Ways to Hardsub/Burn .ass subtitles into video?

[killerteengohan]

I am looking to take some .ass subtitles I made, and hardsub/burn them into a movie I ripped. I want the formatting and positioning to be in tact and remain where I set them in the .ass file.

How can I go about doing this?

If this is possible to do without re-encoding the video and degrading it further, that would be nice. Meaning I would prefer to avoid using HandBrake if possible.

[ProWo]

Hardburnig subs means recoding video.

[killerteengohan]

So I have found out. I was hoping it was as easy as a permanent attach over top of the video without re-encoding, but I guess not.

I came across an avisynth filter called VSFilter TextSubMod and VobSub. Apparently VSFilter can do the .ass subs and I am giving it a try now.

The VobSub only works with .idx and .sub formats though. The Blu-Ray subtitles I have are .sup format.

Is there a good way to convert .sup into .sub so I can use that VobSub avisynth filter and not have to use OCR?

[johns0]

BDSup2Sub.

[ProWo]

You can burn in your ass sub without any conversion with clever FFmpeg-GUI.
Download the latest beta.
Load your video, click main, click encode videostream, click keep size.
Click various, check burn in subtitles, drag & drop your ass sub or select it manually, leave all settings as they are, click ok.
Click encode.
Done.