[MEncoder-users] problem hardcoding subtitles with OS X

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 05:49:01PM +0000, Panichi Massimiliano wrote:
> I downloaded mplayer-export-2010-03-21 and compiled on OSX Leopard
> (Darwin Kernel Version 9.8.0)
> 
> When I try to use this command to hardcode subtitles in the output video
> 
> mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -sub input.srt -o output.avi input.avi
> 
> I can't view the subtitles in the output video.
> 
> The same command works on Linux.

That would be strange, I was quite convinced you always need
-vf expand=osd=1 for subtitles to be rendered by mencoder.