sup2srt.py

# /usr/bin/env python
#
# Author: Red5d
#
# Description: Extract and run OCR on subtitles from a PGS-format .sup file.
#
# Example Usage: python sup2srt.py bd_subtitles.sup bd_subtitles.srt
#
# Dependencies:
# - pytesseract
# - tqdm
# - pysrt
# - pgsreader and imagemaker modules from (https://github.com/SavSanta/pgsreader)
#

import sys, pytesseract
from pgsreader import PGSReader
from imagemaker import make_image

from pysrt import SubRipFile, SubRipItem, SubRipTime

from tqdm import tqdm

supFile = sys.argv[1]
pgs = PGSReader(supFile)

srtFile = sys.argv[2]

srt = SubRipFile()

# get all DisplaySets that contain an image
print("Loading DisplaySets...")
allsets = [ds for ds in tqdm(pgs.iter_displaysets())]

print(f"Running OCR on {len(allsets)} DisplaySets and building SRT file...")
subText = ""
subStart = 0
subIndex = 0
for ds in tqdm(allsets):
    if ds.has_image:
        # get Palette Display Segment
        pds = ds.pds[0]
        # get Object Display Segment
        ods = ds.ods[0]

        img = make_image(ods, pds)
        subText = pytesseract.image_to_string(img)
        subStart = ods.presentation_timestamp
    else:
        startTime = SubRipTime(milliseconds=int(subStart))
        endTime = SubRipTime(milliseconds=int(ds.end[0].presentation_timestamp))
        srt.append(SubRipItem(subIndex, startTime, endTime, subText))
        subIndex += 1

print(f"Done. SRT file saved as {srtFile}")
srt.save(srtFile, encoding='utf-8')

For a brand new environment, numpy dependency is needed too