I picked up the Hairspray release and wanted to know how I would burn the video with the subtitles? I have tried this before, but must have done something wrong seeing as it didn't work. Or it could just be my dvd player (?). Sorry if there is already a thread like this. Delete if need be.
quote:Step 2 involves the selection of audio and subtitle track. Select the audio track you want to keep from the dropdown list, then do the same for the subtitle track. Note that since AutoGK creates files for standalone players, the subtitles will be encoded as part of the video and cannot be deactivated. As an alternative you could create external VobSub subtitles, which cannot be played on a standalone DVD player, but are playable on a standard PC. If you want a second audio track to be included in the output, just select one from the lower dropdown list.
and: External subtitles cannot be used on a standalone DivX/XViD capable DVD player
Looks like you'll have to hard encode the subs over the movie
download auto gordian knot, press ctrl and f8 or something like that to bring up the subtitle field, then put the path to your avi, then the path to your srt file then the output file of your new file, then add job then start, let it all open what it needs to in the background and depending on your speed of computer 2 hours later or so you should have your subs, if not just get the dvd.
I second the notion to use ConvertXToDVD. The encoding quality can't match the other methods of converting AVIs to DVD format but it really isn't that bad and considering the headaches you'll avoid it is totally worth it.
You can easily load .SRT formatted subtitles onto the movie, burn multiple AVI files onto one disc, customize (to some degree) the DVD menu, etc.
PM me if you need help, I just started using it the other day and I can tell you from hours of frustration with other software out there that it is by far the most user-friendly method of accomplishing what you are trying to do.
quote:Originally posted by Rick#2 I second the notion to use ConvertXToDVD. The encoding quality can't match the other methods of converting AVIs to DVD format .
I always though the quality was top notch , obviously not as good as shop brought dvds but thats more to do with the xvid you start with.
Its by far the best program ive tryed , im still using the old free version divxtodvd , unless i want to add a menu or subtitles then i will use convertxtodvd.
I've noticed that with CCE you can usually get the quality a bit better. I typically only burn TV show episodes to DVD so I usually fit about four 45 minute episodes on one disc. With ConvertXToDVD it usually only takes up about 3.7gb or so but if you mess around with AVI2DVD or some of the other programs you can usually fill the DVD right up.
Then again, the minor gain in quality is not worth all the extra hassles.
I always use CCE due to speed and quality, but, especially with subs, it is a lot more fiddly. ConvertXToDVD looks very easy to use with subs, and all round generally. I may look into it more. I have recently used it for low quality when I am cramming loads on for the kids, or series will only watch once or twice.
11-07-2007 08:17 AM
