Formated softsubs won't display as formatted!

[aruwin]

I have a subtitle file which I have made.Some of the subs are positioned at different positions.And some are overlapping.But when I play it back on media player and VLC,the subs dont appear like they're supposed to!I tried converting them onto DVD and it still won't display the way I want them to(as mentioned).The subs that I positoned at the top appears to be at the bottom and one of the sentences that is suppsed to overlap with another words dont appear.
How do I solve this?Someone help me.Please don't suggest to hardub because I dont like hardsubbing as it reduces the quality of the vid.

[guns1inger]

What format is the subtitle file ?
What did you use to create it ?

[ZQX]

DVDSubEdit can re-position individual subs where you want them (top/bottom/etc).

[aruwin]

What format is the subtitle file ?
What did you use to create it ?

ASS then I convert it to SRT.Same thing.....

[AlanHK]

ASS then I convert it to SRT.Same thing.....

SRT format does not support any formatting.

You can put some HTML-style formatting codes in them, sometimes it will display but it's not standard.
If you want it to be pretty, use ASS.

[aruwin]

ASS then I convert it to SRT.Same thing.....

SRT format does not support any formatting.

You can put some HTML-style formatting codes in them, sometimes it will display but it's not standard.
If you want it to be pretty, use ASS.

I already used ASS but the subtitles still won't play as formatted.They all appear like the normal subs that you see on tv.I have already positioned them but

[Baldrick]

I guess you need the vsfilter for ass filters to be shown correct. But I don't know any tool that can keep the positions when you convert to dvd switchable subtitles, the only method I know is to use dvdsubedit after as ZQX mentions.

[Midzuki]

As Baldrick said, VSfilter is able to display .SSA and .ASS correctly.
Use MaestroSBT for converting .SSA into .SST, which will be
happily accepted by Muxman or DVD-lab PRO.

[aruwin]

As Baldrick said, VSfilter is able to display .SSA and .ASS correctly.
Use MaestroSBT for converting .SSA into .SST, which will be
happily accepted by Muxman or DVD-lab PRO.

I already have VSfilter.THat's why I thought it was weird that the subs dont display correctly.But I just found out that I didnt activate the active rendering settings Now I am able to watch the subs correctly

But,there's one more problem.Conevrtxtodvd still won't display the subs correctly How do I force convertxtodvd to display the subtitles as formatted????

[Baldrick]

aruwin: It's nos possible using convertxtodvd and problably NOT using any other dvd authoring program.