[MPlayer-users] Re: Inserting subtitles in an avi file

[Rémi Guyomarch]

On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 08:49:21PM +0200, Fabrice DELENTE wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hi all.
> 
> I have an avi file and a matching .smi file for the subtitles.
> 
> I'd like to insert the subtitles in the avi file, so that I no longer need
> the .smi file.
> 
> Is this possible with mencoder ?

Yes, it's possible to include subtitles in the video stream. Just use
the '-sub' switch, just like with mplayer, RTFM for details.

But you will have to re-encode the whole movie and you will loose
quality.

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Rémi