[MPlayer-users] DVD and external subtitle file

[Horváth István]

> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Is it possible to play a DVD movie with an external
> > subtitles file (eg. from
> > > divx version of the movie)?
> >
> > of course!
> >
> > mplayer -dvd n ..... -sub <path_to_your_sub>, or something like this!
> >
> But... n in -dvd n is a "chapter" and time in subtitle file is counted from
> beginning of what? chapter, beginning of disc?

i think it is counted from the begining of the movie(in this case in the
begining of the chapter, i mean nth chapter is the movie you want to see).
but if the subtitle is not in sync with the sound you can specify delay,
subtitle fps, etc.... but these are in the docs

> Have you tried the above command? I have an oportunity to buy a DVD "Matrix"
> (bought in USA) and I have polish subtitle file (from divx). Can I use the
> file with the DVD?

nope;)