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Create MP4 movie with subtitles (MP4/MOV)
(with FREE converter)

1. Load video and subtitles in converter
   • Load movie file in player
   • Alternatively drag'n'drop movie file into player
   • Load subtitles text file into player
   • Alternatively drag'n'drop subtitles text file into player
   • Auto-load subtitles text file into player
2. Select audio and subtitles streams to transcode to MP4
3. Load mp4.ini transcoding profile
4. Choose output format and profile level
   • Video settings
   • Audio settings
   • Subtitles settings
5. Start transcoding
6. Issues and solutions
   • Subtitles character encoding issues
   • Subtitle track synchronization
   • Find help in support forum
     
     
     

1. Load video and subtitles in converter

First you must load movie file in DVDx 4.1, either from File menu, either with drag'n'drop file into the player (full-featured player to preview movies).

Load movie file in player (so in converter)

From the File menu, choose Open file... or previous file from Recent media menu. The file will start playing while the converter is analyzing the file streams.

Alternatively drag'n'drop movie file into player

You can also drag and drop the files into the player. The file will start playing while the converter is analyzing the file streams.

An OSD message File loaded in video converter informs you that converter is ready.

Load subtitles text file into player (so in converter file set)

From the File menu, choose Open file... then Subtitle files menu and Add subtitle file...

Alternatively drag'n'drop subtitles text file into player

To add a subtitles file into current converter files, you can also drag and drop the subtitles file into the player (the same way you drag and drop a movie).

Auto-load subtitles text file into player (so in converter)

Like most video players, if DVDx 4.1 finds a subtitle file (.srt, .ssa) in same folder when loading the movie, then DVDx 4.1 will automatically load the subtitles file appropriately and will select this subtitles files for playback (and in converter file set)

2. Select audio and subtitles streams to transcode to MP4

You can choose the subtitles file in the player then you're sure the stream you see in playback is selected in the converter file set. However you can choose only 1 subtitle track to playback, so multiple selections will be done in the converter (like described hereafter).

	Then open current file set in the converter from Convert menu, choose Transcode current file.

	Now the converter window is open. Subtitles you've selected in the player are selected in the converter. You can select/unselect additional subtitles streams you want to transcode.
MP4 format support multiple audio streams and multiple text-based subtitles streams.

3. Load mp4.ini transcoding profile

	Click the small gear wheel button to change output format. Profile field and Transcode to MP4 button give information about current output format (here beside MP4 profile for MOV/MP4). Important: it is recommended to open the profile window and reload the profile .ini to ensure all settings are resetted.

	Now the output format window is open, click Load profile button and choose mp4.ini profile. Click Apply this profile for current File set.

File set with multiple subtitles files in mp4.ini profile

4. Choose output format and profile level

Format:

MP4 - MPEG-4 Movie is the MPEG-4 video codec for MP4 movies, MOV - Apple QuickTime Movie is the preferred MP4 format for Apple.

Profile level:

	All profiles come with a default Fair quality level with good settings chosen for you (keep it if you don't understand what settings are for) but you can change profile level to get a smaller file or a better quality one:
Better quality level (960x540 2500kbps) is for your disc backups Fair quality (720x404 2000kbps) is for P2P sharing networks Lesser quality (640x360 1500kbps) for tablets or other file size constraints
Advanced user can select 'User settings' level and tweak video and audio formats.

Video settings

Codec: MPEG-4 video (Part 2) is the MPEG-4 video codec for MP4 movies, Video stream copy can be selected if your input movie has already a MP4-compliant video stream.

Deinterlace video: Let unselected if scan type is Progressive. Select if scan type is Interlaced.

Remove letterbox: Most movies are in widescreen format (2.35 or 2.40) which you can remove horizontal black bars (letterbox).

Display aspect ratio: You shouldn't have to change it, unless you want to correct a corrupted video (download movie with incorrect display size a.k.a. display aspect ratio).

Audio settings

Codec: MP4 Audio / AAC is the recommended audio codec for MP4 movies, Audio stream copy can be selected if your input movie has already a MP4-compliant audio stream. Recommendation: select MP4 Audio / AAC to ensure maximum compliance with MP4 format

Sampling: 48.0kHz (High quality - DVD/TV) is the recommended audio sampling rate for MP4 movies. Nevertheless, if input sampling rate is compliant with the MP4 profile, there's usually no advantage resampling to another rate.

Stereo down-mixing: select down-mixing if you want stereo (2 channels L+R) from multi-channel input (Dolby Digital 5.1 or 7.1), Dolby Prologic II stereo down-mixing keeps best audio experience in stereo output.

Language: audio language is usually appropriately set in multi-audio tracks movies.

Subtitles settings

Subtitles text file available from the Internet are mostly in SubRip format (.srt) and MP4 movie format only support MPEG-4 Timed Text subtitles format. DVDx 4.1 can convert SubRip and SubStation Alpha subtitles to MPEG-4 Timed Text.

Codec: select MPEG-4 Timed Text which is the only format supported by MP4 movies, to create movie with permanent subtitles, choose Burnt-in subtitles codec.

Language: relevant option for subtitles track (set it appropriately).

5. Start transcoding

You're now ready to start transcoding, jut click the start Transcode to MP4 button and follow on the transcoding progression.

6. Issues and solutions

Subtitles character encoding issues

Subtitles in non-Western languages (japanese, chinese, arabic, hebrew etc.) are encoded either in Unicode charset (UTF-8), either in particular coding (Shift JIS, CP737, Windows-1256 etc.). DVDx 4.1 handle perfectly UTF-8 and Western languages (ISO-8859, Windows-1252). Un-supported charset encoding may produces errors in the Video converter jobs log (Transoding log menu):

The solution is to convert the subtitle text file, either with a text converter or and on-line service. This one seems correct: http://i-tools.org/charset Charco (Marble Software) converter software is free: charco.zip (Windows) charco.app.zip (Mas OS X) charco4nix.zip (Linux)

Subtitle track synchronization

Subtitle Workshop (UruWorks) is a free Windows utility to synchronize subtitles: sw4b4.zip (Windows)

Find help in support forum

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