Index: install.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml,v retrieving revision 1.52 diff -u -r1.52 install.xml --- install.xml 7 Jan 2005 22:33:01 -0000 1.52 +++ install.xml 11 Jan 2005 14:02:07 -0000 @@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ Delays subtitles by seconds. - Can be negative. + Can be negative. Value is added to movie's time position counter. @@ -667,13 +667,13 @@ If you experience a growing delay between the movie and the subtitles when using a MicroDVD subtitle file, most likely the frame rate of the movie and the subtitle file are different. Please note that the MicroDVD subtitle -format uses absolute frame numbers for its timing, and therefore the - option cannot be used with this format. As -MPlayer has no way to guess the frame rate of -the subtitle file, you have to manually convert the frame rate. There is a -little perl script in the contrib -directory of the MPlayer FTP site to do this -conversion for you. +format uses absolute frame numbers for its timing, but there is no fps information +in it, and therefore the option should be used with this +format. If you like to solve this problem permanently, you have to manually +convert the subtitle file frame rate. MPlayer can do this +conversion for you: + +mplayer dummy.avi -fps subtitles_fps -subfps avi_fps [-subdelay sec] [-sub subtitle_filename] -dumpmicrodvdsub