I did Google this question but could not find a concise, simple solution. At least not for OS X I have my divx movie > added .srt subs to it with Road Movie or Submerge > it is then "flattened" and saved to my desktop with .mov extension. I can burn the final result without any further encoding using the DVD(UDF) setting and it will play on my Mac with the subs. Unfortunately the DVD is not recognised by my DVD player. So, what is the simplest way and with what software can I burn the subbed divx movie so it is playable on my or any other DVD player?
I don't have a Mac so take suggestions with NaCl. Since you have the .srt files I would suggest using VLC media player to play them on the Mac. If you have the video and subtitles with the same base name in the same folder VLC should pick up the subs. You may have to select the sub using a context menu or whatever. For stand-alone get a DVD player with UltraDivx support. I have Philips dvp 5990. It's very good with .divx files with selectable subs. I'm not familiar with the programs you mention but I often use AviAddXSubs on Windows to mux the subs into an .avi file and output one with a .divx extension. The Philips plays these very well and does upconversion if you connect to your TV via HDMI cable... but that's another issue.
Thank you for your suggestions. What I am mostly not clear about is if I have to re-encode the .mov file that resulted after adding the text back to divx if I want to burn it. I have very cheap DVD player (Audix) bought at the local supermarket which usually takes anything I put into it. I play my the divx movies / subs on my Mac as you suggest, but I´m still at lost what to do with the movie.mov file that results after adding the text to the divx movie with the programs mentioned. I have tried burning it with Data (UDF) settings, but it will not playback on my standalone DVD player. I suspect there is a step I´m missing before my subbed movie can be burned retainig the subs for use on a DVD player. Sorry for being longwinded! B
To convert to another format with the subs I think you have to "burn in" the subs. They become part of the video. I haven't played around with .mov but to illustrate with something I know about.. if you load your .avi into AviDemux you set XVID settings and then press the Filters button. On the Subtitles tab you use the filter that corresponds to the subtitle format you have-- .srt idx/sub whatever. You can preview how the subs will look. Once you reencode the subs are part of the video. Then when you convert to another format the text will be there. There's no quick and dirty way to convert carrying the subs along. They have to be burned in or in the case of DVD you can extract idx/sub from the DVD then use it during the conversion process. If the software you are using for the .mov work has a dedicated forum you might ask there. It might be able to "burn in" the subs as you do the conversion. Sometimes burned in subs work better and sometimes not. The best way seems to be trial and error. It's often a good idea to use a program that lets you slice off a piece of the video to see how it really comes out before doing the whole conversion.
Thank you for enlightening me. So,the conclusion is that there is no shortcut when it comes to burning avi´s with .srt subs. I was hoping to avoid the tedious encoding process. What I ended up doing was giving the divx movie and the .srt subs the same names, placing them in a folder and encoding / burning with Toast.This was done with Quicktime and Perian installed on my machine. It worked, though I´m not sure if this was an assbackwards way of doing it. B
I think you got it right. It varies by player which looks better.. a .divx file with the subs muxed in(if it's supported at all) or an external .srt with the same basename. On my Philips dvp642 if you used the external subs and selected it you got that gray "windows screen" looking background to the subs. So subs added with AviAddXSubs looked much better. Most players that will play divx will load the external subs though. The subtitle handling with .mov files I have no clue.
