(subtitle.srt + Movie.avi ) + Virtualdub vobsub= ?

[rrrredrum]

I have this movie in french, and I want to add a Subtitle to the movie(and later convert it to SVCD and view it on a standalone).
I read the quide on the page about vobsub.dll, and I did'nt undertand a squat, and seemed to be based on subtitle files in the .sub format. Now: Is there any way I can convert my .srt to .sub and later add it to an AVI file?.

If this is possible I'm going to give a medal to the one who solves this for me, as I live in sweden it is nice to have my movies subbed in swedish, and I will probably add subtitle to every movie I have then .

[Schultz]

Vobsub plugin only deals with the idx/sub file's.. but what you are wanting is to use the TextSub plugin that comes with VobSub and installed into your VirtualDub plugins dir on install if you put the dir in during install. So just select the TextSub plugin and in there select your srt file and it should work without a problem.

[rrrredrum]

I've been trying to find that textsub file fora long time now, but it just is'nt possible. I downloaded Vobsub, but it did not include that plugin file. There was a txt file called "textsub" which explained how it worked, but there was no VDF file, whihc is what Virtualdub needs. I even downloaded the "sources" files from vobsubs homepage, did'nt work, Couldsomeone either send me that file or tell me where to download it, would be really helpful.

olof@nevskij.a.se

[rrrredrum]

I figurd out what was wrong, I had not chosen "full installation" on vobsub installation.

It´said I had to use full proccesising mode when doing this. Does that mean I will loose quality?

[Schultz]

no when doing full processing you just lose speed because VirtualDub has to convert from YUV -> RGB -> YUV again because the plugins inside VirtualDub only work in RGB color space.. the other method is use TextSub within Avisynth which then keeps it in YUV and you can just use Fast Recompress inside VirtualDub to get a speed increase.. but what ever works for you..

[rrrredrum]

Okay, but I read earlier that I will always loose quality while rencoding, hopefully I won't then. When I choose Cfull proccesing, what compressing mode should I use?. I tried using DivX5, and the new file was 300 mb lesser than the previous one, that must have resulted in lesser quality.

I will try using Avi synth now.

[Yusaku]

you have to use avisynth and convert the avisynth file to SVCD directly, if you want highest quality possible. Recompressing is always a bad idea and no, you cannot embed subs IN picture without recompressing...

[rrrredrum]

Okay, but is there any way I could add the subtitles to the movie, and at the same time I encode a divx file to SVCD? That way only 1 compression is needed.

This is the way I am doing it now: I use Virtual dub to add the subtitles. Rencoding the file and then loosing quality. When doing this I use Compression: Divx.

After that I use tmpenc to rencode it to SVCD.

Are there any ways I can boost up the quality? If I would use another codec format when adding the subs, maybe I would not loose as much quality. a "No compression" conversation takes 40 gig.

[Yusaku]

b4k4...

well, just feed TMpgEnc the .AVS file, it DOES work.
And CCE is at least comparable to TMPGEnc BTW, while way faster ^_^.

You can just create .avs file with vobsub and then use DVD2SVCD's AVI2SVCD function, and I think DVD2SVCD even supports adding vobsub subs in GUI, so no manual editing is needed. It will produce almost the best results on default settings, so why not use it...

[Schultz]

yes you can click the edit avs file when doing the avi2svcd so you can add TextSub into the avs file when the edit is done.. works great.

[rrrredrum]

jeesuz, now I'm really confused, I don't have a clue what an AVS file is. The problem is that I don't have a DvD file, I have 2 divx files and 2 subtitles.sr.

And btw, I can't get avisynth to work, been looking for hours to find a place to donwload it, but it's always the wrong version, or just the sourcesfiles or somehting, anyone got a diredtlink th Avisynths homepage?

I really appreciate your help, but you could take that in a more newbish language? How do I get:

"DivX file with no sobs + subtitle.srt -->SVCD with permanent subs, with only one conversion. I know how to do it wiht one conversion, but do I need to sue AVI synth to only us eone conversion?

[Schultz]

you can get a working copy of it from Doom9's download page.. ti should have a avisynth.dll and a install.reg file. Or if you want.. download dvd2svcd 1.0.9 build 3 which is also on doom9's download page.. This will install avisynth onto your computer then run this program and click the misc tab and select avi for input this will make the program turn an avi file into a svcd file.. on the frameserve tab select either one of the edit avs file either after dvd2avi for as part of the frameserving etc.. and then add the lines we talked about earlier.. i will try and find a good avi2svcd guide using dvd2svcd for yea..

[rrrredrum]

Thanks Schultz, I'm working on it now.

[rrrredrum]

Okay, I've been trying to figure this out. But with no clue. Is it possible to do the:

"DivX file with no sobs + subtitle.srt -->SVCD with permanent subs, with only one conversion.

All I've figurd out is to use avisynth, but how o I do all this?, Been trying to figure it out for ages now.. Can someone explain to me which DivXtoSVCD converter that also works with the textsub.vdf filter?, what people are trying to explaint has just made me very confused.

[Schultz]

AviSynth will use TextSub.vdf in the script just put

LoadPlugin("Path\to\TextSub.vdf")
TextSub("Path\to\subs.srt")

Right before your Resize filter..