View Full Version : Do I use the ifo file or the idx file?

howard
28th May 2002, 21:06
Hi, I'm from Norway (so don't complain about my english, please...), and I have a question about the divx5-guide/Gordian Knot/Subtitles...

The new divx5-guide says:
2 files will be created in the directory you've provided: vts_01_0.idx and vts_01_0.sub. Use Winrar to compress the .sub file to vts_01_0.rar, then delete the .sub file. You don't have to perform this compression, however, if you do you can bring down the size of the subtitle file to below 1MB per audio stream which is a considerable gain.

Yes, these two files were created. But later in the guide:
Then the subtitles. Here you are at a crossroads: If you want permanent subtitles press the Select VobSub Files button and select the ifo file from the 3 files that VobSub has created for you.

Ifo file? The only ifo file I could find was the one which was created in Smartripper. That file sure didn't work! I then tried with the idx file that was created in GKnot/Subtitile/Configure, and guess what; the subtitles worked!

Can someone explain why the guide want this ifo file? I also sent an e-mail to Doom9.org, and they told me to use the ifo file from Smartripper. But as I said - THAT DIDN'T WORK!

BTW, I've installed GordianKnot Installer package, Gordian Knot 0.26 update and DivX5 pro installer...
Schultz
28th May 2002, 23:02
That is like that because some of the old versions of VobSub also needed the ifo. But the newer versions of it don't anymore.. So just use the method that you are using. And the only time that selecting the ifo from Smartripper is when you named your idx/sub files the same as the ifo..
howard
30th May 2002, 13:02
Thank you for answering!

You said that "the only time that selecting the ifo from Smartripper is when you named your idx/sub files the same as the ifo.." Well, my idx/sub files have the same name as the ifo file...

Whatever! Gordian Knot makes nice divx', and I do get subtitles if I want!
Schultz
30th May 2002, 13:06
yea it does if you have something like this
vts_01_0.ifo
vts_01_0.idx
vts_01_0.sub
when selecting the ifo this will work because for the vobsub command in avisynth goes like this..
VobSub("Path\to\movie\vts_01_0")
So GKnot should remove the extension on the ifo file and insert that command..
howard
2nd June 2002, 00:13
The reason mye ifo file didn't work, was because I saved the idx/sub files in a different folder than the ifo file. Today I saved them together with all the files from Smartripper. I then got subtitles by using the ifo file! :)

Well, thank you for your help, Schultz!