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--How
to convert DivX/XviD with AC3 to a DVD with AC3 and subtitles
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There already many AVI to DVD guides around but this one is
by far the most complete and easy one. It wil explain in detail
what you need to do to create a DVD with AC3 sound and subtitles
from a DivX/XviD file with AC3. You will find VirtualDubMod,
AC3Filter and VobSub in our downloads section, as well as TMPGEnc
which contains a 30 day trial of the MPEG2 encoder. Note that
you can use whatever encoder and authoring tool you want, we
show the preperation process and then how to use some popular
tools, you can use your favourite programs, or see the other
guides of the sites for some other solutions!
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Install AC3Filter. Then open VirtualDubMod
and load the AVI file. If your rip is a 2 CD one, read the next
step about how to join them, if not then proceed to step 3. |
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For a 2 CD rip first load the first
AVI and then select File -> Append segment and open the second
file as well. This will open the second file and put it straight
at the end of the first one. Now you can edit the files as if
it was only one of them. Just to be sure that both files are
successfully loaded click the icon to go in the last frame and
see if the length is correct. |
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Now select Video -> Direct Stream
Copy. |
Time to extract (demux) the AC3 audio from our files. To do
that go to Streams -> Stream List.
You should see an AC3 audio stream. Click Demux to save it in
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Give it a name like sound.ac3 and save it in a temp folder in
your hard disk. It should not take more than 5-10 minutes. When
it ends you will be back in the Stream list window. |
Now click the button named Disable (it's the one that says Enable
in this picture). The audio stream should go grey and get lines
all over it. He are doing this as after we extracted the audio,
we don't need it in the AVI file too. Now we are gonna save
the AVI file with no sound. If you have only one file you may
want to skip this step and use the original file, if not, the
next step with merge the 2 CD files also, so you gotta do it.
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Finally you'll need to save the video file. Go to File ->
Save As. Select the directory you want to save the file into,
name it like video.avi and make sure that Direct Stream Copy
is selected. Then click Save and wait for the proccess to finish.
It should not take more than 10-15 minutes. When it ends you
should have a video.avi video file and a sound.ac3 audio file.
Next step will be to configure the subtitles, so if you don't
want to add subtitles you can proceed to step 9, where we are
going to encode the video file. |
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There are actually not many things
that need to be done with the subtitles. You have to obtain
subtitles either from ripping them for the original DVD or by
downloading off a subtitle site. Then install VobSub (find it
in the downloads section) and from the shortcuts it creates
in the start menu select DirectVobSub Configure. All you need
to take care here are the fonts and paths. Make sure you click
the button with the name of the font on (Arial is OK but you
can use whatever you want) and set the size to something bigger
than the default, like 20 or 22. The other options should be
just fine as in the picture. Also in the Paths tab make sure
"." is there. If it's not add it using the add button.
Then click OK.
Now all you have to do is name the subtitles file video.srt
or whatever the original sub type was and put it in the same
folder as the video file. Now you should check whether the audio
and the subs match. To do that get BSPlayer (find it in the
downloads section) and load the subtitles and the ac3 audio
file (using the Load Extermal Audio option that appears if you
right-click on the video while playing back).
Now if the subtitles are out of sync you need to try and fix
them using Subtitle Workshop, a great free tool. You can find
it in the downloads section too. You can also use it to join
subtitles if they are in different files. Please do not come
in the forum and ask why some subtitle file is out of sync,
try to find one that works with your file or use Subtitle Workshop
to see if you can fix it by setting the start time and / or
changing the fps.
Now we are ready to encode our video to a MPEG2 file than will
include subtitles and then author to a DVD with AC3 audio! |
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