I bet somebody has already asked this question before. But i'm sorry, i'm truly a newbie in computers. But hey, better late than never.
I have an avi file that came w/ sub. and idx. files. How do i put it together so i can watch it w/ subtitles. Any help would trully be appriciated.



Thanks


Alex

Start your research over here. There are a lot of free tools to do what you want. I don't really care about subtitles in my avis so i can't advise which is the best.

Questionable source, I'd say. Legal .avi files don't come with .SUB and .IDX files.

well, i went over to the site. All it shows me is a bunch of program for subtitles. It just got me more confuse. Couldn't anybody just tell me which software to download, and the site that will give a step by step instructions on how to merge the avi. with the sub. file. thanks.

If you just want to watch the video with the subtitles, install VSFilter and make sure the .avi, .sub and .idx files have the same name. Then play the avi in most any DirectShow-capable player.

If you want to "combine" the video and subs into a single file, probably the easiest way is to convert the subs into a frendlier format. Try SubRip to convert to a text format (.srt is fine) and mux the avi and srt files into a new container... I'd probably go with matroska (use mkvtoolnix to do this--really easy).

Have fun.

After a little more reading Avisub looks like the simplest tool to use.
You can get it here http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=AviSub Look at the screenshot. From the looks of it you open the avi, add the sub file, pick the fonts and then process.

Actualy, that tool has very limited features (altough is very simple to use), and is questionable will it work. I know 'cause I found myself in front of a same problem. I solved it - take a look here.