On 04/21/13 11:22, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Sun, 2013-04-21 at 08:26 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 04/21/13 08:03, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>>> On Sat, 2013-04-20 at 13:38 -0700, Randolph Jones wrote:
>>>> can dvede make a video dvd using the srt file to embed subtitles?
>>>>
>>>> I have tried several times; I get various errors/crashes.
>>>> the dvd does not play subtitles in dvd player
>>>>
>>>> I can make a dvd that plays embedded subtitles in dvd player, but lots
>>>> of old movies on youtube have separate subtitle files, and
>>>> downloadhelper does not download the srt file with the movie, and the
>>>> downloaded movie does not have subtitles.
>>>>
>>>> vlc can play the downloaded movie with the srt file to produce a
>>>> subtitled movie.
>>>>
>>>> problem is how to make a dvd from this material that will play in a
>>>> player.
>>> AFAIK subtitles on DVDs (i.e. standard media playable in a commercial
>>> player) are actually video files, not text such as srt, so you would
>>> need to convert them, perhaps with transcode, ffmpeg or mencoder.
>> If you'd check the DeVeDe manual you'd find....
>>
>> Finally, you can add up to 32 subtitle files, each one with one language. 
>> You can use the Add button or just drag&drop a file with subtitles (DeVeDe 
>> will check if the extension is .sub, .srt, .ssa, .smi, .txt, .aqt, .jss or 
>> .ass). These will be true DVD subtitles, in the sense that you can enable or 
>> disable them, and choose the language you want. When you do that, DeVeDe 
>> will show you this window:
> So DeVeDe takes care of the conversion itself, apparently using
> mencoder.
>

Yes....  If memory serves me, they are converted to bitmaps and stored within 
the *vob files.  

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