Existing Mpeg2... easy authoring to DVD with Subtitles

[durexlw]

I have an AVI, I have good conversion tools to go from AVI to Mpeg2

What I would like to do is: take this encoded Mpeg2, add a subtitle and burn it to DVD fast and easy.

I used to use Encore: it recognizes the Mpeg2 as encoded and doesn't require encoding anymore... but frankly, the subtitle support kinda blows.
I tried stuff like ConvertXDVD, but that apps isn't intelligent enough to see that my Mpeg2 is already converted, so it converts it again, which is a big waste of time... and compared to the convertors I use, the Mpeg's ConvertX produces is very poor and rather slow.

So what I am looking for is a simple program that can take my already encoded Mpeg2, which is ready for DVD, take an .srt or .sub file and without encoding my Mpeg2 once more, burn it to a DVD... I don't even need a menu.

Would you be willing to suggest a program, with good subtitle support that can take already encoded files without re-encoding them, to burn the whole to DVD fast and easy?

[filmboss80]

https://www.videohelp.com/tools/GUI_for_dvdauthor

https://www.videohelp.com/tools/Muxman

[tomlee59]

The reason ConvertXDVD converts is that it is...a converter. You just want to author, meaning you keep the individual elements (subtitles and mpeg2) unmolested, and simply collect them together in a DVD-compliant structure.

There are a multitude of DVD authoring tools, ranging from free and simple, to expensive and complex (and other permutations of those attributes). I don't know what tools you have, but here's a set of guides from this website for some of the more common options:

https://www.videohelp.com/author#3;6

I'm sure users of these various tools will shortly jump in with their likes and dislikes (filmboss80 just beat me to posting a reply; I, too, am a fan of DVDauthor). Since you only want a basic DVD without bells and whistles, you shouldn't have any difficulty getting that put together.

[durexlw]

https://www.videohelp.com/tools/GUI_for_dvdauthor

Thanks man, that's exactly what I was looking for: fast, easy, clean, good subtitle support.

6 mouseclicks and I'm done... non of my pro tools can beat that. Thanks.