[MPlayer-users] Make a clip with subtitles?

[Miriam English]

Bill Crockett wrote:
> BTW, why did you not post this at: 
> https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mencoder-users ?
Not realising the mencoder-users list existed, I went there to join it, 
but my web browser warns that the security certificate was invalid for 
that address.

So I visited the mplayerhq.hu site and took their link to the mailing 
lists and then to
http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mencoder-users
(note the http instead of https) where it works fine and I've now 
subscribed to it as well.

Incidentally, as a fairly long time lurker on this MPlayer-users list, 
many thanks to Bill Crocket for answering the question as well as 
sending to the other list. I, for one, found that very useful.

I generally use ffmpeg to add subtitles to videos, either added to the 
container, or written into the actual frame images, but found it very 
interesting to see how to I might use mencoder to do it, especially with 
the color and scale controls. If "Eli the Gearded" (or anybody else) 
wants, I can post a brief example of the ffmpeg code to do this (perhaps 
offlist if it potentially derails the thread).

- Miriam

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