a few questions about tmpgenc dvd author 1.6/3

[sonic_emperor]

i have few divx files that i want to add to one dvd.first i used tmpgencoder to convert them to mpg and then i used dvd author 1.6 to convert them to dvd,and then demuxed the dvd so i can add subtitles.but later as i imported all four of my (from divx created) vob sets and created menus...made a full dvd out of them....subtitles were gone.then i figured out that probably tmpgenc doesnt support subs and i got me a new version 3 which supports 2 sub streams but the problem is now that i doesnt only make a new dvd out these four separate vob "sets" by simply connecting them together like the old version....it encodes them again making it last for hours and it can max take up to 3012 MB space for some reason.
now i want to ask
is it possible to use subs in 1.6 version or configure ver.3 of dvd author not to encode but only to put all the vob "sets" together in one new dvd?
is there any other - simpler solution that i am missing?
how do i have to add the video files into the dvd author or configure menu just to have one page of menu where i can choose which of my videos on the dvd i want to play...without going from root to track menu or similar....but when i put the dvd into the player that i get a menu with a choice right a way!
thnx in advance and sorry if i explaind it all in a bit complicated way

[LT. Columbo]

v3 should allow you to load the avi's (with subs) and make a single menu. (not vob sets)