Subtitles on a DivX Files (how...)

[mjaeson]

I have a DivX file with an AVI extension,
It came with a SUBS Folder, and that has files with extension
IDX and one with SUB

How can I make a file for my DIVX Player so that I can play the movie and
turn off or turn on the Subtitles or is that even possible? Thanks...

[manono]

It's possible, assuming you player supports the IDX/SUB format. Not all do. Give them all the same name (Movie.avi, Movie.idx, Movie.sub). Burn them to disc, and if your player supports them, then you should be able to turn them on and off. Check your manual to see what format subtitles your player supports. If it supports only SRT subs, then you'll have to OCR them to SRT. SubRip can do that, among other programs.

[mjaeson]

Thanks, also I have heard that the extension DIVX can be like a "container file"
Containing the Subs and the Movie? Is this true? How can I go about doing one if it is true
(I have the AVI in DIVX codec and the SUB file)

[manono]

You had better check first to see if your player supports the DIVX extension and subs merged into that container. Most don't. I think it needs "DivX Ultra" certification and, if so, it should be plastered on the outside of the unit. Otherwise change the extension to AVI and do as I said earlier.

[mjaeson]

http://www.sony.com.ph/product/dvp-ns608p this is the one I have at home (came free with the TV haha )

[mjaeson]

By the way thanks for answering

[manono]

Looks like a regular DVD/MPEG-4 player to me. No DivX Ultra. I couldn't get it to show me the manual, so you can read yours to see what format subtitles it supports.

[mjaeson]

Thanks will try as soon as i get some blank disks

Thanks again

[mjaeson]

Follow up question....

I have the movie Rush Hour (Jackie Chan Chris tucker) in Divx, I also have the Subs (seperate Sub folder) for the NON-English parts of the movie, all I want to know ---

Is there a way to make the Subs hard subs (since they are just for the nonenglish parts....)

Can it be done without re encoding the movie, I am not to good with encoding I'm afraid I'd loose quality...

Thanks.

[manono]

Is there a way to make the Subs hard subs

Not without reencoding the entire movie.

I am not to good with encoding I'm afraid I'd loose quality...

Even if you're good at encoding you'll lose at least some quality. Why not try and see if the result is acceptable to you? Here's Baldrick's guide to burning the subs into the video when using AutoGK:

https://forum.videohelp.com/topic316471.html

[FulciLives]

I never used it myself but you might want to try a program called AVIAddXSubs as it claims to allow the placement of soft subs into an AVI file so that a hardware DviX player will be able to select and not select the subtitles.

I've been meaning to try it as subtitle support on the PS3 is not so good and yet from what I have read this AVIAddXSubs works with the PS3 so ... if I were you I would try it.

I realize you don't have a PS3 but it is made to work with "any" hardware DivX AVI player.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[volam]

I am not a Pro in this issue but I can offer a solution because I already did it.
I use ALLTOAVI software to convert and add sub. It takes less than 50mi for a 700mb movie. Sofar I worked with many formats and have to say this: this software lives upto its name-ALLTOAVI. It was a free software.

[abc_321]

I have a Samsung home theatre system which read subtitles for divx movies (if provided in sub-srt format) but my problem is that it only recognizes English and not any other language ,,, so is there any way to make the subtitles as pictures rather than text it will have to read, or is there any other solution or is there another solution???

Thanks in advance....

[volam]

I would use ALLTOAVI to burn sub onto the picture.It is a free software.