Add subtitle to DVD

I’ve read that all NTSC DVDs have their video stored in 720×480 resolution with non-square pixels. If the video is 4:3 then the pixels are thin (~0.9 pixel aspect ratio), and if the video is 16:9 then the pixels are thick (~1.2 pixel aspect ratio). The DVD player will output 640×480 with square pixels if the video is 4:3, and 848×480 with square pixels if the video is 16:9.

Now in the case of 4:3, you’re going from 720×480 to 640×480, which means you’re losing 80 columns of pixels – does that mean the DVD player is horizontally downscaling the video to fit into 640 columns? And in the case of 16:9, you’re going from 720×480 to 848×480, which means you’re adding 128 columns of pixels – does that mean the DVD player is horizontally upscaling the video to fit into 848 columns?

Just wanted to ask around.
I dislike PAL.

I am attempting to convert an avi file to an mp4 with ffmpeg on which mediainfo reports a 216 ms audio delay for the audio track. The avi file has only one video and one audio stream. I am using ffmpeg version 0.8.10 on FC 16, the version available from rpmfusion. The command I am attempting is:

ffmpeg -i test.avi -itsoffset 0.216 -i test.avi -map 0.0 -map 1.1 -ab 128k -vcodec libx264 -r 25.00 -b 1268k -s 512×368 new.mp4

The command runs and produces a file but it still has the audio delay. I can get around it by transcoding the audio and video separately and inserting the delay with mp4box but I would prefer a single shorter step with just ffmpeg as I am not overly concerned with the audio quality. Any one know what I may be doing wrong ?

The MKV files play fine in VLC, but then VLC handles almost any situation.

I want to extract the MKV files ommiting the subtitles, so I can remux. Both apps show Video, Audio and SubTitle tracks. With both, selecting Video extracts the audio, selecting Audio extracts the subtitles, selecting SubTitle causes them to crash.

All software that I have tried that converts MKV to another format hardcodes the subtitles.

This is what worked for me:

TV: Sony KDL-32EX308
Software: Handbrake
OS: (shouldn’t matter, but) Sabayon Linux 8
In Handbrake, I set the Codec to MPEG-4 (FFmpeg)
Use NTSC (29.97) framerate and set it to Variable Framerate.
Set the encode to Constant Quality and put the slider between 1 and 8. Setting 1 will be higher quality but larger filesize. If you source video is already a crappy bitrate, then a higher setting here will not help you. (you can’t get something from nothing).
Make sure the filename stays .mp4 and NOT .m4v. I changed the default settings in Preferences to not use this.
My audio is set to AAC. I use 160Kbps Audio bitrate.

Forum Members,
What is the best Batch video convertor out there?

Right now, I’m using VideoRedo TV Suite V4 to batch convert TRP (transportable video file) to MP4 videos. I have a lot of clips to convert. One by one will take forever and this is why I need batch conversion capability.

In short, I’m not happy with the MP4 videos coming out to VideoRedo. Some of them have an vertically elongated aspect ratio that is not there when I play the TRP file from my Satellite DVR. I have tweaked the aspect ratio settings without success.

So I’m moving on to another application. I need a batch video convertor that can convert TRP files to MP4 without distortion of the aspect ratio. ANy help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Two months ago I purchased a Samsung Series 403 32 inch TV. The screen/video is fine but the sound is shit. Maybe I’m being too picky but in my older model non-lcd the sound would come out of front speakers. I can’t understand why all those LCD TV companies feel either that the sound is better from the back or feel that they can’t technically make speakers in the front. Does it make sense to anyone in the world to have speakers in the back projecting sound to the wall. It sure doesn’t to me. And I strongly sense the difference. Yes, you can get used to it but why should I. Why should anyone when better sound is available. I looked for other LCD TVs but could not find any with speakers in the front so I stuck with the Samsung TV.

Does anyone have any recommendations. I have some old Sony speakers I can hook up that have their own power adapter. All I need to do is get a cheap one dollar 3/5mm female to RCA male adapter. The problem is that I am pretty sure that I would not be able to adjust volume with the TV remote control. That wouldn’t be an issue if they didn’t increase the volume on TV commercials so much. So I was wondering if there are any accessory speakers that allow you to use the TV remote control to adjust volume.

If i have 2 titlesets in a project, how can I keep the best video? The dvd’s hold a maximum 4.7GB and the two files together are only 2.7GB. But the program just keeps saying that the video quality could be compromised.

I’m new to this, please ignore this if this isn’t the sort of thing you’re supposed to do here. I went to a convention a few weekends back, and dressed up as the Party Rock Shuffle Bot. I even got two sorta fun videos of myself dancing with a sudo-celebrity. Unfortunately, the lighting left the videos almost completely gone, and I don’t know anything about video editing. I attempted to brighten them on a Mac using pre-installed programs, but could only get a white grainy result. Would anyone be willing to do me a huge favor and attempt to brighten these? If so, here are their links, and an enormous thanks in advance!

http://www.mediafire.com/?u7u5bb058b6r6bb
http://www.mediafire.com/?t77pk27p6l9p9pc

I have a DVD im ripping thats set up like this

Opening Theme
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Closing Theme

I want to make it so that all episodes have the opening and ending theme at the beginning and end of each episode. As of now its only the opening for episode 1 and closing for episode 4. I want them on all episodes.

I currently rip the DVD’s chapters separately to get a VOB for each episode individually with DVDDecrypter, then I use Megui to file index the VOB with built in DGINDEX. I then use the .d2v file that file indexer created to write a script in AVISynth with MeGui and save it. Then I load the script .avs file into MeGui and encode the video and audio separately. Once done I use MKVMerge to mux the video and audio files I encoded into an MKV file.

I have ripped just the opening and just the ending into separate VOB files, I have also encoded them just as I would the episodes as well so I have both VOB and MKV for them. How can I put the opening at the beginning of the episode I encode and closing theme at the end of the episode I encode so their all 3 just one MKV file?

(UPDATE)

I just thought of something. is there a way to edit the VOB so that I can split the opening and then paste it at the beginning of each episode and still keep it a VOB file?