[FFmpeg-user] ffplay, display subtitles

[Marton Balint]

On Tue, 13 Aug 2019, Ted Park wrote:

>> Libraries:
>> libxv-dev/stable,now 2:1.0.11-1 amd64 [installed]  --  X11 Video extension
>> library (development headers)
>> libsdl2-dev/stable,now 2.0.9+dfsg1-1 amd64 [installed]  --  Simple
>> DirectMedia Layer development files
>> libvdpau-dev/stable,now 1.1.1-10 amd64 [installed]  --  Video Decode and
>> Presentation API for Unix (development files)
>> libva-dev/stable,now 2.4.0-1 amd64 [installed] --  Video Acceleration (VA)
>> API for Linux -- development files
>> libfreetype6-dev/stablibvdpau-dev/stable,now 1.1.1-10 amd64 [installed]  --
>> FreeType 2 font engine, development files
>
> You need to get libass, and recompile.

FFplay has currently no support for non-bitmap subtitles. I have a patch 
on github which adds ASS support if you are interested.

https://github.com/cus/ffmpeg/tree/ffplayass

Regards,
Marton