Avi files with mp3 sound and .srt subtitles

[darksniper]

I have a cupple of avi , I dont really have a problem joining them but my problem starts when I load the files into VirtualDub and do video-> direct stream copy,audio -> full processing mode. When I do that the sound from place to place become horrable, like a big horrable static that kills my speakers.

And the second problem is That when I use Virtual dub Filter to add subtitles, it doesnt let me add them in video -> direct stream copy, only lets me add them is video -> Full processing way, the problem with full processing way, is that virtual dub tryes to create a 100 terabity video file.

Any way of getting around those 2 problems.

[celtic_druid]

Direct streaming is exactly that. You can't add subtitles. Best you can do is use AVISynth so that you can set the video to fast recompress. Using VDub for filtering full processing is the only way. About the audio, what is it? mp3? AC3?

[darksniper]

Audio is in mp3, when I use avidemux, it tells me I need an audio map.

[celtic_druid]

You could always add the subs with avidemux. The audio time map bit just means that the mp3 is VBR. Shouldn't cause static like that.

[darksniper]

I got that problem once when I used audio-> full processing mode. other than that when I try to conver avi to dvd, the audio is off balanced, the characters talk, then the sound.

[redwudz]

If the audio is MP3 VBR, I would change it to MP3 CBR by saving it out as a WAV and re-encoding it to MP3 CBR. Though if you are leaving it as a AVI, it shouldn't make much difference. If you encode to MPEG with it, it will likely have problems. Best just to dump it.

If you didn't set a codec when using full processing, you will have huge files as it will save in raw AVI format. Just choose a codec that matches the original, probably Xvid. If you are making permanent subtitles on the video, you have to re-encode it anyway.