Since I spend so much time on this, I decided to do a tutorial. For those of you who need hard subbed dramas, here is a step-by-step guide to turn any video and subtitle file into a hard subbed video file.
**Note - there are lots of different ways to do this - this way worked the most consistently for me**

Software Needed:

VirtualDubMod
VirtualDub Subtitle Filter - download the first filter - Download subtitler-2_4.zip from virtualdub.org (Make sure to put this in VirtualDub's Plug in folder. See 1st pic)
DiVX5 Codec (Uncheck the Player button during installation)
Subtitle Workshop


DO THIS FIRST - after you have downloaded all the software
Pic courtesy of DiVXLand.org


 




Start by converting the subtitles into the .ssa format. (You have to do this even if they are already in that format).
Open Subtitle Workshop
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now that the subs are converted it time to hard encode them.
This part includes resizing the video because most TVs over scan the picture and cut off the subs. You can skip this step if you are watching on your computer.

Open VirtualDubMod
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(NOTE: If you have a 16:9 video and have a 16:9 format TV, you can skip resizing. Scroll↓ 3 pics. to compression.)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's all there is to it. For a file this size (700MB), VirtualDubMod takes about 1 hour to convert. When done, you wind up with an .avi file that is hard subbed and can be played using 99.9% of computer media players such as WMP, VLC Player, BS PLayer, etc... If you want to turn these files into DVDs or VCDs you need additional software to do so such as Nero, DVD2SVCD, TMPGENC DVD Author, etc....

I created a tutorial for using Nero Vision Express 3 to burn DVDs. You can find it HERE.

If you have any questions, post them here and I will try to answer them for you.

Have fun & Good Luck.

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LINKS to questions, "Asked and answered":

How to add " 'subtitler' averylee "...

Why do subs appeare twice during play back..

My video was 470 MB before subbing and after subbing it become 10 GB.

My output file was 1 hour 02 min long whereas the original file was 1 hour 45 min 39 secs. What went wrong?
Read next 3-4 posts for answer...HERE

Xvid -- DivX popup warnings....

Couldn't locate the "XviD" codec


Languages other that English problems...
This is a problem w/ many non-English languages...any help would be appreciated...


I just found out the best font, size, etc to set for subtitle.
This is a good starting point..

Subtitles are cut off at bottom when played on TV..

Why do subtitles appear as white box??

My pc isn't loading the images from this tutorial that well

How do I create a "Batch" job in VirtualDubMod...

After Dawn's new "Hard Subbing guide...

I have a 16:9 format TV...I get a "squeezed" image - all the characters look stretched vertically











Edit by Theresa: Pic added to illustrate moving subtitle plug in
Edit by Ducky: Added links - (Working on it...)
Edit by Ducky: Still working on it...

 

angelblaze wrote:

hey! i decided to pop by and take up your offer on your tutorial.. everything seemed to be as how u described it, however, when i reached the area of filters, i did not see 'subtitler' averylee to add... care to advise?

If you look at the very beginning you will see a list of software needed:

Quote:

Software Needed: VirtualDubMod VirtualDub Subtitle Filter (Make sure to put this in VirtualDub's Plug in folder) DiVX5 Codec (Uncheck the Player button during installation) Subtitle Workshop

You have to download the subtitle filter and move the file into VirtualDub's plug in folder

My tutorial is based on one I found on the DiVX site. The very beginning of that tutorial goes into move the plug in:

DiVX Tutorial

 

Karma to you queen for being soooo funny !!

angelblaze wrote:

D-U-H ok sowwwiee.. i will try that now.. hopefully if i encounter any other problems u are still online..oh btw, when i did the subtitler workshop thingy... how come when during the playback, the subs appeared like twice.. ie: double of the same thing just that one is bigger than the other..

I don't bother with the playback myself, however, the reason they show up twice is because the subtitler workshop is also opening either VobSub or ffdshow to read the subs. Once you hard sub it - the subs will only appear once. VirtualDubMod does not open VobSub or ffdshow.

And yes, I will be around for anymore questions.

 

miriam wrote:

Karma to you queen for being soooo funny !!

So, Miriam - why don't you try hard subbing a drama. LOL the tutorial is very easy to follow. I bet you could do it with a little patience.

 

angelblaze wrote:

hey! i finally manage to merge the subtitles!! yaaaay thanx to your tutorial! I was wondering: 1. is it correct for me to say that virtualdubmod acts as a means for me to add the subs? it doesn't change the size/format right?

For your purposes, you could say that. VirtualDub does so much more - I just don't use the other features. Also, If you wat to adjust fonts (size, color, font type) you should do that in subtitle workshop.

angelblaze wrote:

2. if i wanna burn it on dvd, all i have to do is use virtualdubmod to add the subs, then use winavi to convert to dvd?

You could, I use Nero.

angelblaze wrote:

3. if i wanna burn it on vcd, i have to use virtualdubmod to add the subs, then use winavi to conver it to vcd format?

If you have Win AVI you can use that to add the subs. It works pretty well. I was having a problem with file size and I wasn't pleased with the output quality. It was never consistent.

angelblaze wrote:

4. How do i burn more than one show on the dvd?I think one dvd can whole up to 2-3 shows..per file is about 1.9gb after conversion?

This where Nero comes in handy. I can usually fit 4 or 5 episodes per DVD with Nero and there is no need to reconvert them. Nero does very well with avi files. I am using Nero Vision Express 3.

I start off with 700MB files and wind up with like 701MB files with VirtualDub. Nero doesn't make them any bigger.

 

angelblaze wrote:

2. if i wanna burn it on dvd, all i have to do is use virtualdubmod to add the subs, then use winavi to convert to dvd?

Quote:

You could, I use Nero.

If i wanted to use Nero, how would i go about doing it? After using Virtualdubmod, with the subs all done up and merged into the avi file, i tried burning it into a dvd using Nero's function of the DVD format..But it did not recognize the file saying that it has to be in a dvd format before burning it.. So how do i go about doing it..

angelblaze wrote:

3. if i wanna burn it on vcd, i have to use virtualdubmod to add the subs, then use winavi to conver it to vcd format?

Quote:

If you have Win AVI you can use that to add the subs. It works pretty well. I was having a problem with file size and I wasn't pleased with the output quality. It was never consistent.

Unfortunately for me, when i use WinAvi, the subs did not appear, despite the fact that i have read in forums, that all i had to do was just rename the files of both to have the same name, the result of it was not good.. there was no subs, although the picture quality was reasonably ok..

angelblaze wrote:

4. How do i burn more than one show on the dvd?I think one dvd can whole up to 2-3 shows..per file is about 1.9gb after conversion?

Quote:

This where Nero comes in handy. I can usually fit 4 or 5 episodes per DVD with Nero and there is no need to reconvert them. Nero does very well with avi files. I am using Nero Vision Express 3. I start off with 700MB files and wind up with like 701MB files with VirtualDub. Nero doesn't make them any bigger.

I tried adding 3 avi files together, but Nero said that it did not recognize the files and that it has to be a dvd format to burn it into a dvd..Would the normal Nero be able to burn 4-5 episodes in one DVD? I am using Nero 6 Ultra Edition. Or do I need to use Nero Vision Express 3? If so where do i get it? WOW being able to fit 4-5 episodes in one DVD is BRILLIANT!! thank you so much for replying me.. u have no idea how much u have helped me!![/quote]

To burn DVDs using Nero you need Nero Vison Express 3. Try their