How to add SUBTITILES using a DVDRecorder

[daz_raven2010]

I have a Panasonic DMR-E30 DD recorder. It works great but I don't know how to copy DVD to DVD with the subtitles option as well. If I play it with subtitles on, then they get permanently recorded on the movie. Please help. Also, if there is a way to get better menus do I have to use a DVD burner afterwards??

[Vejita-sama]

I don't think its possible to backup a DVD and maintain the selectable subtitles. Those subtitles are muxed into the MPEG2 (VOB) files. You can only retain them by copying the VOB files directly or re-authoring your backup.

The same holds for menus. Standalone recorders are good for what they do, but you do not have as much control over your final product as if you used a PC DVDR writer. But if you use a DVDR you have to capture (and normally encode which takes a lot more time), edit and author yourself and face all the options/potential problems that people post about on this site. Life's about trade offs

For DVD backups you might want to think about picking up a 'cheap' DVDR drive (NEC 1300A is like $114 mailorder OEM on a site someone posted around here). You've already got the media...

[handyguy]

You can't. Only way to do it is with dvdshrink & select the subs you want in the menu

A better dvd writer is buy.com's lf d521 multiformat, dvd-r /dvdram for $99 after rebate

[donpedro]

You can't. Only way to do it is with dvdshrink & select the subs you want in the menu

Just one correction. There more then one sofware that you can use to backup your DVD and not just the ine mantioned above.