Hi, I have a foreign language dvd without subtitles on it, so I downloaded a subtitle (.srt) file. Is there any way I can tell the dvd player on mac leopard that I want it to play the movie with this subtitle file? When I go to "Features>Subtitles" menu of the dvd player, the only options I have are either "Off" or "Unspecified". Since the dvd has no subtitle file in it, the "Off" option is checked by default, for this dvd; and it doesnt obviously help to just uncheck it. Any ideas?
You will have to first extract the video file from the DVD. If it's not encrypted, use MPEG Streamclip
<http://www.squared5.com/>
Then you can play the video and subtitle files with VLC
<http://www.videolan.org
or QuickTime Player if you install Perian
<http://www.perian.org>
Make sure the video and subtitle files have the same name (except for the .srt extension).
You will have to first extract the video file from the DVD. If it's not encrypted, use MPEG Streamclip
<http://www.squared5.com/>
Then you can play the video and subtitle files with VLC
<http://www.videolan.org
or QuickTime Player if you install Perian
<http://www.perian.org>
Make sure the video and subtitle files have the same name (except for the .srt extension).
Hi Malcolm, thanks for your reply but id like to add the subtitle file onto the dvd, not just to watch it on my computer. Its a really lovely movie and id like to watch it on a bigger screen than a tiny computer screen, so I need to put the movie and the subtitle file back on a dvd and play it on a normal dvd player
That's a major task I believe since you'd probably have to re-author the DVD which is getting into a pretty specialized topic which would probably best be asked on a video help web site.
Most commercially produced DVDs are encoded with copy protection. The [Terms of Use|http://discussions.apple.com/help.jspa] of this web site don't allow us to discuss how to work with copy protected media.
On the chance that it's not copy protected, check ffmpegx. Note that doing anything with video generally requires a fair amount of know-how. You can learn it but it usually is a multi-stage process with lots of trial and error and time dedication.