How to convert Softsubs to Hardsubs

heres a quick step by step to convert softsubs to hard subs

1. install / extract VirtualDub (search it at google, you'll have no problem finding it.)

2.Once VirtualDub is installed, install VobSub.

3.When installing VobSub, make sure that you includ the "VobSub for Virtual Dub" plugin and the "TextSub for Virtual Dub" plugin.

4. when done installing, load a video file into VirtualDub, by clicking File > Open Video File

5.Next, click Video > Filters from the drop down menu. Click the "Add" button and a new dialog box will appear with a list of filters. If TextSub is not available in the list, click the Load button and find the *.vdf file in the VobSub program files directory (Gabest).

6.Double click text subs

7.Click the "Open" button to load the subtitles appropriate to the movie, then click "OK" and "OK" again to get back to the main VirtualDub screen.

8.Click Video > compression... when a dialog box appears, Select Divx 5.11 codec ( or whichever Divx codec you have in the dialog box) then click OK.

9. Then click File> save as... to save your AVI movie

10. The process of encoding the subtitles to the movie will begin.. wait for a while.

AAAnd then atlast, enjoy the movie!

You can also visit these sites if youre still having trouble:

http://divxstation.com/article.asp?aId=100

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?s=dc4ee9c3cd35ead149ea49d7396ea9c8&showtopic=304260&pid=7532837&st=0&#entry7532837

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:14 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

okay... i have 2 question here... FYI right now i'm using VirtualDubMod and Subtitle Workshop to convert from softsub subtitle files to hardsub subtitle files.

1) I try to edit the font in the .srt files to the colour version but when i'm try to save it into .ssa files it seem not working. same thing happen when i try to edit the font of .ssa files to colour version

2) how to make the subtiltle appear above and bottom of the video at the same time???
(to show the meaning of word, etc)

thank you guys

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 5:28 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

hey, does virtual dub have extra codecs in it?
i believe last time i installed it, all my codecs went wrong (i use CCCP). it may have been caused by something else, im just checking.

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 5:39 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I've been translating the English subtitles of Yasha into German for some friends of mine.
However when I try to convert the softsubs into hardsubs (for one episode) it takes 30GB space O_o;

Anyone has a suggestion what went wrong? :7
(I was also considering to make the German subs available here but I'm not sure how to upload them here ._.)

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:32 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

^you are forgetting to select compression codec, so it is encoding as raw avi.

this is posted in the help on fansubbing thread as well with screenshots, that's where I learned how to do it! cheers

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:14 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

i tend to find this stuff difficult, so an easier way to do it is to use a freeware program called, AVI Recomp. you just choose the avi file and the soft sub then after u convert it, the file should be one.

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:41 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

o thank you very much =)

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:20 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I'm getting this error message when i try to upload a video:

'Couldn't locate decompressor for format 'XVID' (unkown)

'Virtualdub requires a Video for Windows (VFW) compatible codec to decompress video. DirectShows codecs, such as those used by Windows Media Player, are not suitable.'

Can anyone help?

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:53 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 9:38 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Sweetdreams1891 & Skeffington,
You need to install XviD codec Visit http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Koepi_XviD.htm

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:05 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

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