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Play audio-only file with subtitles, possibly use some still image as stub

Is it possible to make mplayer display subtitles while playing an audio-only file? I've already tried: mplayer filename.mp3 -sub filename.srt but no luck - it just doesn't creates a viewport as ...
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Open external subtitles on mpv on Linux without terminal

On Windows, if I just drag a srt file on to a playing video, the subtitles are displayed. On Linux, the dragging doesn't work. Now, mpv is my default player, so I just double click on the video file ...
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English numbers in non-English subtitle

I wrote my subtitle in a word document & saved it as a txt file with UTF-8 encoding. Then I changed its format from txt to srt manually. my subtitle language is Persian. I put it in the same ...
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How to play YouTube videos with MPV subtitles?

How to play YouTube video with MPV with subtitles?
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How to convert subtitles from IDX/SUB to SRT?

My WD HD Media Player supports only SRTs. How to convert subtitles from IDX/SUB to SRT?
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Solutions for videos and subtitles in Mac OS X

What is the best way to merge a .srt subtitles file with a Movie, and have it subtitled online. I have a mp4 file and I've already made the subtitles in a .srt file. I've used the SubMerge software, ...
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How to soft code an MKV with subtitles?

I have an avi and corresponding .srt file for subtitles. I hate having two files for this movie, so what I want to do is convert this file to mkv as I heard it can hold subtitles. I have handbrake ...
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How to accurately shift subtitles

I'm trying to hardsub an avi file. I made subtitles for it using a different avi file. There is a small time difference betweeen the two files, so I need to shift the timing of the subtitles a little ...
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How can I convert *.vtt subtitles to *.srt subtitles using regex (regular expressions) in notepad++?

As I learned, every line in a .vtt file starts with something like this: 00:00:06.984 --> 00:00:12.020 (line.1) But it should be like this for a .srt file: 00:00:06,984 --> 00:00:12,020 (...
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How can ffmpeg extract dvd_subtitles to separate file?

How can I extract dvd_subtitles from an .mkv file using ffmpeg into a separate file like a .sub or .idx? Or both? Thank you for your help/advice.
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ffmpeg: CP1252: Invalid argument

I'm trying to burn subtitles into a video. My subtitles are in CP1252 and I have this error, I don't know why: [NULL @ 0x5fe0040] Unable to find a suitable output format for 'CP1252' CP1252: ...
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What is VLC subtitle position keyboard shortcut

What are the keyboard shortcuts to move subtitles in VLC up or down?
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How to keep subtitle in HandBrakeCLI?

I do use the commandline version of HandBrake - HandBrakeCLI. I like the Normal preset of HandBrake and would like to continue using it. I found the actual command input of this preset, but what do ...
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Visual video subtitle (srt) synchronization

I have a video file and a subtitle file. They are not synchronized and re-synchronizing the subtitles to the video according to the frame-rates of the two is not working. Is there a tool where I ...
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How do I remove closed captions from srt/sub/avi/mkv files?

I've got a bunch of movies avi/mkv etc. with both separate subtitles (mostly srt and idx/sub) but also, in the case of the mkv files, embedded in the video file. I like to watch these movies with ...
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Include external subtitles while converting video with FFmpeg

Is it possible to use subtitles from an external file while converting a video with FFmpeg? The file extension of the subtitles is .stl or .vob.
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How to multiplex subtitles with avi or mp4 in Linux?

I have been searching something which can multiplex subtitle with video files in Linux environment. The key thing is that it should softly embed the subtitle to video, not encode again. (like avidemux)...
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Convert auto generated subtitle to srt format with youtube-dl

I want to download generated subtitle from youtube and convert it to srt format using command youtube-dl --write-auto-sub --sub-lang en --convert-subs=srt --skip-download <URL> it just output ....
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FFmpeg "ass" filter not working

I'm haveing a bit of a problem when trying to use FFmpeg. I've mostly been using it to extract clips from videos and such. However, I've been trying to get some subtitles embedded (hardsubs) into the ...
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SRT Subtitles - issue with line breaks

I've manually created an SRT file through textEdit. I used all the right formatting and it played well on VLC. 20 00:04:23,020 --> 00:04:24,230 - Nah, I'm not hungry. 21 00:04:24,230 --> 00:04:...
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How to tell VLC which subtitle language file to display by default?

I am using VLC 1.1.11 I have a movie with two subtitles, both UTF, one is movie.en.srt and other in movie.he.srt (Hebrew if you ask) When I play the file: movie.avi, both subs: movie.en.srt and ...
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VLC player cannot play a specific video only when its matching srt file is present

I have a video (mp4) and its subtitles in a separate file (srt). The two can be played together in MPC-HC and Kodi, but not VLC. Trying to play it in VLC causes nothing to happen, as if I didn't pick ...
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Software for displaying subtitles for audio files

I am translating English speech to Russian, but I am not too experienced to speak Russian while listening to an English file of 40 minutes length, so I need a little preparation. My plan is: Prepare ...
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Change the speed of subtitles in an srt file

I have a set of videos that were recorded at 25 fps. That was the original speed of the video and I want to keep it that way. The video and audio work fine. I have a corresponding set of subtitle ...
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Play YouTube video in VLC with subtitles (if available)

I want to play youtube video such as Authoritarianism: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) in VLC Player. As this video has subtitles, can I play it in VLC along with the subtitles?
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FFMPEG Subtitle Burning - Make Them Look Like Youtube Captions

I want to burn subtitles into videos and make them look as close to the YouTube captions as possible. I've gotten pretty close with the following: ffmpeg -i VIDEOFILE.mkv -vf subtitles="f=SUBSFILE....
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ffmpeg support for tx3g

I am trying to embed subtitles in an MP4 contrainer using ffmpeg. I am using the following command: ffmpeg -i input.MOV -i input.srt -map 0 -map 1 -c copy -c:s mov_text output.MOV I would like the ...
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How do I simply edit the subtitles of a MKV file while preserving the video, audio, and attachment streams?

So when I look at the original video: ffprobe -v error -show_entries stream=index,codec_name,codec_type example.mkv I see something like this: [STREAM] index=0 codec_name=h264 codec_type=video [/...
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Program for extracting subtitle text from MKV files

Is there a free program that can extract the text from embedded subtitles in MKV files? I don't want to remove the subtitles. I just want to get the plain-text from them. I want to save my favorite ...
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How to watch a DVD video with external subtitles in Windows?

Some DVD movies contain no subtitles - or some subtitles that are not on the DVD may be needed. Is there a way to see external subtitles when watching a DVD movie?
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Why don't some subtitles match with the movie?

During watching some movies, it happens that we have to download the subtitle files(srts) from different sites. In a single site, we can find dozens of English srts for a single movie. But the srts ...
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Convert a video with a specific subtitle overlay

I downloaded a video file found on TED. It was with subtitles in different languages. Then I tried to convert it to an MP4 file using the VLC media player. In the conversion profile, I checked Overlay ...
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How to convert from .srt to .ass with FFmpeg without decoding errors

When I try the following command with FFmpeg (v. git-2020-03-24-e5d25d1): ffmpeg -i subs.srt subs.ass (subs.srt), I get a bunch of the following errors: [srt @ 0000028ea78fa780] Invalid UTF-8 in ...
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FFMPEG Converted SRT file from VTT has time overlapping issue

I am using FFMPEG to convert VTT file to SRT. But the output file has overlapping issue. I need help to fix this overlapping issue WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en Style: ::cue(c.colorCCCCCC) { ...
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Extracting DVB_subtitles with ffmpeg fails with empty file / nothing encoded

These are the streams contained: Stream #0:0[0x247]: Video: mpeg2video (Main) ([2][0][0][0] / 0x0002), yuv420p(tv, top first), 720x576 [SAR 64:45 DAR 16:9], 25 fps, 25 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc Stream #...
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resize/change aspect ratio of PGS subtitles with ffmpeg

i have some blu-ray rips that i have re-encoded. they were letterboxed and so now have resolutions of 1920x816, 1920x804, etc. and this has caused some issues with the subtitles. in some video players ...
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Problems getting SRT subtitles merged with an MP4 (HEVC/x265/mov_text) transcoded for iOS: “pts has no value” and “is out of range for mov/mp4 format”

I learned how to transcode MKV video to MP4 with HEVC (x265) video encoding to make the files smaller in a way that makes it all compatible with iOS. But while the process is great — and the ...
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Extract closed captions (CC) From .mkv file interlaced in video stream

Video output: ffmpeg -i output.mkv Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'output.mkv': Metadata: encoder : libebml v1.3.6 + libmatroska v1.4.9 creation_time : 2018-08-31T06:43:45.000000Z Duration: ...
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VLC displays time instead of text

I have an issue with VLC when I try to add subtitles. This displays to me instead of proper text from *.SRT subtitle format.
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How to convert any song lyrics into subtitle file? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Which is the best subtitle file editor (srt)? For example I have a Video of some song. I downloaded the lyrics from a lyrics site. I want to play these lyrics along with ...
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How can I change a video container without re-encoding or compressing the file?

When I ripped my Kill Bill DVD I used handbrake and put it into a single avi. I realize that I didn't get the subtitles, so what I want to do is convert the AVI to MKV and put the subtitles in the ...
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How to escape file path for burned-in text-based subtitles with FFmpeg?

I'm trying to burn text-based subtitles into a video using ffmpeg, via the command line option -vf followed by subtitles=(filename):si=(subtitle index). I need this to work for both Windows and macOS. ...
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How define subtitle color in mencoder?

I use this command on Ubuntu to burn subtitle to video: mencoder mysub.mp4 -sub myvideo.srt -subcp utf8 -subfont-text-scale 3 -subfont-outline 2 -font ~/.mplayer/sans-bold.ttf -ovc xvid -oac ...
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Linux VLC subtitles - qestionmarks instead of several characters

While watching movie using VLC with czech subtitles, qestionmarks appears instead of some (ěščřž etc.) characters. Steps that I have tried so far: Converting subtitles from windows-1250 to utf-8 ...
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Converting DVD subtitles to text

I want to convert image-based subtitles (dvd_subtitle) to text-based subtitles (mov_text). I'm on OS X and would strongly prefer to use a free command-line based tool. My source data is either a DVD ...
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How do I add softsubs to a .avi file?

I have a .srt file with the desired subtitles and I want to merge it into the main file. I want them as soft subs, though, and I haven't seen anything that says how to do this. All I can find is how ...
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Looking for free Mac software to produce DVD's with subtitles [closed]

I have a movie in .avi format and I created the subtitles, now I would like to create a DVD that can be reproduced on a "regular" dvd player. Any idea?
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how to embed RTL subtitles in a video (hebrew, arabic, ...) with the correct language directionality?

I try to hard-code subtitles in a video, by re-encoding the video with the subtitles as graphics (and NOT as an additional stream). The subtitles are in Hebrew / Arabic. (All texts are UTF-8 encoded. ...
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Play youtube auto-generated subtitles offline to show word-by-word exactly like youtube player

How to play youtube auto-generated word-by-word subtitles offline so that they're shown word-by-word, not sentence-by-sentence? I'm able to download auto-generated subtitles using youtube-dl: youtube-...
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Extracting subtitles from MKV files with ffmpeg or mplayer

An MKV file containing multiple sets of subtitles refuses to play them on a SmartTV or similar devices, seeing no subtitles at all. mplayer manages the file without problems. Here's what is in the ...
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