[MPlayer-users] MEncoder Vobsub Rendering

[D Richard Felker III]

On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 12:14:22PM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> Thomas Christensen wrote:
> 
> >Hi mplayer-users
> >
> >I am encoding avi files with vobsub subtitles to SVCD, and I was
> >wondering if it is possible to render the vobsub subtitle onto the
> >SVCD?
> 
> Assuming you mean "burn the subtitles into the video", it should be just
> as possible as doing the same with any other kind of subtitle MPlayer
> can show on a file while playing it.
> 
> Speaking of which, *is* this possible? Long-past mailing list discussion
> seems to indicate it, and there is a vague hint in the man page that it
> is, but nothing I have seen explains *how* to do it. My best guess is to
> simply specify the subtitle file when encoding, but I've never heard
> either a confirmation that this works or a report that it doesn't (and I
> don't have a video/subtitle-file pair to test for myself right now).
> 
> It if *is* possible, perhaps a description (however minimal) of how
> should be added to the documentation. If it isn't, then that should
> definitely be mentioned somewhere, given how many times this sort of
> question has been asked (and how little attention it's gotten from
> anyone other than me).

It's definitely possible. Just specify the subtitle file to use.

Rich