How to combine an .avi file with a .srt subtitle file?

[mooncancook]

I have a video file in .avi (mpeg4) format and a .srt english subtitle file for the video. How can I combine them together so the subtitle will display when I watch the video? and how do I burn them into dvd/vcd with the subtitle?

 

[oog]

a number of players like media player classic or bsplayer will show the subtitles if the file is named the same as the avi file. if you want to combine them with the video, you can reencode the video while adding the textsub filter in virtualdub. i think virtualdubmod may even support adding the srt with the video into an mkv file where the srt is treated as an extra stream. i haven't tried that last option.

 

[yukichigai]

Okay, that's two questions I can easily handle. ogg got part of it, but I'll go over it again. I'm too lazy to link everything. Google the stuff I haven't.

As mentioned, Media Player Classic and BSPlayer will automatically load up .srt files with a same-named .avi file automatically. In MPC you can go to File->Load Subtitle to get the file loaded. I highly suggest using MPC anyway, since it supports everything and is far less bloated than WMP 10.

To get .srt files onto a DVD you'll have to convert them to DVD format. You can do this a number of ways; the easiest ways are thus:

1) Convert the entire movie/film/TV show/etc. to DVD with DIKO. DIKO is a freeware MPEG-2 encoder GUI which works oustandingly well, though it works even better if you visit the forums and apply the HC Encoder hack. All the DVDs I've made with DIKO using HC Encoder are easily as good as the DVDs I've done with TMPGEnc and other utilities.
To convert the subtitles you'll have to enable the "author DVD" option in Configuration. You'll want to look over most of these options anyway. When it comes time to convert the movie, select the AVI file(s) and corresponding SRT file(s). (You'll see where) Hit start and let the thing rip; you'll have your DVD in a few hours, complete with selectable subtitles.

2) If you've already created your MPEG-2 DVD video and audio, you can also convert with the free version of DVD-Lab. DVD-Lab is seriously complex to use, but in that complexity lies a lot of options. To add the subtitles you'll have to open up the "Movie 1" window and click the "Sub 1" button on the little timegraph thing. In the window that opens up, hit "import" and select your .srt file. After that just pick your font settings, drag/drop the audio and video, then author the DVD. Unfortunately, if you have more than one .srt file you have to join them together. You can do that with Subtitle Workshop.

All in all, I highly recommend DIKO, because it's both free and easy.

Good luck. Feel free to PM me if you need help.

 

[mooncancook]

hey thanks a lot for the detail instruction! I did a little research at videohlep.com and ended up using theFilmMachine which is similar to DIKO i think. It's easy to use. I left it encoding last night and burn the DVD successfully with subtitle this morning.