Subtitles in Windows - the easiest way I've found

[prom3theus]

This was pretty easy for me. Since I didn't rip the ifo, I went from vob files using subrip to a text file (.srt) using subrip. Then I used the vobsub textsub.vdf filter for virtualdub (load it in the video filters menu and open the srt file), then I encoded my video in divx5.03 using a vfapi created avi file for the frameserving. This is not as intricate and powerful as an avisynth method and such, but divx5.03 is awesome in two pass mode, and gets me a 1-cd rip for a 2-hour movie almost every time in good quality.

No problems at all, and subrip does automatic corrections for things like I/l confusions and replaces '' with " and such automatically for you if you click a button.

If you're a newbie check out this method, it requires almost no research and can be started and finished in an evening with no hassles in most cases I'm sure.

[ppera2]

Why put subs into video, when you can do it by playback (or not if prefer so...)?

With AVISynth methode you can also perform 2 pass DivX 5.03 encoding, ust faster than with VFAPI methode...

[prom3theus]

Well, in my case the video was foreign language with english subtitles, and there's no reason I'd ever not want the subtitles as I have no intention of ever learning the language. So, I want perm subtitles, which I should have put in the title of the post - "perm subtitles":)


Well, ok if you want to take the extra few seconds to download and install the avisynth programs, this will definitely be much faster through virtualdub, so it would be my next easiest way to do perm subtitles. I think multiple semi-perm subtitles would be easiest using ogg media and loading in the sert files, with subtit filter.