AVI,DivX,XviD to DVD with switchable subs using DVD2SVCD

AVI,DivX,XviD to DVD with switchable subs using DVD2SVCD

This guide will describe how to convert an AVI,DivX,XviD video to a DVD with selectable subtitles using DVD2SVCD(AVI2DVD). DVD2SVCD will convert the audio, the video, add selectable subtitles and author a basic DVD(no menus). This guide will NOT describe every setting, read this guide if you want detailed description for most settings.

Tools required:
DVD2SVCD 1.2.2 build 1 or later
TMPGEnc (or CinemaCraft Encoder SP 2.5 or Canopus Procoder)
CopyToDVD (or another burning tool that can burn VIDEO_TS folders or ISO Images).

Preparation

Install DVD2SVCD. Select AVI to DVD as default conversion, you can change it later though.
Start DVD2SVCD

Select Misc
1. Set the default output folder, you neeed LOTS of free hd space(~10GB).
2. Set the input to AVI
3. Set the output to DVD

Select Encoder
1. Click TMPGEnc if you want to use it as the default video encoder, locate the tmpgenc.exe if it isn't found automatically.
2. Set the Rate control to Constant Bitrate
3. Set the Motion search precision to Motion estimate search(fast)

Guide

Select Conversion
1. Open the avi/divx/xvid video source
2. Set the aspect ratio to 16:9(borders added)

Select CD Image
1. Set it to DVD Author
2. Deselect Create ISO

Select Bitrate
1. Set the CD to DVD-R size

Subtitles - Select Subtitles (Optional)
1. Set Rip subtitles(even though you wont rip the subtitles)
2. Set it to DVD Subtitles
3. Set the first language

Subtitles - Select Conversion (Optional)
1. Click GO and select add external subtitle stream
2. Open the srt(subrip) text file. (if you have the subtitles in some other format use Subtitle Workshop to convert it to srt)
3. Set it to subrip
4. Set the languague

Select Conversion again
1. Click GO and select Preview
2. Check the subs(if you have subtitles)
3. Hit new frame to random check some previews to see that it looks okey
4. Close the Preview window
5. Last Hit GO - Start conversion

Now just wait, you could check the DVD2SVCD log and the output folder now and then too see if it is working.

When it is done you should have got a VIDEO_TS folder that you can test play with PowerDVD or WinDVD and then burn with CopyToDVD.

Burn
1. In CopyToDVD choose Video DVD

Locate the VIDEO_TS folder and select the video_ts.ifo file.

DONe!

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