[MEncoder-users] SUB: Could not determine file format

[Phil Oleynik]

Florian Erfurth wrote:
> Hi I want to add subtitle into avi-file. I've got 2 Files. The one is .avi
> and the other is .sub I think its a vobsub because the subtitle-file is
> binary, or am I wrong?
> I did try following command:
> mencoder -sws 9 -vf scale=480:256,harddup -sub /home/floh/temp/movie.sub -vf
> scale=480:256 -ovc xvid -xvidencopts
> bitrate=768:vhq=1:max_bframes=0:cartoon -nosound /home/floh/temp/movie.avi -o /home/floh/temp/output.avi
>
> Unfortunatelly the subtitle from movie.sub doesn't appears in output.avi. If
> I look the output of mencoder, I see such error-message:
>   
> SUB: Could not determine file format
> Cannot load subtitles: /home/floh/temp/movie.sub
> <<<
> Idea?
>
> cu Floh
>   
Hi,
probably you lack .idx file with timings, languages, etc.

Phil