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I'm told it's possible to embed subtitles (.srt) into video files (.avi) using ffmpeg, but I can't find any mention of it in the man page. Is this possible? What command do I use?

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From man ffmpeg:

Subtitle options:

-scodec codec Force subtitle codec ('copy' to copy stream).

-newsubtitle Add a new subtitle stream to the current output stream.

-slang code Set the ISO 639 language code (3 letters) of the current subtitle stream.

So: ffmpeg -newsubtitle subtitles.srv -i video.avi ...

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If I use instead of ... result.avi this command does not work At least one output file must be specified – xralf Oct 27 '11 at 11:01
Of course, ... means "and whatever other options you need". – Shawn J. Goff Oct 27 '11 at 11:09
Sufficient is ffmpeg -newsubtitle subtitles.srt -i video.avi result.avi but this ends with the message above. I hoped that result.avi is output file. I tried it with -o result.avi too but without success. – xralf Oct 27 '11 at 11:22
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I don't know why this didn't work for me (maybe wrong file or problem with ffmpeg). I tried this command instead mencoder movie.avi -sub movie.srt -o movie.hardsubs.avi -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts vbitrate=1200 – xralf Nov 8 '11 at 10:07
@ShawnJ.Goff: This did not work for me either. What version of ffmpeg are you using, and what OS? – Faheem Mitha Apr 7 '12 at 20:52
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ffmpeg developers are working with subtitle support, but as far as I know it's only working in the latest ffmpeg. mencoder will burn subtitles instantly, if you want to try that instead.

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