Subtitles on Stand Alone Player

Hi everyone!
I´ve got a big problem and after installing about 10 programms on my PC without positive results maybe someone here at d-addicts is able to help me..

I bought a Pensonic DVD-3608 DVD-Player last week and it is able to support mpeg4/divX Files.
If I try to play a DVD with an avi file and the srt file (same name as avi file) it shows the video file but not the subtitles.. So it seems to me that the DVD Player can´t play srt files.

So I tried many ways like Sub2DivX and muxxing and so on.. but no way worked.

What I want is a way to play the subtitles without hardsubbing it. I want to be able to choose if I want to watch with the subtitle or not..
And I don´t want to reencode for hours..

So now my question is: Is there a way to bind the subtitles on the avi file so that the DVD Player is able to show the subtitles without having to hardsubb it or to take hours for transforming and reencoding?

I hope someone is able to help me.. =)

Taken from YesAsia on DVD-3608

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:14 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

i use divxmuxwizz http://labs.divx.com/files/support/setupDivXMuxWizz.exe (must have current divx codec installed) to integrate the subs on to the avi file that will be selectable and not hardsubbed:

takes about 3mins to encode and using the program is pretty self explanatory, open avi file, open sub/srt file, then encode. after the encode the file will have the ".divx" extension, just change it to ".avi", for example:

before encoding:
sample.avi

after encoding:
sample.divx

change back to:
sample.avi

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:48 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

First I want to thank you for your replies =)

@AkmuaX
I allready tried that.. and I also read the comment at YesAsia..
But it isn´t working.
I´m naming the files the same as the avi file. But when I play the DVD with the player the srt files aren´t shown. And when I select the avi file and press the subtitle button it only shows off as possibility
And I also read the whole Operation Manual.. but theres nothing about it in..

@itsukiD
Thanks for the Program I will try this one..
I allready tried sub2divX and DivXMuxxGUI but my PC allways showed an error message and stopped the process.. -.- But I hope with this one it will work..

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:57 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

jus remember to have the latest Divx codec installed before you use the program

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:04 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I´ve the DivX Codec 6.2 or something like this.. I think this is the newest.. so I will try it now.. =) Hope it works

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:24 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Waaaahhhh!
I installed everything but now there are two mainproblems.. the first one is:

When I open DivXMuxWizz and select a file and a srt file it works with some files with others it either finishes it after 2 seconds and tells me the path of the outputfile but there is none or it tells me that there is a problem with the Programm and that windows has to close it..
I tried some eps of Coffee Prince and Time of Dog and wolf and they didn´t work.
Love and Farm worked and it gave me an output file.

But now there is my second problem:
When I open the file I can see only a green window and the sound but no picture even the DivX Player can´t play the file.. but I have the newest codec on my PC..
And I got the problem that I can´t rename the file from movie.divx into movie.avi because my PC doesn´t show the file ends.. and I couldn´t find the menue to change that..

Can someone help me with this?

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:21 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

hmm... make sure you are encoding avi files that have the divx codec. most of the episodes for coffee prince and time of dog and wolf are available with h264 codec and divx codec. the reasons why divxmuxwizz is failing is cuz the file is not divx encoded and also the same reason why you will not see video on your standalone player.

you might want to download the [ental] versions of these episodes cuz these are encoded with divx, instead of [mickeybaby] cuz they are h264 encoded.

alternative... if you have the h264 versions and you dont want to download the divx versions, you can convert them using Dr.Divx. I don't know how long the process takes but if you test it out and its faster than downloading, then do that. this will ensure that the files will work on you standalone player and the files will definitely work on divxmuxwizz.

to see the file extension:
go to Tools>Folder Options>View then uncheck Hide extensions for known file types

good luck
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 1:17 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I'm having the exact same problems.... my Philips 5982 is cutting off a good portion of my subtitles, not displaying the 2nd line etc to a point where it's very irritating and bothered me alot.

I tried divxmuxx also and have the same problem, 2 sec and the file is no where to be found. I used it with Kuitan

I wonder if anyone can suggest a DVD player where subtitle isn't an issue??

I have an avayon that does not have a problem at all but it every other day it will break and says disc loading....

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 6:04 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I think I really tried everything now.. but nothing is really working.. maybe I should think about buying an DVD Player which supports srt files.. but then again I really don´t have the money for that..
-.-

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:48 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

k.. i jus tried integrating subs on kuitan. on the one hand, no errors with the files encoded with divx5.21, but when i tried to encode anything divx6, like you guys, the program stopped. i did some research and found out that a .net program update is needed. plus, this never happened before until i downloaded the latest CCCP program/latest Divx6.x. i will post any additional findings when i can.

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:04 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:26 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

k.. here's what i tried. used dr divx to re-encode kuitan ep9, took two hours to re-encode on 2.2ghz system. then i tried to use divxmuxwizz. ERROR. found out thru some tests, that it was the SRT file that was not allowing the program to run correctly. so, opened the srt file in Subtitle Workshop, quick save and put it thru divxmuxwizz. SUCCESS!!! ps the .net framework did not need to be updated. i apologize in advance for the poor picture quality, the camera is only 4mp, but i was tryin to showcase the subs, trust me there was no quality loss.

here's what it looks like:
on philips dvp5960 with Porkupan Firmware on sony 50"

marrying a millionaire ep1 (same setup)

n jus for sh**s n giggles, Kuitan ep 9 on pioneer 393s on rca 50
':

dissapointed with the pioneer cuz the subs were not centered, it was like justified left.

remember the output of the file is divx, so remember to change the file extension after all conversions, dr.divx, divxmuxwizz.

so good luck you guys... most of the additional tools used in this experiment can be found on videohelp.com

as for the .ass subs, i have yet to try them on divxmuxwizz... i dont think they are supported on divxmuxwizz, maybe when i have some free time ill try to figure out a way to do so.

pm me if you need further assistance.
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