[MPlayer-users] DVD to SVCD, subtitle problem

[perlmonkee]

Does that even generate an SVCD compliant file?
I've been trying to figure out a way to encode VCD or SVCD files with 
mencoder for weeks now, it's driving me insane.

Helmroos Harri wrote:

>Hi
>
>I'm trying to encode from a DVD to SVCD with this command line:
>
>mencoder -sws 9 -vf scale=480:352,expand=480:576:-1:-1:1 -ofps 25 -of
>mpeg -srate 44100 -af resample=44100 -oac lavc -ovc lavc -lavcopts
>aspect=4/3:acodec=mp2:abitrate=192:vcodec=mpeg2video:vbitrate=800:vrc_minrate=64:vrc_maxrate=2600:vrc_buf_size=917:keyint=25:vlelim=-4:vcelim=7:trell:mbd=2:vratetol=10000000 -spuaa 4 -o svcd.mpg -slang fi dvd://1
>
>Output quality is good, but the problem is that the rendered subtitle
>(which is in the bottom black border) doesn't go away when it should,
>instead the next subtitle to display paints over the previous one.
>
>I've tried the ...expand=480:576:-1:-1:1   also without :-1:-1:1 but it
>doesn't work either. The :-1:-1:1 works when encoding from avi to svcd
>with the subtitle positioned in the black bottom border.
>
>Is the solution too simple for me to understand or how can I get
>rendered subtitles to work like they should?
>
>/Harri
>
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