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

[Florian Erfurth]

Phil Oleynik wrote:

> Florian Erfurth wrote:
> 
>>James Tripp wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>Now I want to know if I'm right. Are those parameters not needed since
>>vobsub is not a textbased subtitle (so I should remove this if using
>>vobsub):
>>-subfont-text-scale 4   <- seems it doesn't affect to vobsub, where could
>>I set size for subtitles from vobsub?
>>-subfont-blur 1   <- Not sure if this has effect to vobsub.
>>-subfont-outline 1 <- Not sure if this has effect to vobsub.
>>-subcp cp1252   <- Image-based Subtitle doesn't use CodePage.
>>harddup <- As far as I understand from manpage this option is only for
>>mencoder.
>>  
> All correct. Vobsub subtitles cannot be scaled nor their text can be
> changed in codepage sense.
As I thought. Thank you very much! :)

>> [snip] if I know how to determine the total length of the
>> movie from mplayer. Tips?

> You can add -identify option to mplayer, and then you will get some info
> about the movie. Total length, also. This may require some extra
> programming in your script though.
I tried it from konsole. Is this line the right ones, which I need? I think
so.
ID_LENGTH=1672.67

If this is the right one, then programming will be far easy for me! :)

Thank you very much!
cu Floh