Hi- I think I know what your problem is, but I want to go through it step by step to make sure. First comment out (put # in front of) the TextSub line to make sure the path of the LoadPlugin line is correct. If you get no crash when opening the .avs in VDub, then the LoadPlugin line is OK. If you crash, then comment out the LoadPlugin line also and open in VDub. If it still crashes, then the error is someplace else in the .avs. Post the .avs here if you can't figure out the problem. If it doesn't crash, then the error is in the LoadPlugin path. Fix the path. Make sense so far? Everything OK so far? Now, here's where I think the problem is. Remove the #s from Load Plugin and Textsub. You have to name the Movie.ssa in the TextSub line the same as the Movie.d2v in the mpeg2source line. Don't change the name of the .d2v. Change the name of the SSA to match the .d2v. So, for example, it might look something like this: LoadPlugin("E:\DIVXST~1\GKnot\TextSub.vdf") mpeg2source("D:\Claire's Knee\Claire's Knee-30fps.d2v") Textsub("D:\Claire's Knee\Claire's Knee-30fps.ssa") I hope that fixes it. You think I should have mentioned that in the first place? Yes, probably (sorry-I forgot). But on the other hand, a search would easily have turned up the information. Now when you add "Encoded By PrinceAli0" into the SSA file, you also have to put "with some little help from manono";) Good Luck.