Adding hard subtitles - can't do it from ".sub" format

[ambrosechapel]

After a certain a mount of trial and error, I have managed to add hard-burned subtitles on top of AVI files using ffmpegX.

However, I've only got it to work with the ".srt" format.

I have a couple of other movies where I'd like to do it, but their subtitles are in ".sub" format, where there's a .sub and a .idx file.

I can't get ffmpegX to read them, selecting either of those files.

Any suggestions?

The output just says Cannot load subtitles: /Users/me/Desktop/downloads/Province77/Province77.sub


so not much to go on there.

[joshmunkey]

for these situations, i simply mux all the files into an .mkv container (audio, video, both sub pieces), and then run the muxed .mkv through ffmpegx with the 'Xvid Mencoder' target format. then i go on to the Filters tab, check the Vob Subtitles checkbox (with settings beside it as "0" and "Burn"), get the position and size i want, and then hit encode.

you could also try the same steps you've been using, except instead of using the .sub file, you use the .idx file instead. i believe (not entirely too certain) that that's the file with the actual subtitle information out of the 2, not the .sub... but this is just a hazy recollection.

oh, and to mux the .mkv file, use the mkvtoolnix application available from bunkus.org. it works like an absolute dream on 10.4