Can't burn subtitles

[mfsc]

I've tried innumerous ways, but it seems it can't burn subtitles in AVI DivX and other supported formats that can burn it.
I have a Imac aluminum and a Archos 604 with dock connected to my LCD on my living room, I want to see my episodes on it. I'm portuguese, so i need subtitles.

Is this because of leopard?

Any configuration i've missed? I've tried everything in http://ffmpegx.com/filters.html

Hope you can help me

[jman98]

Are you trying to make what we call "hard subtitles" which means that they are burned into the video and CANNOT be turned off? Normally what people do is just put the subtitles in SRT format (this works best) in a separate file. Then all you have to do is just burn the AVI file and the subtitles file together in data disc mode. VLC Media Player (it runs on OS X) can play an AVI file and subtitles from a separate file. I'm not really a Mac expert, but it shouldn't be difficult to just burn a data disc. If you are trying to hard code the subtitles on the video, I can't help you with that.

In theory it is possible to make Divx or AVI container files with muxed subtitles (they aren't in a separate file but muxed into the video stream), but playback is almost impossible. No PC or Mac program that I know of is capable of displaying such subtitles and only a very few stand alone DVD players can play such subtitles correctly. If this is what you are trying to do, this is not going to work well for you and you should put the subtitles in a separate file for best results.

[joshmunkey]

i'm writing this with the assumption that you have OS 10.4.7 or above, mfsc.

theres a rather quick method to burning your subtitles directly onto the video, and you only need 3 applications, 1 of which you already have: ffmpegx, perian, and mkvmerge. heres a link for perian, and heres a link for mkvmerge. download/install all of these before pressing on.

using mkvmerge, add both the .avi file and the seperate subtitles as inputs and mux (combine) them into an mkv file. then, drop the newly created mkv file into ffmpegx's interface. select "xvid ffmpeg" from the target format area's "To" pulldown menu, correct the physical dimensions/framerate/bit rate as needed in the "Video" tab, then go to the "Options" tab and select the checkbox labeled "Decode with quicktime," and un-check the "letterbox" checkbox. hit encode, wait until the file goes a little while, then using a media player such as VLC that can play files that aren't completed, scan through the video to make sure your subs are burned on. if they are text based (such as .ass, .ssa, .srt, ect), they should be.

this is happening because perian's plug-ins allow quicktime to fully understand and utilize stylized subtitles as well as the mkv container.