Blackout with subtitles in iDVD

I have Perian installed and when I try to burn .AVI with .SRT subtitles the result is a DVD with a black screen as the first subtitles show up. I have the same problem in FR while playing AVI/SRT clips.
Any clues? The two problems seem to be related....
Thanks.
Message was edited by: Piu Piu

Do you see a full black screen or only where the subtitles are supposed to be?
Beaceuse I did the same, but I only got black an the lower third of the screen, where the subtitles were supposed to be.
The solution was to export the movie as a quicktime movie, which sort of, renders the subtitles to the movie, so then you can burn it in iDVD.
The backdown is that you can't turn off the subtitles, as they are part of the movie now.
It seems that the problem is that iDVD wont't recognize that the selection of the way subtitles are presented in the movie that are selected within Quicktime Pro, such as "Pure Alpha"
I hope this can help you.

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