[MPlayer-users] converting to submp subtiles

[j.a.l]

D Richard Felker III wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 11:14:07PM -0400, j.a.l wrote:
> 
>>[Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
>>- I've no problems for getting specific subtiles or audio tracks for all 
>>languages, in separated files / chapter, i want, using mencoder. Now i 
>>have a subtitles.vob file, with all languages, play fine, but how can i 
>>convert then into native mplayer subtitle ??? using -dumpmpsub ???, so 
>>what's the file needed by -sub ??? ( get nothing while ripping directly 
>>from dvd "mplayer -dvd x -chapter y-z -slang w -dumpsub" , or with -sid, 
>>or -dumpmpsub.... )
>>
>>- could stay with vob subtile ( in fact this make my coding easier ) but 
>>   guess there's no more portability...
> 
> 
> DVD and vobsub subtitles are images, whereas mpsub and all the
> subtitles used with -sub are text-based subtitles. Unless you want to
> convert to text by hand or try to use some OCR software, you'll have
> to be happy with ripping your DVD subs in vobsub format... Get latest
> CVS and look for -vobsubout in the man page.
> 
> Rich
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- ok, thanks, will do that
- so that meen no hope to get text subtitle from dvd ??? ( what i 
thought first )