Questions tagged [subtitles]
Use this tag when referring to subtitles on videos/movies etc...
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Hardcoded subtitles in .m4v file don't show up in YouTube
I hardcoded subtitles into an .m4v video file. When I upload that .m4v file to YouTube however, the subtitles don't appear. I thought since I hardcoded the subtitles into the file, they should appear. ...
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Escaping "new line" character in SRT file
I'm trying to display "\n" in an .SRT file, but VLC automatically interprets it as a carriage return, though I want to display it in a raw way. I've tried combinations like "\\n" or adding quotes, but ...
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Is there a way to extract sub+idx subtitle file from VOB files other than using VSRip?
I have some DVDs that fail to extract sub/idx subtitle file from VOB files by using VSRip.
Is there a way to extract sub/idx file by ffmpeg or by some another software?
There are six *.VOB files ...
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Mencoder mixes 2 different subtitles when "burning-in" an srt subtitle file
I'm using mencoder (version 1.1-4.8 on Ubuntu 14.04) to encode various avi, mp4 and mkv files into smaller .avi files with srt subtitles "burned in" (to view in a portable dvd player that has very ...
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VLC Player wont display sub or srt subtitles
I cant have VLC display .sub or .srt subtitles. Neither by naming video and subtitles files the same nor loading the subtitles manually will work. Only if I convert them into ASS or SSA they display ...
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Why do the subtitles get larger when I use HandBrake to copy DVDs?
I am trying to rip a DVD using HandBrake, but every time I do the size of the subtitles balloons somewhat, so that in parts they are off the screen.
I'm using Mac OS X 10.9.4 and HandBrake 0.9.9.
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MKV Sub and Chapter removal
I am trying to remove subtitles and chapters from all my mkv files. I've been trying to find a way to add the below batch file to also look for chapters and remove them but haven't been able to figure ...
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VLC problems with external subtitles for a DVD movie
I was looking for ways to use external subtitles with DVD movies and have found several solutions (amongst others, MPC-HC).
But I was surprised that VLC was not a solution here - and I imagine some ...
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How to stream video from VLC with subtitles overlayed?
I am trying to stream a video with VLC with subtitles overlayed on my local network.
The command I am using without success:
vlc -vvv myvideo.mkv :sub-file=mysub.srt :file-caching=300 ":sout=#...
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Remove subtitles from an AVI?
I got my hands on an old AVI.
When opened with VLC, it looks like there are two embedded SRT in the AVI header (possible?)
Can I remove them? (Yes, they are soft subs) Or can I clean the header? I ...
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How to generate subtitle from text and video
I have seen this question but my one is a little different.
I have the video of some lectures and also the exact text of the lectures. The lectures are in US English. The audio is good, no audible ...
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Mencoder doesn't work right in OSX anymore
The following works correctly in Linux. However when I try the same thing on the same files in OSX, the subtitles aren't showing.
mencoder video.mp4 -vf pp=de,scale=1280:720 \
-oac pcm -o ...
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How to burn a set of AVI files with corresponding subs to DVD
I have a movie splitted in 3 .avi files with corresponding subtitles (.srt) to each of them. Is there any program (preferably for Linux) which can burn the complete movie to a DVD?
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How to Embed Subtitle to MP4 Without Re-Encoding or ( Is it possible to show Softcoded Subtitle in Web Flash Player )
I have mp4 videos. I need mp4 videos for my website so i dont want to re-encode my mp4 videos to mp4 to add subtitle. I can add subtitle to my videos with MP4Box (with CMD) but it is softcoded. ...
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How do you resize DVD subs in VLC?
Situation:
Recently I bought a DVD with subtitles. When I play the DVD using Windows Media Player and PowerDVD, the subtitles are just right but when I use VLC, the font becomes very large. So large ...
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How to extract subtitle timestamps using ffprobe (not working as expected)?
I am trying to extract subtitle timestamps from a M2TS file using ffprobe. This does not work as expected. The M2TS file is known to contain 1001 subtitles in track 4, but I am getting about 4000 ...
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Why does Handbrake on Mac have subtitle options not available on Windows, and what do they do?
The most recent version of Handbrake (1.7.3) has two subtitle burn-in options on Mac that are missing on Windows: "DVD Subtitles" and "Blu-ray Subtitles". The screenshots in the ...
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WEBVTT usage with correct X-TIMESTAMP-MAP such that VLC will synchronize
I have a VTT subtitle file where the first lines looks like the following
WEBVTT
X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:1810830,LOCAL:00:00:00.000
00:35:43.618 --> 00:35:46.138
Because the sub titles in fact ...
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Disable subtitles by default in a MP4 file using FFmpeg
Is there a way to disable (not to remove) subtitles by default using FFmpeg, I tried:
ffmpeg -i input.mkv -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -map 0:2 -c:v copy -c:a copy -c:s mov_text -disposition:s:s:0 0 output.mp4
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How to extract subtitle from usm file
I would like to extract subtitle.txt from usm file, I tried use ffmpeg but it show unspuported file. Hexedit show that file has txt extension. Ffmpeg support demux cri usm file, but I cant figure out ...
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ffmpeg fails to detect subtitles
Just encoding an episode of Game of Thrones, Season 5, Episode 6 - Unbowed Unbent Unbroken. First copy to a temporary file, and thats whats fails to detect all subtitles. Here is an example that works,...
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Does 'force_style' work with 'subtitles=video.mkv' for FFMPEG?
I am using this script to encode an burn in subtiles for an entire folder:
for filepath in newFiles:
video = os.path.basename(filepath)
videoName = os.path.splitext(video)[0]
newFile = '%s....
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How to fix subtitles overlapping in KM Player?
I am trying to watch a movie with subtitles in KMplayer. But subtitles are overlapping making them difficult to read. How can I fix this?
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Is there any ffmpeg option to rescale too fast/slow subtitles?
I found subtitles to an old movie but no one fits to it correctly. I found a delay option like:
ffmpeg -itsoffset 2 -i subtitles.srt -c copy subtitles_delayed.srt
which could fit it at current frame, ...
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Set default subtitle language based on language code (eng, spa, etc.), not the stream specifier
I batch downloaded videos from a channel, but the subtitle languages available for each video are not consistent. Is there a way to set a default subtitle using the language code (e.g. eng, spa, fra, ...
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ffmpeg/ffprobe won't detect the language of a WEBvtt (subtitles) file
A WEBvtt subtitle file starts with a few header lines, and one of them indicates the language:
WEBVTT
Kind: captions
Language: en
00:00:09.977 --> 00:00:11.563
I'd like you to take
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How do I customize the timeshift parameter of the delay subtitle keyboard shortcut in VLC?
I always use subtitles when watching movies/TV shows, and kept using BSPlayer just because of the keyboard shortcuts it offers to tweak the subtitles on the fly. And I use these shortcuts a lot.
For ...
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Disabling subtitles within M3U playlists
I have hundreds of playlists, some days-long, that run on my media machine. But if there are MKV files with subtitles VLC is displaying the subtitles all the time. It is distracting and I have to ...
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How can I force a subtitle track to be set as active on an MP4 video?
I'm converting .mkv's to mp4 and it's working, however the issue is that when I open the .mp4, the subtitle track is disabled by default.
I have to manually select it as such:
How can I make it so ...
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FFMPEG: boost video volume but preserve subtitles
Using as input video files that contain subtitle streams, currently I use this command to boost volume while copying video:
ffmpeg -i input_file -vcodec copy -af "volume=10.0dB" ...
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FFMpeg Softsub ass to mp4 using custom font
Requirement
I'm trying to add an ass subtitle file to a mp4 video. I want the text to use system/custom fonts and have a certain position.
My test
This is an example of my ass file:
[Script Info]
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VLC Subtitles are cut off/looping around?
I have a .mkv file with .srt subtitles.
For some reason, sometimes the last letter of the top row of subtitles gets cut in half, and the half that gets cut off appears at the front of the sentence?
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ffmpeg adding subtitles with options
Hi I'm having trouble adding options to subtitles: I can only add 1 attribute.
ffmpeg -i "video.mp4" -vf 'subtitles=subtitles.srt:force_style=Fontname=Z003,PrimaryColour=&HCCFF0000' -y &...
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ffmpeg: mkv to mp4 with subtitles hardcoded
I don't understand something. I'm trying this:
ffmpeg -i input.mkv -map 0:0 -map 0:2 -map 0:3 -vf subtitles=input.mkv output.mp4
But I have this error:
Automatic encoder selection failed for output ...
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ffmpeg: adding subtitles (.srt) to MKV only adds first subtitle frame
I am trying to add a separate .srt file to an existing MKV container using ffmpeg:
> ffmpeg -i 'input.mkv' -fix_sub_duration -i 'subtitles.srt' -map 0 -c copy -map 1 -c:s:1 srt 'output.mkv'
I am ...
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How can I fix Error: "No usable fontconfig configuration file found, using fallback." in a WIN10 when I try hardsub a SRT in a MP4?
I trying to burn a subtitle on video but no way to get this.
Already create a bin fonts\fonts.conf in everywhere but seems not working right.
But the same code works on another computer.
Someone can ...
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How do you open multiple videos with multiple subtitles in VLC from command-line?
Usually, you can use this command to open a video with a subtitle in VLC, if it isn't detected automatically:
vlc.exe path_to_video.mp4 --sub-file path_to_sub.srt
But I want to open multiple videos, ...
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Can't Get Subtitles to Format Correctly
I currently have a video file (MKV) and a subtitle file (WebVTT). The subtitles are not formatted well as they don't move to appropriate locations and the text is much too big. I converted the ...
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Reencode mkv to mp4 with forced subs only
I've asked a similar question before but I couldn't get it to work and since it is an old post, I'm trying again. I want to convert to mp4 from mkv because many of my players have issues with mkv. ...
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How to make subtitle text appear over the video?
1) I have an English movie and its .srt subtitle file (both downloaded from internet).
2) I have another movie (which I am part of) for which I have made the subtitles using "Subtitle Edit" software (...
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how to get vlc to open movie folder for subtitles
Whevever I would go to the subtitles menu item to add subtitles, it would open in the same folder where my video came from. Now it is not doing that. Either opening c: drive, or the folder for the ...
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Stream a video from FFmpeg to Wowza with subtitles
I need to stream a video with subtitles from FFmpeg to a Wowza server. What stream protocol and video format can I use?
I was using the FLV video format on a RTMP stream but I think it does not ...
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Blu-Ray backup -> MP4 with optional subtitles?
I have a number of BluRay discs which I have backed up to my Windows 10 Pro 64 computer using MakeMKV, resulting in folders with BDMV, CERTIFICATE, and MAKEMKV subfolders. I want to re-encode and ...
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MKVMerge add .srt subtitle in batch
I'm looking for some command / script to
scan my designated folder, merge the srt files (same name as video) with avi/mp4/mkv files to get mkv files, and then delete the original files (video AND ...
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Issue trying to combine mkv with SRT subtitles
Am facing this issue when trying to embed subtitles into mkv format.
ffmpeg -i Silence2016.mkv English.srt -map 0 -map 1 -c copy output.mkv
ffmpeg version 3.2.2 Copyright (c) 2000-2016 the FFmpeg ...
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How can I extract SRT subtitles from (MKV) video's?
I read that MKVToolNix will allow you to extract .SRT subtitles from .MKV videos. I'm using gMKVExtractGUI (v1.8.0.0) with MKVToolNix, but as the screenshot below shows it will only extract .ASS files....
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Subtitles in VLC are wrong
I have an .MKV file and the subtitles are incorrect
I tried with different encondings as this answer states, but I with no luck.
The subtitles are embedded inside the file so I can't open them in ...
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Is there any open-source project to automatically adjust subtitles with movie sound?
When we get free subtitles for a movie (to study a foreign language, for instance), sometimes different countries have different editions of the same movie in different points (political, moral, ...
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How to include .ass subtitles in an .mkv container in bulk?
I have a folder with many many .mkv and for each of these I have a .ass file of the same name in the same folder. Is there a way to include all .ass files in their proper .mkv file without using ...
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Wrong subtitle show
i have problem with every subtitle i download from any sites the subtitle shows like this in notepad: ÊÑÌãå: íÇÓÇä
what must i do to fix this i try to change encoding but nothing happens.
also ...