[MEncoder-users] How to add subtitles to a video?

[Stroller]

On 17 Jun 2010, at 22:13, Josef Wolf wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 10:54:17PM +0200, belcampo wrote:
>> Josef Wolf wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am currently digitizing recordings from my DV camcorder and I  
>>> would like
>>> to add subtitles to the encoded streams while I am at it. I see  
>>> that mplayer
>>> has the -sub option to display .srt files. But I can't find an  
>>> option to
>>> tell mencoder that it should interleave this srt file into the  
>>> output stream.
>> .srt files are additional files with the same name.
>> movie.mpg
>> movie.srt
>> mplayer movie.mpg
>> will play with the subtitle
>
> Yeah, I see. But this works only for mplayer. Most other player  
> (especially
> settop boxes) will ignore this file.

Actually I believe the current crop of $100 media streamers - e.g.  
Playon!HD Mini, Western Digi TV Live, Xtreamer - will play these.

I can't say for sure that's the case for all of them, but I'd be  
surprised if they didn't.

A quick google for "Playon!HD Mini .srt" returns positive results, for  
example:
http://www.google.com/search?q=Playon%21HD+Mini+.srt

So I guess it depends on your definition of "settop boxes" - of course  
the one provided free by your cable company is going to be rubbish.

Stroller.