Wednesday, December 10, 2008

How to convert DVD to .3gp with embedded subtitles

This is a continuation of this story, except the final product will have embedded subtitles, big enough to read on mobile phone display. Since I don't really have time to explain everything, I'll just post some pictures. If there we'll be some requests to explain in details, I could change my mind.

1. Remove opening & closing credits from the movie. Tool: DVDShrink


2. Extract subtitles from the movie and covert them to .ssa format. Tool: subrip





3. Convert video to .avi with embedded subtitles. Tool: autogk

To get the "External subs" field press CTRL+F8

In the main windows, click "Add Job" and then "Start"

4. Convert .avi to .3gp. Tool: ffmpeg.exe

>ffmpeg.exe -i c:\Movies\Movie.avi -vcodec mpeg4 -b 144k -bitexact
-hq -acodec aac -ac 2 -ar 24000 -ab 24k -f 3gp c:\Movies\movie.3gp


5. Final product: