[MPlayer-users] Re: DVD to SVCD, subtitle problem

[Helmroos Harri]

On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 01:18, Tobias Diedrich wrote:
> Helmroos Harri wrote:
> 
> > mencoder -sws 9 -vf scale=480:352,expand=480:576:-1:-1:1 -ofps 25 -of
> 
> > 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.
> 
> Try "-vf scale=480:352,expand=480:576,scale", it implicitly inserts
> "expand=::::1" at the end unless you use -noautoexpand.
> The last scale is important, as it inserting subtitles into an expanded
> area doesn't appear to work, maybe that should be either fixed or
> documented.

Hi Tobias!

That did the trick! Thanks a million!

You're right, it should be fixed or put in the fine manual, I could have
saved myself from hairloss :)

Cheers,
Harri