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Antibenz
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_ 		16. December 2006 @ 03:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I currently use FairUse Wizard 2.5 to backup my DVDs into .avi format.

For each video file, I can include two different soundtracks.
When subtitles are available, I have a choice to include one set into the movie (ie: it will always appear).

My questions are:

1) is it possible to include three or more soundtracks in an .avi file?
2) is it possible to include more than one subtitle set AND to have them optional (ie: I can choose playback to be with or without subtitles)

Maybe FairUse is just not adapted to what I want to do, in which case I can consider getting another software. The goal is to have as much soundtrack/subtitle data as possible within one neat .avi container file.

Many thanks.
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aldaco12
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_ 		21. December 2006 @ 01:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I don't know if it is possible, but anyway a DVD player wouldnt be able to manage it.
I think a DVD player is able to play only the 1st audio stream and the subtitle which is named movie.SRT (if the movie is movie.AVI).

If the 'watching' job can be made by a PC:
1) loading audio traces can be done in VirtualDubMod (Stream___Stream List --> Add). You can change the order or disable the unwanted tracks. After you're n the desired configuration you just have to set Video=Direct Stream Copy and Save it (F7).
2) The subtitle can be loaded by clicking the proper bitton on BSPlayer and loading the needed subtitle.

I don't know if those thing can be made in an AVI to be watched in a DVD/DivX player.
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celtic_d
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_ 		21. December 2006 @ 04:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
AVI can handle way more audio/subtitle streams than 3. To mux subs to AVI they would need to be in a compatible format and you would need to use AVI-Mux GUI. Problem is that they aren't as compatible as external subs.

VOBSub's support multiple subs in the one file. Many SAP's can handle them, not sure about more than 1 stream though.

Many SAP's will handle movie.lang.srt fine or movie.001.srt for multiple textsubs.

Depending on the player it will handle multiple audio streams in DivX and/or AVI containers as well as multiple xsub streams in DivX.

Not really used FU much other than to test my build, but it should be able to just Demux subs as well as hard encode them.

If it isn't for a SAP then AVI probably isn't the best container. You might want to use say mkv instead.
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