Can anyone tell me how to use AviAddXSubs?

[Bruce Wayne]

I have an avi and an identically named srt file in the same folder, but when I open AviAddXSubs, select the avi, and click Start, all I get is, "Failed, video stream not found." What's wrong with the damn thing?

[Baldrick]

Does your avi contain xvid/divx/mpeg4 video?

[Bruce Wayne]

Does your avi contain xvid/divx/mpeg4 video?

Here's all the MediaInfo.

General
Complete name : C:\Users\Bruce\Desktop\test.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 385 MiB
Duration : 52mn 32s
Overall bit rate : 1 024 Kbps
Writing application : Lavf57.36.100

Video
ID : 0
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 8 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Duration : 52mn 32s
Bit rate : 915 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 95.904 fps
Original frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.010
Stream size : 344 MiB (89%)
Writing library : x264 core 148 r2597 e86f3a1
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=8 / deblock=1:-3:-3 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=10 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.15 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-3 / threads=12 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=60 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=915 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=40000 / vbv_bufsize=40000 / nal_hrd=none / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00

Audio
ID : 1
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : FF
Duration : 52mn 32s
Bit rate : 81.1 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Frame rate : 46.875 fps (1024 spf)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 30.5 MiB (8%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 21 ms (2.05 video frames)

[Bernix]

AFAIK it suports only xvid and divx. Your video is H264.
AVIAddXSubs is a simple free program to incorporate subtitles from .srt (ANSI text, up to 2 srt) or idx/sub (containing up to 8 subtitles) quickly and easily to your avi files containing DivX/XVid video streams.
You can try to remux your video in MkvtoolnixGUI and insert subtitles to container. So you will have one file with subtitles inside.

Bernix

[Bruce Wayne]

AFAIK it suports only xvid and divx. Your video is H264.
AVIAddXSubs is a simple free program to incorporate subtitles from .srt (ANSI text, up to 2 srt) or idx/sub (containing up to 8 subtitles) quickly and easily to your avi files containing DivX/XVid video streams.
You can try to remux your video in MkvtoolnixGUI and insert subtitles to container. So you will have one file with subtitles inside.

Bernix

Great, thanks for the advice. I'll try reencoding the video with DivX and see whether I can get AviAddXSubs to work then.

[Bruce Wayne]

Well I reencoded with Xvid and AviAddXSubs worked fine. It created a .divx copy of the video. But I couldn't get the subtitles to work. What did I do wrong?

[johns0]

You didn't follow Bernix advice,just use mkvmerge to add the srt and video and mux,no need to re-encode and further reduce quality.

[Bruce Wayne]

You didn't follow Bernix advice,just use mkvmerge to add the srt and video and mux,no need to re-encode and further reduce quality.

I want to play this video on a ps3. ps3s won't read mkvs.

[Bernix]

I dont know nothing about PS3 but there is some video that tells it can play mkv. Mkv is only container it can contains any video or audio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqCjhdbiot0
But I really cant helps with AviAddXSubs

Bernix

[Bruce Wayne]

I dont know nothing about PS3 but there is some video that tells it can play mkv. Mkv is only container it can contains any video or audio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqCjhdbiot0
But I really cant helps with AviAddXSubs

Bernix

mkvs only work on ps3s if you're using ps3 media server. That's too complicated for me and I'm not interested in streaming anyway. I just wanna be able to plug a usb drive into the ps3 and play videos that way. In order to be able to do that with videos with external subtitles, I need to know how to use AviAddXSubs properly.

[Bernix]

O.K. have you read this ? http://www.guidingtech.com/18623/add-subtitles-ps3-videos-read-srt-files/
and I have to say that aac audio isnt standart for avi. Try to convert it to mp3 then.

[johns0]

You will have to re-encode with vidcoder,choose normal profile and where it says subtitles click on edit and import the srt and choose to burn in since ps3 won't plays subs from a mp4.

[Bruce Wayne]

O.K. have you read this ? http://www.guidingtech.com/18623/add-subtitles-ps3-videos-read-srt-files/
and I have to say that aac audio isnt standart for avi. Try to convert it to mp3 then.

Thanks. I have read that and unfortunately, for reasons I cannot figure out, the ps3 won't detect the video. That instruction guide said once you've created the video, put it on a usb drive and plug it into the ps3. I did that and the ps3 detected the usb drive but couldn't find the video on it. I was definitely in the video column of the ps3 menu but it said no titles found.

[Bernix]

What is extension of your file divx or avi ? I think it should be avi.

[Bruce Wayne]

You will have to re-encode with vidcoder,choose normal profile and where it says subtitles click on edit and import the srt and choose to burn in since ps3 won't plays subs from a mp4.

I tried vidcoder before, and handbrake. Unfortunately, they both create files that are way too large. The only way I can think of of reducing the file size is by skimping on quality.

[Bruce Wayne]

What is extension of your file divx or avi ? I think it should be avi.

It's .divx That's the extension of the file AviAddXSubs creates. Should I just try changing it to .avi? That guide you posted said nothing about that. It just said copy the video to a usb drive.

[Bernix]

At least you can try it. But DivX would be correct

[Bruce Wayne]

At least you can try it. But DivX would be correct

Just have. Again, no titles found. This is driving me round the twist.

[Bernix]

have you firmware 2.20 or higher in PS3 ? and more here http://aviaddxsubs.blogspot.cz/

[Bruce Wayne]

have you firmware 2.20 or higher in PS3 ? and more here http://aviaddxsubs.blogspot.cz/

I don't know. How do I check that?

[Bernix]

I don't know. How do I check that?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnJ9gzbQ-vs

[Bruce Wayne]

I don't know. How do I check that?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnJ9gzbQ-vs

Thanks. I have version 4.66

[johns0]

At least you can try it. But DivX would be correct

Just have. Again, no titles found. This is driving me round the twist.

To play the video on a ps3 don''t click on the usb icon right away,click on the green triangle on your ps3 remote control and select Display All and then you will see your video,as to encoding with handbrake or vidcoder you need to set the bitrate or otherwise you get big files.

Choose constant quality 20 and it will you a smaller file size.

[Bruce Wayne]

At least you can try it. But DivX would be correct

Just have. Again, no titles found. This is driving me round the twist.

To play the video on a ps3 don''t click on the usb icon right away,click on the green triangle on your ps3 remote control and select Display All and then you will see your video,as to encoding with handbrake or vidcoder you need to set the bitrate or otherwise you get big files.

Choose constant quality 20 and it will you a smaller file size.

YES! Thank you! That did it! I could see the video, I could play the video, I could select the subtitles, and the subtitles showed. Exactly what I wanted. Thanks again.