Adding Subtitles to your WMV9 movie

This guide assumes you already have decrypted your DVD to the hard disk and probably already have created your WMV file. If you have not already done so, please visit the homepage.

The guide will show you more than one method of how to add subtitles to your WMV movie. To view subtitles in Windows Media Player you need to create SAMI (*.smi) files. To view subtitles in other players such as jetAudio, you might try creating SUB (*.sub) files.

Creating subtiltes using VobSub

This method is quick and easy. The only disadvantage is you cannot use these subtitles to play in Windows Media Player. You will need a third party directshow compatible player such as jetAudio. If you wish to view subtitles in Windows Media Player you can still use Subresync in VobSub to convert to SRT which can later be converted to SAMI files.

Requirements

DVD to WMV Tools

jetAudio

Loading IFO files

Start > All Programs > DVD to WMV Tools > DVD to WMV Tools

Right click the Form and click VobSub Filer or Press Ctrl + T. This will load VobSub Filter by Gabest.

Press open and browse for the IFO file of your movie.

Browsing for destination

Browse for the folder to create the subtitles. This may be the folder where your WMV file is.

Selecting Language

All you have to do now is, selecting 00 - English. Press OK after that.

Creatint IDX and SUB files

VobSub will now start creating the Index (*.idx) file and the Subtitle (*.sub) file.

You need both files in order to get subtitles to work. After the files are created you are safe to close VobSub.

The index file, subtitle file and the movie should have the same filename. For instance:

Kung.Fu.1986.The.Movie.wmv, Kung.Fu.1986.The.Movie.idx and Kung.Fu.1986.The.Movie.sub

You can now use jetAudio to watch your WMV movie with subtitles.

To use Windows Media Player you have to convert these files to .sami files. You can follow the Video Help guide here.

Creating SAMI files

Requirements

SubRip 1.17.1 or higher - If you are running Windows XP, you might need to change the compatibility mode of the program to Windows 2000 or Windows 98.

Subtitle Workshop or Subtitle Convertor

Loading BUP files

Open SubRip

File > Open > VOB(s)

Open IFO

Note: If your movie is based on the following VOB files VTS_02_x.VOB then the necessary file will be VTS_02_0.BUP.

It will show the related VOB files in the next window

Optical Character Reading

Press Start

How you need to type each letter highlighted by  SubRip. Each time you type in a character SubRip rembembers the it.
So usually you will need to type that character once. But if SubRip fails to OCR the same letter next time, it will prompt you to type it.

Do this procedure until it goes 100%.

Saving SRT file

In Subtitles Text Window: File > Save as > *.srt file

Close SubRip

Creating SAMI file

Using Subtitle Workshop

You can open Subtitle Workshop > File > Open Subtitles

Browse for the SRT file. Then File > Save As and choose SAMI Captioning

Using Subconv

Open subconv.exe (Subtitle Convertor)

Browse for the *.srt file you created from SubRip

Select your language e.g. English (Australia)

Time offset in milliseconds: Leave it 0 or 1

Press Add and then Convert

Save the SAMI file with the same name of the movie file. For example, if the movie was National Security.wmv, then name of the SAMI file would be National Security.smi.

Close Subtitle Convertor

Place the SAMI file in the same folder where the movie is

Open Windows Media Player

Play > Captions and Subtitles > On if available

For Windows Media Player 10, you will have to go to Tools > Options > Security,  and tick Show local captions when present. [in2repid]

Open the movie

Enjoy your movie with subtitles!

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