[MPlayer-users] convert vobsub ?

[D Richard Felker III]

On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 11:24:58PM +0100, Gilles Sadowski wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 18:24:21 +0100
> To: mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu
> Subject: vobsub without VOB
> 
> Hello.
> 
> I've extracted the subtitles from a VOB file into vobsub format ('movie.sub' and 'movie.idx'), then with the following
>    mplayer -vobsub movie -vobsubid 2 movie.mpeg
> they display as expected.
> 
> I've encoded the above 'movie.mpeg' file into 'movie.720x300.xvid.avi' but then with the following command
>    mplayer -vobsub movie -vobsubid 2 movie.720x300.xvid.avi
> the subtitles will not appear.
> 
> Since I've suppressed the black borders, I thought the subtitles might be hidden and I tried the following option
>    -vop expand=750:600 -subpos 90
> but to no avail.

Try with -spualign 2. This will let you control the subtitle position
with -subpos. If it still doesn't work, send a full bug report!

> As a subsidiary question, how can I transform vobsub subtitles into mpsub format?

With a text editor and a lot of patience. :)))

Actually, there are scripts in the TOOLS dir to convert vobsubs to
text with OCR (using gocr), but the results aren't all that reliable
and the process is fairly painful (i.e. requires lots of manual
intervention).

BTW, unless the movie is really obscure, it's usually easier just to
download subtitles from dvd.box.sk. :)

Rich