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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A solution that worked for me with ffmpeg: ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/wiki/…– user31388Jan 29, 2013 at 16:08
3 Answers
From Pier's link, specifically:
ffmpeg -i video.avi -vf subtitles=subtitle.srt out.avi
This creates a hard-sub ("burns" the subtitles into the video images) so you can't hide the subtitles and the change is irreversible!
I've used this successfully with the current static git ffmpeg release.
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This filter requires ffmpeg to be compiled with --enable-libass, according documentation.– NakamotoMar 26, 2021 at 2:33
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Thx, resulting subtitles was smaller than i am used to, i would increase 50%. Someone mention:
subtitles=subtitle.srt:force_style='Fontsize=20'
ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-all.html– 16851556Jan 14, 2022 at 16:24
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
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result.avi
this command does not workAt least one output file must be specified
– xralfOct 27, 2011 at 11:01 -
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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.– xralfOct 27, 2011 at 11:22 -
1I 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
– xralfNov 8, 2011 at 10:07 -
@ShawnJ.Goff: This did not work for me either. What version of ffmpeg are you using, and what OS? Apr 7, 2012 at 20:52
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.