[MPlayer-users] Re: Adding subtitles to .mpg for DVD

[Reshat Sabiq]

Ivan Kowalenko <ivan.kowalenko <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> 
> On Apr 23, 2006, at 02.19, Reshat Sabiq wrote:
> But, that's not the end of the story. Subtitles in MPEG files (not  
> the VOB files found on DVDs) are kind of obscure. Not many programs  
> recognize them, period. This includes DVD burning apps. More than  
> likely, they'll be striped right out. You might want to look into  
> ffmpeg. I have the Mac OS X front-end ffmpegX, which will create a  
> DVD file system, or even an image file, for me, and offers an option  
> to create, and embed, a VobSub subtitle stream into the disc.
> 
> That is, assuming your DVD is a DVD-Video disc, and not a DVD data disc.
> 

I figured it out. I basically re-wrote .mpg into .mpg w/ my .sub
subtitles using mencoder. I don't expect any issues from now on, but if anything
i'll make sure to ask.
>From what i'm seeing the subtitles are currently burnt into the stream, which is
OK for what i'm doing right now. At least i won't have to worry about them being
stripped off in the DVD.


Thanks.