SRT + WMV -> WMV howto

To hardcode subtitles (closed captioning) made in Subtitle Workshop (.srt) into WMV 
(Windows Media Wideo) file was a whole-night job of experimenting with all the
 possibilities. 


ProCoder, Apple Compressor and Final Cut went impotent, as well as I went when 
trying to install Mencoder on MacOs X from ports. 




Finally, this Windows-based freeware solution worked out:


0. Make subtitles in Subtitle Workshop as usually and export them in SRT 
(SubRipper) format.
// http://www.urusoft.net/products.php?cat=sw


1. install virtualdub-mpeg2 and a wmv plugin
// http://home.comcast.net/~fcchandler/index.html


2. to import WMV video into it, you need video for windows codec for wmv3 
(DirectX codecs not suficient)
// http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/8/a/98a6cb2d-6659-485e-b1f9-2c0d9bf6c328/wmv9VCMsetup.exe


3. to hardcode a .srt subtitles into any video in virtualdub you need a plugin 
called textsub (part of vobsub package)
// http://www.divxsweden.net/program/filer/VobSub_2.23.exe
// (don't forget to select optional textsub plugin during installation)

4. open source WMV file in virtualdub

5. add subtitles
Video -> Filters -> Add... -> TextSub, open an .srt file and fine-tune rendering settings
// (this version DOES have problem with utf-8 encoded subtitles -- convert
// them to ANSI using notepad and "Save As..." choosing "Encoding: ANSI")

6. preview if subtitles are nice

7. export uncompressed .AVI (File -> Save as AVI...) (gonna be huge file - several GB)

8. recompress the .AVI file with ProCoder, as usually




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