[FFmpeg-user] VDR recording - dvd subtitle track not decoded

[Henk D. Schoneveld]

On 14 Sep 2015, at 20:24, Richard F <lists at keynet-technology.com> wrote:

> On 14/09/2015 15:53, Henk D. Schoneveld wrote:
>> Found another solution which plays with vlc. With mkvtoolnix chose the m2v mp2 and the idx file, start muxing and it will play with vlc
>> http://we.tl/QoVxcLCw7H
>> shows the result for 002.vdr
> Henk - thanks
> I can also do similar with ffmpeg, like this, after extracting subs with
> ProjectX
> 
> ffmpeg -y -fflags genpts -i 002.m2v -i 002.mp2 -fix_sub_duration -i
> 002.sup.idx  -c:v copy -c:a copy -c:s dvbsub 002.ts
> 
> This creates a .ts that plays very similar to yours.
> 
> Or more directly:
> ffmpeg -y -fflags genpts -i 002.vdr -fix_sub_duration -i 002.sup.idx
> -c:v copy -c:a copy -c:s dvbsub -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -map 1:0 002.ts
> 
> Although the timing of the subs is perhaps a second early on the more
> direct one, presumably due to PTS issues (genpts is required)
> 
> I really want to avoid messing with projectX due to the time,
> complexity, and possible errors
> 
> Note that:
> ffmpeg -y -fflags genpts -fix_sub_duration -i 002.vdr -c:v copy -c:a
> copy -c:s dvbsub 002.ts
> 
> Produces a file that claims to have dvb subtiltes in it, and ffmpeg even
> reports
> Stream #0:3 -> #0:2 (dvd_subtitle (dvdsub) -> dvb_subtitle (dvbsub))
> 
> But it simply doesn't work.
> The clue is in the data reports
> video:15362kB audio:1474kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global
> headers:0kB muxing overhead: 8.559492%
> 
> This pinpoints the exact problem. 
> ffmpeg appears to know about the subs, yet doesn't handle them for
> whatever reason.... which is why I'm here!
VDR file format isn’t compliant to any ‘real’ standard, so I don’t think you’ll find a solution here. Just my 2 cents.
> 
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