Subtitles for Xbox

[waymon]

Hey everyone! I've been a lurker for awhile and just come on here to do some light reading but I have come across a problem and wondering if there was an easy fix.

So I have an .avi or .wmv file and the .srt file. The subtitles work great on the PC, in MPC-HD or VLC. But I just picked up myself a nice HDTV and an xbox360 and watching movies on there is so nice, however I am HUGE fan of subtitles and I was wondering if there was a fast way to make that happen.

Didn't know if it was possible to add the subtitles without re-encoding it. I've done some searching and it looks like there isn't, but I thought I'd come to the best place on the web for this type of question.

I'd love for to embed/mux/add (whatever terminology it is) the subtitles to the avi file so that they would show up on my xbox.

Thanks guys!

...waymon:o

[Adub]

Nah, can't do it. The Xbox 360 does not support what are called "soft-subtitles" (the ones muxed into a container). Actually it may support DVD's with soft subtitles, but any other format you are SOL. The only way to get subtitles would be to re-encode.