[MEncoder-users] reencoding from a mkv with subtitles

[Phil Ehrens]

Marc Cousin wrote:
> On Wednesday 29 December 2004 19:07, Phil Ehrens wrote:
> > Marc Cousin wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 29 December 2004 18:30, Phil Ehrens wrote:
> > > > Marc Cousin wrote:
> > > > > On Wednesday 29 December 2004 18:02, Marc Cousin wrote:
> > > > > > On Wednesday 29 December 2004 17:45, Phil Ehrens wrote:
> > > > > > > I have misplaced the original post, but did you say that
> > > > > > > the subs looked okay in mplayer? If so, you can output
> > > > > > > mpegpes video from mplayer and reencode that to make your
> > > > > > > avi.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > you're right, that may be a solution...
> > > > > > do you know of a way to decode full speed (it will be slow to
> > > > > > convert, if i can't do that :) )
> > > > >
> > > > > with -vo mpegpes:file.mpeg, subtitles aren't displayed at all ... :(
> > > >
> > > > Hmmm... when I have done it, the vobsub file was seperate.
> > > > You may have to demux the .mkv file and use the -vobsub
> > > > and -vobsubid options.
> > >
> > > you're going to like this one ... It's impossible to demux a S_VOBSUB ...
> > > :)
> >
> > Oh my, Bug #80, LOW priority... too bad. What about using:
> >
> > mplayer -vo yuv4mpeg ... >& /dev/null
> > and
> > mencoder -i stream.yuv ...
> >
> > This is of course getting into the magical realm...
> It's been a while on this one... I've been very busy, but I can work on this 
> again ...
> The -vo yuv4mpeg works, thanks, but is there a way to speed up the creation of 
> the stream.yuv ?
> Then, what's the best way to put the sound back in the target movie ?

mplayer -ao pcm -vo null -vc dummy ... | lame (or sox, or ?)

maybe that's not the best way, just one way.
Dealing with this vob-in-a-mkv thing seems pretty nasty.
Glad I've never seen one.

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