Adding Subtitles

[qwerty99]

does anyone know how i can add subtitles to an avi using an .idx and a .sub files?

[Tommyknocker]

Do you want them to be permanent of switchable?

[qwerty99]

i want it to be permanent

[Tommyknocker]

Easy use VobSub SubReSynch. Load the .sub subtitle, save it as an .ssa file. Use Virtual Dub mod and its TextSub filter to put it on a DivX file. Save under a new file name.

[qwerty99]

i have vobsub but i don't know how to save it as a .ssa file

[Tommyknocker]

i have vobsub but i don't know how to save it as a .ssa file

VobSub has several applications. One is called SubReSynch:

[qwerty99]

where do i get the TextSub filter? how do i join the avi and the subtitles using virtualdub mod?

[Tommyknocker]

The TextSub filter is part of VobSub. You select it when you unpack it. Once you download it and install it as a Virtual Dub mod filter, you will always have it avvailable to use.

[qwerty99]

how do i combine the avi and the subtitles using virtualdub mod?

[Tommyknocker]

Load the video into Virtual Dub mod. Add the TextSub filter. Configure the TextSub filter to play the .ssa subtitle. Save under a new file name. I can walk you through it if you like.

[qwerty99]

i loaded the video but when i go in the filters and try to add a filter i don't see anything labeled TextSub. is there someway i can load the filter?

[Tommyknocker]

i loaded the video but when i go in the filters and try to add a filter i don't see anything labeled TextSub. is there someway i can load the filter?

When you unpacked VobSub, there should be a file called textsub.vdf. Put this in the plugins folder of your Virtual Dub mod directory.

[qwerty99]

i think i found it. i vobsub filter and opened the sub file. was i suppose to do something with the ssa file?

[Tommyknocker]

i think i found it. i vobsub filter and opened the sub file. was i suppose to do something with the ssa file?

You use VobSub to get the TextSub filter. Use the TextSub filter to display subtitles in VDub.

[qwerty99]

can you please go through it step by step so i can see what i did wrong?

[Shaba1]

Do you want them to be permanent of switchable?

What would you use if you wanted them switchable. I assume by swithable you mean they can be turned on and off with the DVD remote?

[Tommyknocker]

No, silly goose. You can turn subtitles on and off in an DivX fileusing VobSub or FFDShow.

[qwerty99]

the movie is already encoded in xvid. so what i did was i loaded the video in virtualdub mod. then i when to add a filter, i loaded the file vobsub_vd.vdf as a filter. the filter name that showed up was VobSub 2.23. after i chose that filter it brought up something that let me open the .sub file. this did add the sutitles to the movie, but i can't do direct stream copy so i chose to compress it with xvid. after i encoded it the color of the video changed when i played it with the xvid codec. but when i played it with the divx codec it worked ok. Tommyknocker can you show me step by step how you would add subtitles?

[Tommyknocker]

the movie is already encoded in xvid. so what i did was i loaded the video in virtualdub mod. then i when to add a filter, i loaded the file vobsub_vd.vdf as a filter. the filter name that showed up was VobSub 2.23. after i chose that filter it brought up something that let me open the .sub file. this did add the sutitles to the movie, but i can't do direct stream copy so i chose to compress it with xvid. after i encoded it the color of the video changed when i played it with the xvid codec. but when i played it with the divx codec it worked ok. Tommyknocker can you show me step by step how you would add subtitles?

First, I would make sure the TextSub.vdf filter is added to the plugins folder in the Virtual Dub mod directory.
1. Once I have the subtitles saved into .ssa format, I load the video into Virtual Dub mod.

2. Select Video=>Filter=>Add=>TextSub. Select Open and the .ssa subtitle file. Select OK until I am back on the main screen. I then move the slider and watch the right video to make sure the subtitles are there, and save under a new file name.

[qwerty99]

is the TextSub.vdf file the same as the vobsub_vd.vdf file?

[qwerty99]

Tommyknocker you still there?

[Tommyknocker]

Tommyknocker you still there?

Yep!

[Bondiablo]

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/153058.php

[qwerty99]

Tommyknocker do you know if the TextSub.vdf file the same as the vobsub_vd.vdf file?

[Tommyknocker]

Tommyknocker do you know if the TextSub.vdf file the same as the vobsub_vd.vdf file?

Nope, two different files. They both should be in VobSub, but you have to select TextSub to extracted when you unpack VobSub as I recall.