Hello I have converted a divx movie to DVD compliant files with AVI2DVD i have tried to add SRT subtitles from within this program but they did not get integrated inthe conversion. I understand you can use IFOEDIT to add an sub and audio to an m2v file and output that as a DVD. But i don't want to spend another 4 hours reencoding the divx file. Is there a way to add DVD compliant subtitles to the Audio/Video_TS folders i have already and then burn straight to DVD?
By integrated you mean pasted on the movie? Because if i recall correctly AVI2DVD lets you choose whether to display or not the subs. Try to select them opening the video_ts folder with a player such as WinDVD or PowerDVD...
Thank you for your reply. I was indeed trying to play the files with Power DVD but it would not display the subtitles from the files on my hard drive. I went back to the log sheet for the file created by AVI2DVD and it said that the subtitles had been added sucessfully. So i went along and burnt a disc anyway. This time when i played the disc with Power DVD low and behold i could turn the subtitles on and off. Just can't understand why they were not displayed from the hard drive. Well to anyone reading this post out all of the software i have tried for converting Divx to DVD (DVD Santa, VSO Divx to DVD and TMPGEnc) AVI2DVD is certainly the best. With the other programs i got frame skipping when the camera would pan but it tokk 4 hours to convert but still worth it. Thanks for your help k0k0m0
No i haven't used this program does it have advantages over AVI2DVD? Is there anyway to convert divx to mpeg 2 faster and still keep the quality that AVI2DVD produces? Thank you bye
I've been using WinAVI 6.3, which typically produces a ready-to-burn DVD in 60-75 minutes. The quality is more or less unbeatable. DVDSanta v.4 at last handles subtitles but takes two or three times as long to do the re-encoding. Version 3 produced excellent quality video/audio but without subs, so I expect the new version will be very good.
Hello Dont you find you get frame skipping or jerking when you use DVD santa i have found this to be the case with DVD santa and VSO divx to dvd (during camera panning) which regardless of the quality makes it difficult for me to watch. I did also try tmpgenc but that was a reincode time of 8 hours plus and i am not waiting that long. Thats why i think AVI2DVD is the best because although it takes four hours there are no frame skips what so ever and no reduction in quality to my eyes. The one of the things it lacks is converting two divx files into one DVD which would be a useful addition. I kept away from WINavi after reading some bad posts on it (i cannot remember the criticisms) but after reading your post i am going to give this program a try. Thanks for sharing your thoughts
I've used TMPGEnc, WinAVI, Mainconcept and Canopus TMPG is free (at least for 30 days) but I've found it so slow that I aborted it immediately (I preferred using VSODivXtoDVD and then demuxing) WinAVI was my next option and it's really simple to use. It's the fastest of the 4 forementioned and it's quality is more than acceptable. I stopped using it because it had a problem with writing the resolution on the video header and DVDLab Pro kept grumbling about it. MainConcept is the one I'm using most of the time now. It's practically as fast as WinAVI and it's quality is a bit better. And last but not least we have Canopus which I thought ex ante it was the best tool in the market with CCE. After some personal research and forum suggestions, I've left this tool (which is not very fast and has good quality) for only special ocassions, such as commented on this thread http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/208955
But [bold]MainConcept[/bold] doesn't handle subtitles, does it, k0k0m0? I've just been looking at it and can't find anywhere to load the SRT stream. Maybe, like WinAVI, it just does it without being asked?
No, subtitles have nothing to do with the encoder. It's the authoring program you have to look for. Those are the ones that let you add the subtitles. Some programs, such as The Film Machine or AVI2DVD, are authoring and encoding programs at the same time. VSODivxToDVD, one of the bunch, do not let you add subs, but the forementioned (TFM and AVI2DVD) do so. One authroing program that adds subs is DVDLab Pro (excellent choice), but TMPG DVD Author do not.
