embedding sutitles in avi movies

[pozitive]

very old lady needs help I have several movies i want to convert to play on dvd player but am unable to combine the avi and srt files Can someone please advise where to look for the information i need? which forum should i start in? Is there special software i need? I am so ignorant about the process so any help will by gratefully received Thank you

[redwudz]

A few questions first: What format AVI movies? Are they Xvid or Divx? And what kind of DVD player? If it's just a regular DVD player, not one that plays Divx or Xvid, then the video would need to be converted to MPEG format.

If that's the case, try ConvertXToDVD. It can handle the separate subtitle files that come with the typical Xivid or Divx video file. It will convert to a DVD format that can be played on most DVD players and will give you selectable subs that should work on most any DVD player. If you need a DVD burning program, ImgBurn is freeware and can burn the VIDEO_TS folder that ConvertX produces to a DVD.

If you have a Divx type DVD player, you just need to make sure the subs are the right format and the Divx or Xvid is compatible with your player. For Divx/Xvid, the subs need to be in the same folder as the video.

Another method is to burn your subs into the video itself. This is permanent and not selectable. Not a method I would suggest, but it's not hard to do with VirtualDub.

Let us know more info and we should be able to give more precise information.

And welcome to our forums.

[gll99]

Divxmuxgui and avi-muxgui will let you mux srt (txt) subtitles with an avi. If it is an xvid/divx then it will play in a divx compatible harware player and you can even select the subtitles using the subtitle button on your remote. As was stated these will not play in a regular stand alone household dvd player. You need one that says it is divx certified or at least divx compatible. They are relatively common and inexpensive today.

[pozitive]

thank you for your very prompt replies----I am downloading the programs and will try various things---at nearly 80 I am slow but will get back as soon as i can ------- I have 3 dvd players but none play Divx or Xvid(avi files are in both formats) - vlc will play subtitles on pc but they are not there if I convert and burn using Cucusoft---windows media player(and various other players) does not see the subs on pc at all

[afstzela]

A few questions first: What format AVI movies? Are they Xvid or Divx? And what kind of DVD player? If it's just a regular DVD player, not one that plays Divx or Xvid, then the video would need to be converted to MPEG format.

If that's the case, try ConvertXToDVD. It can handle the separate subtitle files that come with the typical Xivid or Divx video file. It will convert to a DVD format that can be played on most DVD players and will give you selectable subs that should work on most any DVD player. If you need a DVD burning program, ImgBurn is freeware and can burn the VIDEO_TS folder that ConvertX produces to a DVD.

[b]If you have a Divx type DVD player, you just need to make sure the subs are the right format and the Divx or Xvid is compatible with your player. For Divx/Xvid, the subs need to be in the same folder as the video.[/b]

Another method is to burn your subs into the video itself. This is permanent and not selectable. Not a method I would suggest, but it's not hard to do with VirtualDub.

Let us know more info and we should be able to give more precise information.

And welcome to our forums.

Dear Friend
Thank you very much for the tips. I have the same problem as the kind old lady. I have downloaded an avi movie in xvid format (I think ) and want to embedd the subtitles I have found. They are in the right format and I also have a dvd player compatible with divx/xvid. As I understand from what you mention in that case, if I put on a CD the avi file and the srt file and play it on the dvd player then I will see the avi with the subtitles embededd?[/b]

[goroon]

Hello!

I am new here so I need Your help!?

I have DIVX DVD PLAYER
avi movies
srt subs (5 different subs)

How can I put all this subs files together with avi to cd to watch it?!


PLEASE HELP

Is it posibble, I want to have it in avi not in dvd format

Thanks in advance!

[DereX888]

Hello!

I am new here so I need Your help!?

I have DIVX DVD PLAYER
avi movies
srt subs (5 different subs)

How can I put all this subs files together with avi to cd to watch it?!


PLEASE HELP

Is it posibble, I want to have it in avi not in dvd format

Thanks in advance!

Every MPEG-4 compatible player will play them and let you select any of the subtitles.
Also every (probably) software player on your computer will let you do the same, or even automatically select 1st subtitles when you start playing the movie, if you just follow these naming "standard":

Movie.Title.avi
Movie.Title.Subtitle1.srt
Movie.Title.Subtitle2.srt
Movie.Title.Subtitle3.srt
Movie.Title.Subtitle4.srt
Movie.Title.Subtitle5.srt

people usually use 2-3 letter language descriptor in place of Subtitle1, Subtitle2 etc, i.e:
Movie.Title.EN.srt
Movie.Title.FRA.srt
Movie.Title.ESP.srt
Movie.Title.DC.srt
etc

Simply burn all the files on the same disc...

[afstzela]

Dear DereX888
thank you for your reply. Just 2 questions
1. About the naming standard, Movie.Title.Subtitle.srt I suppose I just replace movie and title with the real movie names.
2. the disc that we are going to burn all the files together will it be just a data disc?

[jman98]

Dear DereX888
thank you for your reply. Just 2 questions
1. About the naming standard, Movie.Title.Subtitle.srt I suppose I just replace movie and title with the real movie names.
2. the disc that we are going to burn all the files together will it be just a data disc?

Yes to both questions.

[afstzela]

Hello!

I am new here so I need Your help!?

I have DIVX DVD PLAYER
avi movies
srt subs (5 different subs)

How can I put all this subs files together with avi to cd to watch it?!


PLEASE HELP

Is it posibble, I want to have it in avi not in dvd format

Thanks in advance!

Hope this will help https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?p=1686028

[DereX888]

Dear DereX888
thank you for your reply. Just 2 questions
1. About the naming standard, Movie.Title.Subtitle.srt I suppose I just replace movie and title with the real movie names.
2. the disc that we are going to burn all the files together will it be just a data disc?

as jman98 said...
Just to make it slightly confused :
You may name the movie file (xxxxxx.avi) and subtitle file (yyyyyy.srt) with completely different names if you want too, because as far as i know every standalone player always let you manually select subtitle file for movie file, so its not really that important what are your file names (specially if you are going to burn it on CD, which will fit probably just 1 movie). The "naming standard" just supposed to make it easier for you in case you are burning avi movies with separate text subtitles on a DVD - which could hold say 7 movies in avi format (you wouldnt want to browse entire disc to find the right subtitle file for right avi movie, you'd probably prefer them to be listed one beside the other, right?). Thats all.

Some players don't automatically select subtitles of the same name as avi name (i.e. Philips, all of them I think).
To make it easy for myself, I used to name subtitles slightly different than a movie file names - for the purpose of having them listed on tv screen first (since the Philips player required me to manually select "divx subtitle" before playing the "divx movie").
Also that player of mine was so 'dumb' it couldnt display more than 9 (or maybe 10, I dont remember now) first letters from the file names...
So I had it all burnt on my discs looking like this:
DC_MFMT1.srt
DC_MFMT2.srt
EN_MFMT1.srt
EN_MFMT2.srt
EN_MTMFi.srt
EN_TSMT1.srt
EN_TSMT2.srt
MyFirMoT1.avi
MyFirMoT2.avi
MyThiMoTi.avi
TheSecMoT.avi

where MFMT1 and MyFirMoT are a short for "My First Movie Title CD1", MTMF and MyThiMoTi stand for "My Third Movie Title", and TSMT with TheSecMoT would have been "The Second Movie Title"; all subtitles with prefixes EN=english, DC=commentaries.

I know, its kinda stupid nowadays when most of the players display now full titles...


Anyways.
The most important part for you (so it seems) is to burn all these files (avi + srt + srt + ...) in a standard data disc format (for greatest compatibility always select ISO + Joliet, and don't forget to close the disc too - in Nero and such "easy-burn" progs it means to select option where it says you will not add any more files later / you want to finalize the disc).