[MPlayer-users] Application for subtitle manipulation

[D Richard Felker III]

On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 09:15:42PM +0300, Vladimir Mosgalin wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> On Sun, 9 Mar 2003, D Richard Felker III wrote:
> 
> DRFI>> There are no programs for very complex subtitle manipulations,
> DRFI>> you have to use wine and run windows software...
> DRFI>
> DRFI>Or a one-line sed/awk/perl script. Running windows shitware for this
> DRFI>is nonsense.
> 
> I love sed/awk, but you underestimate some subtitle problems ;) You
> cannot create good subtitles or do complex remake with *nix soft
> currently.

No, you underestimate scripting. If you claim otherwise, describe a
procedure that's easy with the windows junk but difficult with a short
script.

Rich