Hello everyone...
What program can I use to put subtitles into AVI movies? I use the distro Ubuntu 14.10.
I have some urgency in tackling this my problem.
I thank anyone who can help me.

Be well.

Hi there,

it depends a lot more on what player you use to play your video files.
Suppose you're using VLC (Videolan), then I'd recommend to store your subtitles as separate files in .srt format. That's a plain text format, can easily be created and edited with any simple text editor, and VLC automatically displays these subtitles if the .srt file is in the same directory as the video file and has the same base name.

[X] Doc CPU

Sorry, I did not explain well what I want. I want to put subtitles on some AVI movies to view on TV without having to connect the pc to TV.
Thank helps...

AVI doesn't support subtitles, so you'll have to burn them into the video itself.
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/HowToBu...itlesIntoVideo

However, many DVD players that can play DivX also support .srt or similar subtitle files as long as the titles match. Check the manual.

What I really want is to put the AVI file in a pen drive and read it on my TV.
My TV only recognizes AVI files.

Check the manual, maybe it supports .srt or some other type of subtitle file. If not just burn them in, see the link I posted.

You'll also have to read the manual and see what codecs you can use that will be accepted by the TV. You may have to use avidemux or some similar program to change the codecs if need be.
jdk

Hi there,

let's assume we understood that so far.

That's not really helpful information, but I can't blame you.
Look, the complicated thing about digital video is that there are two or even three nested levels of information.

1. The video encoding (codec): That describes how the raw video data is encoded, and it's the most important thing to know for a player. Popular encodings/codecs are H.264 (also called MPEG4 Part 10 or MPEG4 AVC) for HDTV, MPEG2 for DVDs and SDTV, or MPEG4 ASP (sometimes called MPEG4 Part 2) for general-purpose video.
2. The same for the audio data. Frequently used codecs here are mp3, AC3, AAC or MPEG audio.
3. The packaging or container format, sometimes called encapsulation. It describes how the video and audio streams are arranged and organized in the file. That could be mp4 (typically with H.264 content), avi (often with MPEG4 ASP content, rarely with H.264), MPEG-PS or MPEG-TS (usually with MPEG2 payload). Note that not all combinations of video codec, audio codec and encapsulation are valid.
4. Finally, the file name extension. This is causing most of the confusion, because it's the only thing you can see as a layman, and yet it's almost meaningless. An extension of .mp4 typically indicates mp4 encapsulation, as you would expect. A .avi extension suggests an avi container, and .mpg or .mpeg is usually an MPEG-PS container (on DVDs, the extension .vob is used instead).

As you noticed, the extension .avi that you insist on may contain at least two different video formats, so it's important to know which one the player (your TV set in this scenario) really supports. If the set is an HD-TV, it must support H.264, so it's very likely that it supports this codec also when playing from file. Mine, for instance, will play MPEG2 and MPEG4 AVC (H.264), but not MPEG4 ASP.

At any rate, if your TV set doesn't support subtitles in a separate file, you'll have to blend them into the video stream. While mp4 allows for a subtitle stream inside the file (so you can turn subtitles on and off during playback), avi does not. In that case, your only way is to mix the subtitles in as part of the video image. Avidemux can do that, for example. The drawback is that you won't be able any more to play the video without subtitles.

[X] Doc CPU

Have you tried Avdshare?
It will show you a step by step guide on how to find and download the right subtitles for your MP4 videos as well as add subtitles to MP4. In fact, this guide also applies to add subtitles to AVI, MKV, WTV, WMV, VOB, MPG, MOV, DV, FLV, WebM, OGV, and etc.

Hi smilefacesss and welcome to LQ! Since the last post to this thread is over one year old, I doubt very much that the OP will be still around. S/he's probably solved the problem long ago and moved on to other things. In the future check out the date of thread you want to contribute to. It will save you wasting your time.
Cheers,
jdk

[mod_edit]To maintain my own sanity and the reputation of LQ as a well-informed forum I have removed this nonsense. This is all getting a bit much.[/mod_edit].

Wrong, and please stop posting things that are either misleading or incorrect. AVI is a file format, and it is NOT proprietary, and hasn't been for quite some time (close to 20 years). Read the Wikipedia page for it. Also, AVI is not 'dead' by any stretch, since quite a few higher end cameras record in that format, and most editing software supports it.

Please at least TRY to read up on something before posting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_Video_Interleave

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