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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
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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. |
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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 the hard
drive. |
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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. |
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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.
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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! To do that, load TMPGEnc and click Next to go to the next page of the guide.
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