adding subs to an xvid movie

[merlin9876]

I have a spanish xvid movie I'd like to add permanent subs to it. The subs are in a .srt file. Is this what Nandub does? Checked around a bit and didn't see much on this (well, nothing very clear to me anyway). Thx!

[eb]

Originally posted by merlin9876
I have a spanish xvid movie I'd like to add permanent subs to it. The subs are in a .srt file. Is this what Nandub does? Checked around a bit and didn't see much on this (well, nothing very clear to me anyway). Thx!
You can use VirtualDubMod and filter SUBTITLER by Avery Lee.
Try to find it on http://neuron2.net.

eb

[celtic_druid]

Better yet, AVISynth and VSFilter's textsub() plugin that way no need to convert to RGB24.

[merlin9876]

Thanks for the info, but I'm still not there yet. I downloaded the subtitler plugin for VirtualDubMod and it asks for a .ssa file which I don't have. Is it possible to translate the .srt file to a .ssa file? Also, when I open the XVid file, it says something about improper VBR audio encoding and recommends to re-encode the audio or something. Can I bypass this and go straight to adding subs?

As for the second suggestion, AVISynth is a program that needs a script, right? I tried opening the video file in VirtualDubMod with "Open video file via AVISynth..." and it said "failed to create script"... Any help for either suggestions highly appreciated. Thx!

[niamh]

Is it possible to translate the .srt file to a .ssa file?
Yes, subrip or subtitle workshop do that in jiffy, as well as many others.


Can I bypass this and go straight to adding subs?
You can and you should, if you let it change the audio to cbr you will lose synch.
http://www.avisynth.org to get started on avisynth, or read the forum and FAQs here...If you have Gordian knot, you can have a look at its avisynth script to give you an idea how it all works :)

Either way you will need to reencode the file to get embedded subs and you will lose quality...