Subs - I am lost. How do I do it ?

[omicron]

I have spent quite some time looking all over the Forums, searching and querying and not finding what I am looking for, which amazes me greatly but then

I see that subs can be downloaded from the Net - they look either like (*.txt)


{6209}{6293}T'as passé mes disques, petit con.|- Jamais de la vie.
{6342}{6369}Tête de noeud.
{6453}{6512}Si papa savait que tu fumes ce truc,|il serait fou !


or like (*.srt)


6
00:00:59,889 --> 00:01:05,202
Viens faire un tour. Tu pourras
faire pipi partout dans la ville.

7
00:01:05,369 --> 00:01:09,282
Allez, viens faire un tour.

8
00:01:09,449 --> 00:01:11,405
Non! Stop!


Now my question is thus quite simply:
1. Starting from a DivX or AVI file that I split (WAV / AVI with Virtualdub)
2. and a downloaded file corresponding to either of the formats above
3. How do I mesh the 2 and encode to a (non compliant) XVCD with TMPEGenc ?

I am sort of incredulous that there isn't a simple guide out there. Probably don't know how to look.... probably because English is my 2nd language (hence my wanting French subs on my English movies...)


Thanks

[Heavensent]

there are a number of things you will need :

* textsub for virtualdub (it will work with srt files)
* subtool (for adjusting the framerate and converting sub to srt files)

1- instal "textsub" in virtualdub plugin folder.
2 - run subtool and open the srt/sub with subtool.
3 - adjust the framerate to match the movie and select
"subrip" as output format.
you will get an srt file in the end.

4 - open the avi in virtualdub and select "video" and "filters"
5 - select "textsub" filter and open the srt file.
you can choose the size of the subtitle if you click on "styles"
6 - press "audio" and select "wave audio"
enter the wav file that extracted from the movie.
7 - press "ok" twice.
8 - select "file" and "start frameserver"
9 - choose a filename for frameserving.
10 - open the file you have made with virtual dub with tmpeg
and start encoding.


if you need more help - just post a message.
goodluck.

[DivXExpert]

Decrypt to HD, Make .d2v file with DVD2AVI, make the .srt files with VOBSUB, then use the following avisynth script, this can make encoding times go faster, as virtualdub will not be open, taking up ram.

LoadPlugin("C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\vobsub.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\bla bla bla\MPEG2DEC.dll")
mpeg2source("C:\bla bla bla\whatever.d2v")
#[filter]
#[filter]
#[filter]
#[filter]
VobSub("C:\SubDir\VTS_01_0")

Then open the .avs in TMPGEnc.

[Heavensent]

DivXExpert
your way is for dvd ripping (i think)
but he wants to add subtitles to a avi file.

if i'm wrong, i stand corrected

[Vejita-sama]

Take a look at:

http://www.doom9.org/subtitle_guides.htm

Esp at http://www.doom9.org/sub.htm