ignores lines with text in them,
+ prepends to lines with just tags in them
### Append Comment
pops up a dialogue to put the comment in, and appends it to the selected lines.
+if you're not using it for multiple lines you may as well just type the curly brackets & stuff yourself, it's probably quicker.
+
### Audio Clipper
Extracts audio from the selected line(s), like the create audio clip button.
@@ -28,7 +37,13 @@ Unlike the create audio clip button, it can copy the audio stream.
Also, if you select multiple lines, it'll make separate clips for each, not one long one.
-**Needs ffmpeg. Can be slow.**
+By default, outputs to `?video/audioclipper_output/i.xyz`,
+ where `x` is the index of the line in your selection, and `xyz` is the extension.
+
+**Needs ffmpeg in path.**
+Can be slow.
+
+**Done better by**: Petzku's `Encode Clip` (kinda), Aegisub (kinda)
### Blur Fade
@@ -40,28 +55,39 @@ For fancy fade effects. (i.e, when the whole scene blurs out until it's invisibl
### Chapter Generator
-Makes .xml chapters for matroska.
+Makes XML chapters for matroska.
Makes lines with the effect `chapter` into chapters. Start time of the line is used for the timestamp, text of the line is used for chapter name.
Language is currently hardcoded to english.
-Basically a dupe of the one in Significance.
+Tries to save the file in a sane location.
+ in order of priority: subtitle directory, video directory, audio directory.
+
+file is always named `chapters.xml`, **even if something is already there.**
+
+if no sane path is found, it logs the chapters for you to deal with as you see fit.
+
+**Done better by**: `Significance` by UA.
### CR Restyler
`become-fansubber.lua`
-select the lines
-
-it sets them to default style
+`Main` -> `Default`,
+ `Flashback` -> `Default`,
+ `Top` -> `\an8`,
+ `Italics` -> `\i1`.
-wow amazing
+assumes a relatively clean cr script.
+ if not, you're on your own.
### Dupe and Comment
Duplicates a line and comments out the original.
-I like seeing the original line while editing, and being able to go back to it easily if my edit was crap.
+I like seeing the original line while editing,
+ and being able to go back to it
+ easily if my edit was crap.
### Em-dash
@@ -70,16 +96,27 @@ Replaces `--` with `—`.
I do not have an em-dash key on my keyboard.
+**Done better by**: Ctrl-H (partially)
+
### K-Timing -> Alpha Timing
-does what it says on the tin.
+makes doing alpha timing significantly easier
+ by getting rid of the part where you do alpha timing.
-originally created to convert stuff that should've been alpha-timed in the first place, but also makes creating new alpha-timing easier.
+originally created to convert stuff that should've been alpha timed in the first place
+ but used a weird hack with `\ko` instead.
### Scenebleed Detector
Finds scenebleeds in the selected lines, and marks them with an effect (`bleed`).
+Currently has a hardcoded threshold of 500ms
+ as my brain is too small
+ to figure out how to do
+ a config file.
+
+**Done better by**: probably some UA script
+
### Select Comments
-take a guess
+have a guess