I watch a lot of foreign language films and it really annoys me to not be able to use my PS3 for them without hard coded subs. Is there a piece of software that will let me add the subtitles into the video file (without re-encoding) in a way that will allow the PS3 to recognise them?
Right now I don't have the time to set up a server for media streaming and am ideally looking for something that alters the video file so that it can just be put on a USB drive attached to the PS3. I don't want to have to rely on having another computer running.
I know only 2 application that can add subtitles to a movie to be viewed by PS3
One, the easiest, is AVIAddXSubs.
Sadly is a Windows application but runs under wine.
You can find it here: http://www.calcitapp.com/AVIAddXSubs.php
Tutorial to use with PS3: http://dontcthis.com/2009/09/how-to-add-subtitles-to-your-ps3-movies/
The other application is MEncoder that is a command line utility for linux.
Sadly, no gui.
How to install: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MEncoder
an sample usage case: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=556267
You can use PS3MediaCenter to directly stream your videos to the PS3 from your computer, and you can also stream subtitles.
Blog: http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com/
Project Page: http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/