AmaderForumHow to add permanent subtitles in a video file
Even though most times it is perfectly fine to keep our video and subtitle files separately, as most players support external subtitles those days, sometimes there is a need to add the subtitles permanently in a video file. For example many devices, like a handheld video player or the embedded video players those new TVs [...]
How to extract video, audio or subtitles from a Matroska (.mkv) file
This simple guide will help you extract any video, audio or subtitles stream you may need from within an mkv file for editing or other uses. First of all you need to download this file, which is a zip file that includes all the tools you need, ready to run for your own convenience. Then [...]
AVI Join With VirtualDub
Sometimes you want to split an AVI file in order to make it fit in a CD, but then you want to join it again so that you can watch the whole movie without stop or you want to put it in a DVD-R. Follow this guide to easily join an AVI file with VirtualDub. [...]
AVI Split With VirtualDub
When a movie is over 2 hours or when it contains a lot of action you will need to use 2 CDs to put the DivX movie into. In VCDs and SVCDs, DVDx cuts the files automatically, but this can’t be happen with DivX, if you use, like us, 2-pass encoding. We will use VirtualDub [...]
H.264 FAQ & Basic Conversion Guide
The purpose of this article is to explain with simple words what H.264 is, its advantages (and disadvantages) comparing to well known codecs like DivX and XviD as well as simple instructions to create and playback H.264 video files. I decided to write this guide as a FAQ, so that its easier to understand and [...]
How to rip a DVD to H264/XviD using OGMRip (Linux)
In the past months I received quite a few emails asking me to post some DVD to H264 (or DivX/XviD) guide for Linux. The problem however existed in the fact that there was not a single program for Linux that I was happy with, enough to write for it and much more, suggest it to [...]
How to copy DVD9 to DVD5 using k9copy
One of the most famous programs in the Windows world – and the one that its guide has the most hits on DVD-Guides.com – is DVD Shrink. Until recently there wasn’t a program good enough to serve as a good replacement for DVD Shrink under Linux, so most users used DVD Shrink itself via Wine [...]
How to convert DivX/XviD/MPEG to DVD with menu using manDVD
I consider myself a rather old Linux user. I remember playing around with Slackware and failing to complete the installation, then getting a copy of Corel Linux (yes, it did exist!) before using Redhat, then SuSE and finally ending up with Ubuntu since version 4.10. During those years the growth of Linux desktop has been [...]
How to convert any video format to DVD using Wondershare DVD Creator (Mac)
Even though lately there are many standalone DVD players that support DivX/XviD formats and even more sophisticated solutions like streaming media from your PC to your television, the major and most commonly found entertainment system is the good old standalone DVD player. I guess most of you have found yourselves looking for a solution to [...]
How to use Handbrake to backup a DVD movie to an MPEG 4 movie
This guide assumes that you have a Mac capable of playing back DVDs and are running OS X. It also assumes you have already installed Handbrake per the instructions. Open Handbrake. You will now see the main window offering you the choice of using a DVD or a DVD folder. Now, insert your DVD [...]