[MPlayer-users] how to convert vobsub files?

[gabor]

On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 21:50, Dominik Mierzejewski wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> On Thursday, 23 January 2003, Tomasz Kotecki wrote:
> > [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > > [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > > hello,
> > > 
> > > i;ve read all the documentation and still i can't figure out how to
> > > convert vobsub files to plain text ones. the vobsub ones that i have
> > > look really sluggish, compared to the quality of the video. can anyone
> > > tell me how to do that (as i read in the documentation, the -dump*sub
> > > option should do that, but how to use it?)
> >  
> > well... i've read all the documentation i've had, and still i have no
> > idea of how to convert it.
> 
> There are some tools in TOOLS directory to achieve that, but you also need
> a fairly new version of gocr. I hate to say it, but for now I'd recommend
> using some Windows software, like SubRip or something like that.

i think exactly the same..

i looked thru the internet/mplayer-docs/transcode but it's still easier
to fire up subrip using vmware/win4lin/wine/whatever than to convert
vobsub=>text-sub on linux :(((

gabor