Any comments on this ? Attila Kinali Begin forwarded message: Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 01:20:17 +0200 From: Dimitrios Stasinopoulos <dimitris@linea.gr> To: mplayer-users@mplayerhq.hu Subject: [MPlayer-users] Mencoder splitting subtitle file (and chapter chaching before encoding) [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html] Hello_mplayer_developers() You've done a great job with mplayer and mencoder. I specifically like the fact that mplayer and mencoder can handle files that have broken headers and are generally problematic. This is sign of good quality, error checking code. Well done again. Anyway, enough with the complements :o) I have a smal request to make. I use mencoder to encode vob's to .avi's. It works great, but here's the problem: To view subtitles , I download subtitle files for any given movie from sites such as DivxStation. 99% percent of the time, these are 1-file subtitles. By encoding with mencoder, I usually end up with 4-8 avi's, which I then burn on CD's. This has the disadvantage that the subtitle file is now only useful for the the first of the avi's; I have to manually find all avi boundaries (frames or seconds, depending on the subtitle format), and then create multiple subtitle files, one for every avi. This is tiresome, at least since it could be done automagically (hint hint). What I'm asking here is for mencoder to have extra parameters such as: --auto-subs : Automagically create the part subtitle file that works with the given output avi. --with-subfile : Use the given subtitle file (full movie subtitles) --subfile-name : Create part subtitle file For example: mencoder -v -ovc divx4 -divx4opts br=1800 -oac mp3lame -lameopts br=128 :cbr -o /v2.avi /vts2.vob --auto-subs --with-subfile /allsubs.sub --subfile-name /subpart2.sub will encode the given vob (vts2.vob) to v2.avi, and at the same time take all the subtitles necessary just for vts2.vob, and place them in subpart2.sub. So, when I want to watch the v2.avi with subtitles, I can use: mplayer -sub /subpart2.sub /v2.avi And, behold the magic, I'm now seeing v2.avi with the corresponding subtitles :o) Now this, would be really useful! (In the future, it would be nice if mencoder could grab the subtitles from the DVD and place them in a subtitle file) By the way, any chance of mencoder temporarily copying the decrypted chapter to disk before encoding, so that the DVD player won't have to keep spinning while encoding a chapter? This will avoid a LOT of wear and tear on the DVD mechanism.... (I am refering to this: mencoder -dvd 1 -chapter 1-1 [...]) That's all folks! (Thanks for listening) Jim _______________________________________________ RTFM!!! http://www.MPlayerHQ.hu/DOCS Search: http://www.MPlayerHQ.hu/cgi-bin/htsearch http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users -- I am a moslem, i am a terrorist.