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[SleeperService69]

I was wondering what the simplest way to "sign" a DVD rip, (like the little divx tag that flashes up for a few seconds at the start of a divx movie)
The only software i`ve found that can do it is video edit magic. However it makes you re-encode the whole file and is very low on options.
I assume there must be an easier way to overlay a simple bitmap for the firt 5 secs of a movie
Any help would be gratfully appreciated

[killingspree]

avisynth and the subtitle plugin or the Image Reader plugin can do the job for you... you will have to add it to your avs script before encoding though.... after encoding the only way to get it there is reencoding although, if you use the trim command you would only have to reencode the few seconds where you put your signature!

steVe

[SleeperService69]

thanks killing spree, I had never thought of just reencoding the first few seconds. That should save a huge ammount of time :)