[MEncoder-users] reencoding from a mkv with subtitles

[Marc Cousin]

On Wednesday 29 December 2004 15:25, Marc Cousin wrote:
> On Wednesday 29 December 2004 15:21, Phil Ehrens wrote:
> > Marc Cousin wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm trying to convert a mkv with subtitles, to a simple xvid avi, with
> > > the subtitles directly displayed in the movie.
> > >
> > > To do this, I've tried :
> > > mencoder -slang fre movie.mkv -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128 -ovc
> > > xvid -xvidencopts vhq=1:chroma_me:hq_ac:bitrate=1500 -o movie.avi
> >
> > I do this all the time, but like this:
> >
> > mencoder -oac mp3lame \
> >          -ovc lavc \
> >          -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vqscale=2:vhq:v4mv:trell:vbitrate=1500 \
> >          -aid 1 \
> >          -sid 0 \
> >          -o $file.avi $file.mkv
> >
> > For encoding, ffmpeg (lavc) rules, IMHO.
>
> it's not an encoding problem, I think, but a subtitle problem. But I'll
> give it a try anyway

Same problem. It's not codec related, I'm pretty sure it comes from the wrong 
size of the subtitles in the mkv stream