[MPlayer-users] softsub in .avi file

[Rickard Närström]

On Sun, 08 May 2005 18:34:25 +0200, Oleynik Phil  
<Oleynik.Phil at mail.ioffe.ru> wrote:

> Rickard Närström wrote:
>
>> I have find some .avi file with embeded soft subtitles, mplayer  
>> doesn't  seem to understand those subtitles at all.
>>
> Maybe you should try to convert your file to Matroska? Then, if subtitle  
> stream is interpreted OK, you will see the titles.
>
> Philipp

It's some work - but not imposible, the problem is that mkvtoolnix  
generete random Segmantion Faults on linux x86_64, and that I have nerly  
100 files at about 20 minutes each that need to be converted.