[FFmpeg-user] ffmpeg fails to detect subtitles in a VOB file

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Dan Hentschel <dan <at> hentschels.com> writes:

> For this one, ffmpeg doesn't see any subtitle tracks. However, I can play
> the video with either MythTV's video player, or with VLC, and both of them
> are able to detect and display English subtitles. I am not an expert on the
> file format in VOBs, but my observation is that neither of the
> aforementioned players detects that there is a subtitle stream present
> until about 10-20 seconds into the video, at about the time that the first
> subtitle is displayed.

Consider adding yourself to the CC list of ticket #598:
https://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/ticket/598
It unfortunately describes several problems, one of them is 
the one you see.

Carl Eugen