Newbie: Increase font on srt and burning a dvd with Nero6

[trash]

What I have doing is downloading subtitle files already created by someone else in srt file, and then add this as permanent subtitle to a video(video is in avi format) with virtualdumbmod. Then I burn it onto a VCD.

I have 2 questions
1) after I burn the subtitles(srt) onto CD, the subtitles are too small and it is hard to see. Is there a easy way to increase the subtitles size or font that is already created by someone else in a srt format so that I can actually read it after burning.

2) I am using nero 6, I know how to burn a VCD, but I do not know how to burn a DVD. Also I read somewhere that DVD contains a larger size file so actually 2 vcd would could be created on one DVD. Do I have the correct information/ idea?

Thanks

[redwudz]

I'll let someone else answer the subtitle question.

For Nero: Of course you have to have a DVD burner installed. Nero should list it under 'Recorders'.

When you open Nero Burning ROM and have the 'New Compilation' window open, Click to the upper left on the down arrow and you should be able to select 'DVD' instead of 'CD'.

The easiest way to burn a DVD compliant and authored video is to select 'DVD-Video'. Drop your authored files into the Nero VIDEO_TS folder and burn.

If you MPEG-2 files aren't authored, use a program like TMPGEnc DVD Author to do that.

A DVD-5 will hold about 4.37GB. If your VCD is 700 MB, you would be able to get about 5 on a DVD. If you want to see the DVD format, look to the upper left on our site for 'What is' DVD. <<<<<< A VCD can be burned to DVD by changing the audio from 41K to 48K. TMPGEnc DVD Author can do that automatically and you can add several, along with chapters.

[mats.hogberg]

The size and positioning of .srt subs is up to the filter applying them. I guess you use TextSub filter in VirtualDub - long time since I used it, but there should be a font setting in that filter IIRC. The .srt format contains no formatting information whatsoever (in contrast to .ssa, which includes font faces, colors and positioning)

/Mats

[trash]

Thank you both for your responses

I have more questions and I am not sure if I should continue with this post cos it might be in the DVD forum. The question are
1) What is a DVD compliant file? After I hard sub the file will be in avi format, so I guess it is not a DVD compliant file?
So if I understand I correctly I would then need to convert avi file into MPEG-2 file(is MPEG-2 file a DVD compliant file?) As suggested one option of a converter that I can use is TMPGEnc DVD Author correct?

2) Using Nero to make DVD, how do I add several chapters onto a DVD ?

THanks again in advance

[redwudz]

1. Correct for the most part. If the file is AVI, you would have to convert it (encode) to DVD compliant video as stated if you wanted to use it on a DVD. TMPGEnc encoder is the program, though, to encode to the MPEG-2 file. TMPGEnc DVD Author is a program that assembles the MPEG-2 files produced by the encoder into the DVD format.

2. I don't use Nero for authoring, but it may work for that. I would use the TDA program mentioned above or similar for better compatibility. A chapter is not really added. It's created from your video by making a 'index'. That is part of authoring.

There are plenty of guides for this. Look under 'Converting' for encoding the AVI to MPEG-2. 'Author' has guides for this part of the DVD creation process.

There are other programs to do both the encoding and the authoring. Nero tries to do them all and in the end does none of them well, IMO. It's a good burning program, but has problems with the other things it tries to do. I only use it for burning.

But keep reading. There's a lot to learn, as you have probably discovered.