[MEncoder-users] subtitles

[Duane Evenson]

Alex Samad wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 09:12:31PM -0700, Duane Evenson wrote:
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>> Alex Samad wrote:
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>>> On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 12:55:50PM +1100, Alex Samad wrote:
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>>>> On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 01:17:20AM +0300, Evgeniy Stepanov wrote:
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>>>>> On Friday 11 January 2008 23:44:40 Alex Samad wrote:
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>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not sure if this is the best place, but I think a good place to start
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have recoded an avi file from a vob and extracted out the subtitles, I
>>>>>> now have .avi .idx .sub, how can I place the subtitle files back into the
>>>>>> container ?  is it possible ?
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>>>>> Yes, mkvmerge can do it. Or, if you enjoy reencoding, mencoder with -vobsub 
>>>>> option will produce a hardsubbed video.
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>>>> mkvmerge sounds like the tool, don't like hard coding subs
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>>> okay time to show my ignorance, but does mkvmerge work with avi files (or 
>>> should I say containers).
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>> Yes, mkvmerge will take almost all codecs that avi will, the only 
>> exception I've found is the wma audio codec, which is a shortcoming of 
>> mkvmerge, not the mkv format.
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> maybe another way to put this question is what container can I put audio/video 
> + subtitles. That might play in a Divx/Dvd player
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Ah, can't help you there, maybe this will do? 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_container_formats
Note the subtitles column,
I'm guessing that if mkv and ogm aren't supported by your new DVD 
player, maybe wmv is.
>>>> Thanks
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