TMPGEnc won't recognise avi, ConvertXtoDVD no subtitles!

[tomlee59]

Here's a "hail Mary" thing to try: In Word Pad, add a couple of extra characters at the very beginning, and to the very end. Save as "XXXXtemp.srt." Then re-open the file, and delete those extra characters. Re-save and try using that file. There's sometimes a funny end-of-file problem (or a header problem) that can be fixed by this operation. And even if does nothing, at least you'll not have wasted much time in trying it.

[jagabo]

Open the SRT file with Notepad. Does it look ok? I've had problems with Unicode SRT files in the past. I don't remember what the symptom was though.

[CaptainChaos]

Did both of the above - saved as a different filename & renamed the avi to the same ... WMP plays it fine, but no subtitles. Jubler opened it & saved it as an .ass file ... erm ... ?

[jagabo]

WMP has no ability to display SRT subtitles. You must use some external software like VOBSUB.

[CaptainChaos]

At last ... I have no idea why TMPgenc didn't like the subtitles, but I just tried WinAvi with the avi & srt in the same folder & it came out perfectly ... I have no idea why, but I think it had something to do with the subtitles - the avi on its own was fine, just went wrong when I put the srt file in the same folder & tried to play / convert it.
Thank you all for your help, guys.