any software to hardcode Subtitles that dummies can use?

[troiajax]

hi all,

are there any programs out there that will hardcode subtitles from an .srt file onto the .avi and is easy enough for someone who doesn't have any experience doing it to use?

i read thru several of the posts in this forum but they all sound way complicated
i've been torrenting and such for years but never tried to convert files or add subtitles....i usually just watch the movies on my pc so just having the .srt is fine...but there are a couple of movies i have that i really want to burn so i can share with some friends and i just can't locate them with the subs already hardcoded.

if anyone can help i'd be terribly grateful

[manono]

Are there any programs out there that will hardcode subtitles from an .srt file onto the .avi and is easy enough for someone who doesn't have any experience doing it to use?

Yes, AutoGK. And Baldrick even wrote a guide:

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/256625-How-to-add-permanent-subtitles-with-AutoGK-a...I-DivX-or-XviD

[Noahtuck]

that i really want to burn so i can share with some friends and i just can't locate them with the subs already hardcoded.

I'm not even sure what you mean by that.....

Be more specific.

That you want to burn as what ?

A standard DVD video disc to play in any standalone dvd player or burn the AVI's (assuming you mean Xvid/Divx avi files) to a dvdr disc that will play on a standalone player that play's Xvid/Divx avi files ?

Either way you can do it without hardcoding the subs and making them selectable so they are not always on.

[bolinboy]

I would suggest AVIRecomp as being better and easier for this task than AutoGK. I would also suggest that you convert the subtitles to SSA instead of SRT, as it will allow better formatting of the on screen text i.e. colour, size etc. My suggested settings for good, clear text on all movies is yellow text with black border/ size 18 tahoma / bottom height setting 19 (these are for AVIRecomp)

[Baldrick]

Freemake video converter, https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/331848-How-to-easily-convert-everything-to-anything...d-in-subtitles

[troiajax]

Are there any programs out there that will hardcode subtitles from an .srt file onto the .avi and is easy enough for someone who doesn't have any experience doing it to use?

Yes, AutoGK. And Baldrick even wrote a guide:

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/256625-How-to-add-permanent-subtitles-with-AutoGK-a...I-DivX-or-XviD

ty so very much Manono
i used AutoGK and it worked perfectly!

[troiajax]

Freemake video converter, https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/331848-How-to-easily-convert-everything-to-anything...d-in-subtitles

TY very much as well Baldrick!
i used your AutoGK guide and it worked like a charm.
the total process took almost 3 hours though....is that normal?
i'm using AutoGK v. 2.55...is it maybe just cause my pc is slow?

thanks again,
chris

[jman98]

[QUOTE=troiajax;2081919]

TY very much as well Baldrick!
i used your AutoGK guide and it worked like a charm.
the total process took almost 3 hours though....is that normal?
i'm using AutoGK v. 2.55...is it maybe just cause my pc is slow?

It might be. But you have to re-encode the video to hardcode the subtitles and that takes time.

You are unable to let the computer run AutoGK while you sleep and can only do it while you are awake and inconvenienced by it because...????

[MilesAhead]

hi all,

are there any programs out there that will hardcode subtitles from an .srt file onto the .avi and is easy enough for someone who doesn't have any experience doing it to use?

i read thru several of the posts in this forum but they all sound way complicated
i've been torrenting and such for years but never tried to convert files or add subtitles....i usually just watch the movies on my pc so just having the .srt is fine...but there are a couple of movies i have that i really want to burn so i can share with some friends and i just can't locate them with the subs already hardcoded.

if anyone can help i'd be terribly grateful

Find out if the players are divx certified. For instance most Philips DVD players can play .avi or .divx with XSubs muxed in. AviAddXSubs can take .srt subs and add them to an .avi file in about 5 minutes. When playing the .avi or .divx file hit the subtitle button on the remote to turn them on.

If that's not an option, standard DVD takes up more space but the encoding should be faster. Something like DVD Flick should be able to convert a 2 hour .avi to a DVD in about an hour. You can only fit one movie on a DVD5 but it saves time.

[Ai Haibara]

Check to see whether it's DivX Ultra certified, you mean. My old Phillips DVP-642 isn't - just normal DivX-certified - so it probably won't play the output from AVIAddXSubs correctly. (I'd test, anyway, but my 642 isn't hooked up at the moment, and I don't feel like wasting a blank disc just to test. )

[MilesAhead]

Check to see whether it's DivX Ultra certified, you mean. My old Phillips DVP-642 isn't - just normal DivX-certified - so it probably won't play the output from AVIAddXSubs correctly. (I'd test, anyway, but my 642 isn't hooked up at the moment, and I don't feel like wasting a blank disc just to test. )

It should work with AviAddXSubs as long as there's only one subtitle stream. I had Philips 642 and it worked for me. Divx Ultra adds menus and chapters and can handle multiple subtitle languages in XSub. You don't need ultra to play AviAddXSubs subs. I've been using that program for a long time. It worked with OPPO DV-971H that has to be at least 5 years old.

On Philips dvp642 the XSubs will look 10 times better than using an external .srt file.

afa wasting blank discs get yourself a box of 5 Memorex DVD+RW 8x. Save you lots of problems. If your PC is recent I think most can write DVD+RW format. They may not be easy to find. I had to buy directly from Memorex online store. But if you mainly use for text burns they should last for years. My HP AMD dual core is 4 years old and it writes them fine. On the first run you need to use Imgburn to format them. Once formatted quick erase is all you need. Burn them just like a DVDR not using some InCD type of crap.

[Ai Haibara]

I thought XSUBS were an Ultra feature? At least, I think AVIAddXSubs originally stated you had to have an Ultra-capable player, in its earliest versions. Then again, my memory IS terrible...

It probably would look better than the separate .srt, certainly. I used to mux .srt streams into the AVIs I created rather than store them separately (I think the 642 was less likely to reject them if I did that, but I'm not sure, as it's been quite some time), but they should still be rendered the same as a separate .srt.
...of course, it's less of an issue with my 5990.

[MilesAhead]

I've been doing what I described for years. If you don't want to believe it there's no more I can say. Good luck.

[Ai Haibara]

Er... I never said anything about not believing it. I just said that I'd always thought XSubs were an Ultra feature, that's all. And, I was agreeing with you about the .srt rendering on the 642.

About the discs - I'm using the 5990 as my main player at the moment, which has a USB port, so I don't normally create many discs for the players, these days. That's one of the reasons I'm reluctant to 'waste' another disc. If I really wanted to create a disc for testing in the 642, though, and I likely wasn't going to put that many files on it, I'd just use a blank CD-R. No need to spend the time trying to find material to fill up the rest of the space on a DVD blank.