Adding switchable subtitles to a DVD file ???

[apalace]

Hallo everyone!
I need your help, I am newbie with this things but I am sure with your help I can be a very good Film maker .

Here begins my story :
I have a Movie in xvid Avi format splittet in 2 files, and with it 2 sub/idx files for this 2 xvid avi files. I thinked to convert this avi file to a DVD, with a switchable subtitles, I searched in the Guides section and found this one http://www.dvd-guides.com/content/view/70/59/1/0/
I followed the guide well, I joined the 2 Avi Files and made them only 1 file and extracted the AC3 audio file, I converted the sub/idx files to normal text .srt files and then joined the two text .srt files to be only one srt file for the whole movie.
After that I converted the Avi file to a DVD file and called it video.m2v using TMPGen, now in the folder are the following :
- video.m2v
- video.srt
- sound.ac3

Then I stopped here with the guide, the guide explains then how to author the DVD file using the "TMPGEnc DVD Author", but I didn't continue because I think that I can't make a switchable subtitles using this program.

Now the questions come : How can I continue ? What should I do to make the DVD a switchable subtitles (I mean when I run the DVD I can choose if the subtitles appear or disappear) ? Having the image subs (sub/idx) will help me do it faster or I don't need them anymore ?

Any suggestion ? Any idea ? Any comment please to solve my work as easy as I can ?

Thanks in Advance!

[anzimike]

Try DVD-lab pro. Can insert switchable subs and multiple audio. 30-day free trial

[apalace]

Thanks anzimike for your answer.
But can I continue my work or musst I start all over again using this DVD-lab pro programm ?

[Baldrick]

no you don't have to start all over again. but dvd-lab pro isn't supersimple.

or use

dvdauthorgui, add the m2v,ac3 and srt. done. but you can't make that advanced menus.

[apalace]

Thanks alot Baldrick for your answer.
The programm you told me about did the job... But will there be a switchable subtitle in a standalone DVD Player or is it just in DVD Player programm ? in the programm I can switch on and off the subtitle, but I wonder if this possible on a standalone DVD Player since it doesn't have a Menu on the beginning of the Movie where I can switch the title on or off.

Second thing, I think the DVD file I encoded using TMPGEnc wasn't perfect, because the result of the DVD had errors... Is there a better programm to encode avi to dvd and does the job well and better than TMPGEnc ?

Thanks for any help!

[Heavensent]

you dont have to create a menu to select a subtitle.
have a look at your remote, you probably have a subtitle option on it.