   Shortest feeling of accomplishment EVER
  I figured I'd get a good response here...So, yeah. I downloaded what was supposed to be a tutorial in a foreign language with english subtitles. This was for burning a bunch of stuff onto DVD. However, I get an UN-subtitled .AVI and a .SSA file with the subtitles in it. Yay?I find out that two programs-- "Sub Station Alpha" and "VirtualDub"-- are needed to accomplish the task of putting the subtitles in the .AVI. With the Nero software I have, I don't even think I could do it manually. Unfortunately, Sub Station Alpha doesn't actually DO anything with the subtitles as far as I can see. It was just used to make them. The other program, VirtualDub, doesn't want to open the file, saying it can't support the XviD codec.Next step: find tutorials on getting VirtualDub to open the file, import the subtitles, put them IN the movie, and then GET IT ON A DVD. Of course, life would be so much easier if I could find a program that does all of the above... but I know that in the Open Source world, such a thing is preposterous.Please help me before I download 5000 programs I will never use again.   
  Hmm...I have no idea about VirtualDub not opening the video.  You can try to find some converter that will take the xvid into something else...What I do know is that to use VirtualDub to render the captions to the AVI, you need to get a plugin.  Really simple to use.  Google for it as I forget its name.  Also, keep in mind that you are going to lose video quality.   ;  Media Player ClassicOpen up the video and then go File>Load Subtitles and open the .ssa   ;  I've used virtualdub with xvid in the past. perhaps you don't have the codec installed?   ;Quote:Original post by capn_midnightI've used virtualdub with xvid in the past. perhaps you don't have the codec installed?This is likely. Make sure that when you install xvid, you tell it not to also handle divx, because the divx decoder in xvid randomly decides it doesn't like file that the real divx codec plays without any problem at all.   