[MEncoder-users] subtitles have become hardcoded in video

[john terragon]

So, I tried the "-sid <insanely high value>" method and it works.
Also, apparently the bug kicks in only when
1) there is vobsub subtitle and
2) that subtitle is the first one (in order of tracks) in the mkv file

Should I submit a formal bug report somewhere?

Thanks everyone.

terr


--- On Thu, 6/19/08, john terragon <terragonjohn at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: john terragon <terragonjohn at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [MEncoder-users] subtitles have become hardcoded in video
> To: mencoder-users at mplayerhq.hu
> Date: Thursday, June 19, 2008, 7:48 AM
> Hi,
> 
> this is really strange (to me at least). I used mencoder to
> encode a video. The container of the original video is an
> mkv and has three subtitle tracks in it. After the encoding
> one of the subtitle tracks has magically become hardcoded
> into the (newly encoded) video track!
> The video and audio are just fine except for the hardcoded
> subtitles.
> 
> In the command line for mencoder there's nothing
> strange, as you can see
> (well it's a quite aggressive compression, but
> still...):
> 
> mencoder -vf harddup -nosound -ovc x264 -x264encopts
> bitrate=300:bframes=4:subq=7:frameref=5:partitions=all:direct_pred=auto:trellis=1:b_pyramid:weight_b:8x8dct:me=umh:keyint=300:turbo:pass=1
> vid1.mkv -o vid2.avi
> 
> I used this setting counteless times on mkvs with multiple
> subtitles but this is the first time I get such a strange
> result.
>