Hi,
What I am trying to accomplish is this: I am planning to make a video collection for people who would like to learn Mandarin Chinese. I think it would be a great idea to find some Mandarin films, find both the English and Mandarin subtitles for each, and embed them both into the movie (with the English at the bottom and the Mandarin at the top, or similar).
I know how to do a simple embed using VirtualDub and DivXLand Media Subtiter. My method (the only way I've been able to figure out / get working) is to convert the .srt to .ssa format using Media Subtitler, then to use the (I think it's called) VSfilter plugin in VirtualDub to embed. The problem is that this filter doesn't give me any options for the location of the subs, and it defaults to the bottom.
I looked through some forums on here and found a reference to using the VobSub plugin to change the subtitle placement, but I had tried that plugin before to no avail (using it with VirtualDub). Nevertheless, I downloaded it again, as well as Media Player Classic (hopefully it will work with that?). I am still pretty lost in this regard though. And I watch all of my movies through my computer (as many people do nowadays) so if there's a simpler way to achieve this, maybe without re-encoding twice per movie, I would much appreciate any help.
Thanks in advance!
- Chenn2
What I am trying to accomplish is this: I am planning to make a video collection for people who would like to learn Mandarin Chinese. I think it would be a great idea to find some Mandarin films, find both the English and Mandarin subtitles for each, and embed them both into the movie (with the English at the bottom and the Mandarin at the top, or similar).
I know how to do a simple embed using VirtualDub and DivXLand Media Subtiter. My method (the only way I've been able to figure out / get working) is to convert the .srt to .ssa format using Media Subtitler, then to use the (I think it's called) VSfilter plugin in VirtualDub to embed. The problem is that this filter doesn't give me any options for the location of the subs, and it defaults to the bottom.
I looked through some forums on here and found a reference to using the VobSub plugin to change the subtitle placement, but I had tried that plugin before to no avail (using it with VirtualDub). Nevertheless, I downloaded it again, as well as Media Player Classic (hopefully it will work with that?). I am still pretty lost in this regard though. And I watch all of my movies through my computer (as many people do nowadays) so if there's a simpler way to achieve this, maybe without re-encoding twice per movie, I would much appreciate any help.
Thanks in advance!
- Chenn2