How do I get .AVI movies and .SRT subtitles to work together?

October 17, 2005 2:38 PM

How do I get .AVI movies and .SRT subtitles to work together?

Im playing the movies in real player, and the .avi's and .srt's are located in the same folder and have corresponding names, so whats wrong?

posted by chuckforthought.com to Computers & Internet (5 answers total)

Best answer: Try Direct VobSub. It came as part of the AutoGK installation I use to make DVD to XviD rips and it works fine for me. Not too sure why you're using real player though. Try Media Player Classic with RealAlternative! ;-)
posted by WolfDaddy at 2:46 PM on October 17, 2005

I use this, it's great.

File > Open File

Then check "Subtitle options" click "Settings" and browse to the SRT file.
posted by fire&wings at 2:53 PM on October 17, 2005

Response by poster: thanks media player classic with real alternative, picked up the subs on their own.
posted by chuckforthought.com at 4:25 PM on October 17, 2005

I second the VLC suggestion. Standalone app, also eliminates the need for downloading codecs
posted by pantsrobot at 5:35 PM on October 17, 2005

DirectVobSub works well, but the image quality isn't quite as good as using Media Player Classic's built-in subtitle renderer.

That said, MPC doesn't allow you to specify a delay on the subs in case they're off, while DirectVobSub does...
posted by neckro23 at 9:24 PM on October 17, 2005