[FFmpeg-user] Subtitle filter and filename with quotes and spaces

[Ramit Bhalla]

I'm trying to use the subtitle filter to burn in the subtitles while
encoding. My filename has a space and a quote in it. I've tried every
possible combination of escaping, quoting, double quoting etc but I just
can't get it to work.

This is what I 'want' to execute:

ffmpeg.exe -probesize 100M -analyzeduration 300M -threads 0 -drc_scale 0.8
-y -i "D:\MCEBuddy\MCEBuddy
2.x\MCEBuddy.ServiceCMD\bin\x86\Debug\working0\HD Small'.ts" -ss 3 -vf
yadif=0:-1:1,hqdn3d,crop=1920:1072:0:4,scale=720:400,subtitles="D:\MCEBuddy\MCEBuddy
2.x\MCEBuddy.ServiceCMD\bin\x86\Debug\working0\HD Small'.srt" -vcodec
libx264 -b 1400000 -x264opts
me=hex:trellis=1:subq=8:partitions=all:8x8dct=1:ref=3:rc-lookahead=50:keyint=25:min-keyint=20:bframes=1:weightb=1:level=4.0:b-pyramid=normal:direct=auto:mixed-refs=1:deblock=-1,-1:no-fast-pskip=1:no-dct-decimate=1:b-adapt=0:threads=auto
 -sn -acodec libfdk_aac -ab 256k -cutoff 18000  -ac 2 "D:\MCEBuddy\MCEBuddy
2.x\MCEBuddy.ServiceCMD\bin\x86\Debug\working0\HD Small'-converted.mp4"

the SRT filepath is

D:\MCEBuddy\MCEBuddy 2.x\MCEBuddy.ServiceCMD\bin\x86\Debug\working0\HD
Small'.srt


Just one sample of what I tried:
ffmpeg.exe -probesize 100M -analyzeduration 300M -threads 0 -drc_scale 0.8
-y -i "D:\MCEBuddy\MCEBuddy
2.x\MCEBuddy.ServiceCMD\bin\x86\Debug\working0\HD Small'.ts" -ss 3 -vf
yadif=0:-1:1,hqdn3d,crop=1920:1072:0:4,scale=720:400,subtitles="D:\MCEBuddy\MCEBuddy
2.x\MCEBuddy.ServiceCMD\bin\x86\Debug\working0\HD Small"\'".srt" -vcodec
libx264 -b 1400000 -x264opts
me=hex:trellis=1:subq=8:partitions=all:8x8dct=1:ref=3:rc-lookahead=50:keyint=25:min-keyint=20:bframes=1:weightb=1:level=4.0:b-pyramid=normal:direct=auto:mixed-refs=1:deblock=-1,-1:no-fast-pskip=1:no-dct-decimate=1:b-adapt=0:threads=auto
 -sn -acodec libfdk_aac -ab 256k -cutoff 18000  -ac 2 "D:\MCEBuddy\MCEBuddy
2.x\MCEBuddy.ServiceCMD\bin\x86\Debug\working0\HD Small'-converted.mp4"

and I get:

[subtitles @ 04566740] Unable to parse option value "MCEBuddyMCEBuddy
2.xMCEBuddy.ServiceCMDbinx86Debugworking0HD Small.srt" as image size
Last message repeated 1 times
[subtitles @ 04566740] Error setting option original_size to value
MCEBuddyMCEBuddy 2.xMCEBuddy.ServiceCMDbinx86Debugworking0HD Small.srt.
[Parsed_subtitles_4 @ 0282fea0] Error applying options to the filter.
[AVFilterGraph @ 03e3b540] Error initializing filter 'subtitles' with args
'D:MCEBuddyMCEBuddy 2.xMCEBuddy.ServiceCMDbinx86Debugworking0HD Small'.srt'
Error opening filters!


What is the right way to use this with subtitles or is it not possible at
all?