just wondering is there a way to merge avis with subtitle(srt) files ?
using mencoder or soemthing else, so that u know the subs become a part of the avi

the reason i need this is that my parents dvd player plays divx, but doesent support separate subtitle files (and they dont speak englishs so subs are essential)

I think it is possible. In fact, I'm sure of it, but, I don't know a good software to do it... in fact, I don't even know one ^^;;

in windows it is possible, so why shouldn't it be in linux ? only I don't know any software for it either, sorry. Post here if you should find any, because I'm curious.

what's the progs name in Windows than maybe we can run it in wine or cxoffice or cedega?

you can do it with VirtualDubMod
here is a tutorial in dutch maybe you can translate it with the free translator of worldlingo.com
http://ondertitel.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1789


you can also do it with
# SRT to SSA Convertor ver 1.0
# VirtualDub 1.5.10
# VirtualDub Subtitler Filter

here is tutorial (also in dutch) maybe translate it with worldlingo to
http://ondertitel.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=935


worldlingo free translator link --> http://www.worldlingo.com/en/product...ranslator.html

I hope this was usefull

and you can also just try to search on google for an english tutorial, you know the programs names now, so it can't be so difficult

but I repeat--> this is the windows way! ^^

btw. Post it if you got any luck on linux please? tnx

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=117709
I found this on google, there is a part of merging a subtitle in your dvd video maybe it's usefull

thanks for the suggestions, no luck so far, dont wanna install xp-vmware, its such a mess. i have found one solution for linux, that claims to be able to do it, but its not working. its called File2DiVX3Pass 2.1, its supposed to convert to and from different avi formats, and has an option to add a subtitle from a file. trouble is i cant get it to work. maybe i misunderstood how it works, or maybe my sub files are in a wrong format, thers not much documentation available. http://www.geekshop.be/rien/file2div...?page=download

if anyone can get that to work, or has a differnt solution pleas post

I will try, and let you know

but can you add with this program the sub without changing the file-type?

i think u can jsut set the audio and video to 'copy'

it is encoding right now, I'll let you know how it went

no it did not work.. no subtitles were merged..

i emailed the author. heres what he says:

"I just tried one myself, and indeed ... it did not work After a bit of
searching and output debugging I came across this problem: mencoder did not
find a TTF file in its path (mine was /home/roet/.mplayer/subfont.ttf but in
your case you should use the correct path).

You can solve this by downloading or copying a TTF font file (located
somewhere on your machine using locate or copy it from a windows machine) to
the specified location (/home/<username>/.mplayer/subfont.ttf). "

havent had the chance to try this yet, but probably will tonight

been in touch with the author again, its just not working, he says he might fix the program when/if he has time. however he gave me a little script, and it works!

it looks as follows:
mencoder -vop pp=de,scale=608:336 -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts vhq:vqmin=2:vqmax=2:vme=1:keyint=25:vbitrate=2140:vpass=1 -sub "SUBTITLE_FILE.srt" -o "OUTPUT_MOVIE_WITH_SUBTITLES.avi" "SOURCE_MOVIE.avi"

u need to change the resolution,bitrate etc to match your movie file
)

EDIT: updated instructions:
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from x to divx, subtitle merge:
mencoder -vop pp=de,scale=608:336 -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts keyint=25:vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=945:vpass=1 -sub "subtitle.srt" -o "output.avi" "input.avi"

from x to xvid, subtitle merge:
instead of "-ovc lavc " you'd use "-ovc xvid" and the -lavcopts would become obsolete then
more parameters for xvid: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Mencode...ion_Guide#XviD

where do I put this script?