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Burn an AVI movie with subtitles to a DVD in one step
Authored by: chucky23 on Apr 15, '09 04:42:11AM
"the last line of hint is deceptively simple - you can use toast etc to burn. does anyone know a little more on how this works ?"

Sure. The DVD burner uses a laser to scorch a transparent organic dye (usually cyanine, phthalocyanine, or azo compound-based) to create "pits" (i.e. dark spots) over a reflective spiral groove.

"does it burn the subtitles directly into the avi file ?"

No.

However, if you open the .avi file with Perian installed, you can then save a self-contained .mov file which will have the subtitles embedded in a single file.

"does it work with any burning tool ?"

I would strongly advise against using a Zippo lighter or an acetylene blowtorch for the task, as the necessary precision is difficult to achieve. However, it will work with any disk burning software.

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