Is there a quick way to add .srt files to a movie

HEllo. I was just wondering is there a quick way to add the .srt files to the movie without re-encoding the whole thing. Also, how long is it taking you guys to re-encode a movie. I have a athalon xp2800 with a gig of memory and it takes several hours for me to encode the movie. I am using virtual dub. Thanks in advance and thanks for the subtitles!!! Saves my wife from having to stop the movie and explain what is going on all the time. hehe

Regards,
Ken

use dvdlab pro
you can insert subtitle without encoding the movie and then burn as dvd

http://www.mediachance.com/dvdlab/dvdlabpro.html

Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 2:56 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Ken,

If you're planning on using a computer to view the video, and you want to combine the SRT and AVI into one file without re-encoding, you can use VirtualDubMod to mux the two files into an OGM or MKV file. Personally I prefer MKV because it supports a broader array of video and audio codecs, SRT, SSA, and idx/sub format subtitles. and handles things like chapters better. So I will use MKVmerge (part of the mkvtoolnix package) for MKVs.

If you want to view the video, with subtitles, on a stand-alone player that supports AVIs (like the Philips DVD-642) and that player supports subtitles (the 642 does, I think), you will want to make sure the AVI and SRT are named the same and are in the same directory when you burn them to blank media.

If you want to use the two files to create a hardsubbed AVI, you will need to convert the SRT to SSA format, load the SSA into Vdub (or VDubMod or NanDub if the MP3 audio is VBR) using the subtitler filter, and re-encode the video in Full Processing mode (necessary when you use filters in any Vdub variant).

If you want to make a DVD, you will need to transcode the AVI to a DVD-compliant MPEG-2 file using something like TMPGEnc. Then load that and the SRT into GUI for dvdauthor, to author the DVD. Then burn with whatever you have that will write authored DVDs to disc.

The SRT should be checked for errors like collisions, and blank lines after the timings, before doing any of these. SRTs loaded as an external softsub are allowed a great deal more latitude when it comes to errors like these; or, non-compliant tags that define things like position or color. They may play fine as externals on a computer. But apps that convert or mux them into another file are far less forgiving.

Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 3:11 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Use subtitke workshop. it freeware

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Other-VIDEO-Tools/Subtitle-Workshop.shtml

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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 11:59 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Thaks for all the good info guys! I use the philips dvd player which plays divx files. I will try the methods you reccomended. Thanks agian for the info and the links!!

Regards,
Ken

Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 3:02 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

When I tried to add episodes 2 and 3 to VirtualDub, I got an error. It said:

Couldn't locate decompressor for format 'XVID' (unkown)

VirtualDub requires a Video for Windows (VFW) compatible codec to decompress video. DirectShow codecs, such as those used by Windows Media Player, are not suitable.

Is there anyway that I can fix this problem so that I could add the subs with VirtualDub? Or is there an alternate way for me to add the subs using another prorgram that isn't difficult to use?

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 4:43 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

download FFDShow, it can decode XVID, along with DIVX and virtually everything else, and has an optional VFW plugin, which is installed by default(at leat in the 2005-12-21 release)

You can get it at afterdawn: http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/codecs_and_filters/ffdshow.cfm

When you install it, just make sure VFW is checked, it should be by default.

Then you (should) be able to load the file into VirtualDub.

Also, VSFilter or VobSub can be used in VirtualDub to directly add an SRT file, without converting it to SSA.

Of course, it's best to check there's no color codes, unsupported placement tags, first. Otherwise it may not come out looking nice...

Hope that helped.

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Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 4:04 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Yeah, just make sure virtualdub is closed when you install FFDShow.

After installing it, just open Virtualdub and this time it should let you open the video.

Hm, looks like I didn't give a link to vobsub last time, http://files.divx-digest.com/software/subtitle/VobSub_2.23.exe if you didn't already get it.

If you need any help, feel free to PM me, since I might not remember to check this thread again.

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 12:03 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I burnt out the files as Data and tried playing on my philips dvd player...but the subtitles doesnt work...what did i do wrong

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 12:13 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0