Hi, I thought I would write a guide on hardcoding subtitles to a AVI file. I have a hearing loss so subtitles are essential for me, and I'm sure this will be useful for you Anime/Manga fans and those of you who are non-native speakers.
Tools neededVirtualDUBVirtualDub Subtitler PluginSRT - SSA ConverterOpen VirtualDub. Select
Video tab and then
Filters. Then press the
Add button followed by the
Load button. You now want to browse to the
subtitler.vdf file you downloaded earlier and finish the operation by pressing
Open.
Leave VirtualDub open, as we will need it later.
The next step is converting the .srt files into something VirtualDub can read, in this case, an .ssa file.
Open up the .SRT-.SSA Converter and click on
Browse to select the .srt file you want converted.
The program will create an output file with the identical name as the input file except with an .ssa extension.
Due to the small screen of the Dingoo, we need to reduce the size of the subtitle fonts. Change the
Size in
Font Options down to around
16.
All you have to do now is hit
Convert.
(if you have SUB/IDX subtitles then you will need to find a SRT version instead - try opensubtitles.org , subscene.com or subtitlesource.org - SUB/IDX files are very difficult to convert to SRT if you don't have the original DVD VOB files handy and it's usually easier and quicker to track down a SRT version instead)
Go back to VirtualDub which should still be open.
Select the
Subtitler filter and click
OK.
In the Subtitler Configuration, select the .ssa subtitle file that you just created and press
OKClick
OK again to go back to the main VirtualDUB screen.
Go to the
Video tab and select
Full Processing Mode.
Now go to
File and
Open Video File and use the browse function to select the .avi file you want the subtitles hardcoded to. Press
Open when you locate it.
Lastly we need to select the compression for our .avi.
Navigate once again to the
Video tab and select
Compression.
If your file is an XviD (most likely) then simply select
XviD Mpeg-4 Codec from the list. Leave the default settings.
If your file is another type of compression select that from the list and leave the default settings.
To finish simply go to
File and select
Save As .avi. Save it where you want and make sure the
Save as type is set to
Audio-Video Interleave (*.avi).
Click
Save and you are done. Grab some Tea or Coffee and wait for your .avi with hardcoded subtitles.