add subtitles to my (s)vcd movies?

[xeno17]

Hey!
Im new here, i like this site very much, ive got alot of help from here, now to my problem.
I want subtitles to my svcd movie, but dont wanna reencode it, can i add subtitles when i burn it, like, rip it from the dvd movie, then put it in some of the folders?
thx.

/Andreas

[J]

As far as I know, you can't add permanent subs without reencoding.

[Gargoyle]

WinSubMux can add selectable subtitles (you can switch them on and off, like on a DVD) to an MPEG2 file.
You can find lots of subtitle files here: www.divxsubs.com;
go to Doom9- http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/software.htm and scroll down to "Subtitles" - you can probably find what you need there to convert the subtitle files to the format that WinsubMux uses.

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[xeno17]

thx very much gargoyle.
/Andreas

[Gargoyle]

Just a note: Nero is the only burning program that seems to work with selectable subs - don't know why, but if I burn with anything else (VDCEasy, CDRWin, etc.) the subtitles don't show up.

[sterno]

Just a note: Nero is the only burning program that seems to work with selectable subs - don't know why, but if I burn with anything else (VDCEasy, CDRWin, etc.) the subtitles don't show up.

I've had mixed results with VCDEasy and subtitles. If I mux with SVCD-style subs, they never work with vcdimager and usually work with Nero (I grabbed the demo when I was trying to track down this problem). If I mux with CVD-style subs, they never work with Nero but sort of work with vcdimager (sort-of as in most of them work, but some don't show up). Both tend to screw up in my player if the video bitrate goes too high, though.

[Cooly-O]

How can I convert a .txt subtitle file to a .sub file?

This is the first few lines of my .txt subtitle file (from the Anime movie Spirited Away).

{7}{143}A Studio Ghibli Film
{150}{238}2001 Nibariki-TGNDDTM
{299}{363}Good Luck, Chihiro|We' ll meet again
{366}{400}Chihiro
{404}{432}Chihiro,
{438}{472}we' re almost there
{543}{591}This really is the|middle of nowhere
{594}{662}l' ll have to shop|in the next town
{664}{714}It' ll be great, once|we get used to it