Questions tagged [subtitles]
Use this tag when referring to subtitles on videos/movies etc...
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Winamp and subtitles (automatic download)
Is there a tool/plug-in to automatically download subtitle for movies played with Winamp?
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How can I add background box to words in ASS subtitle format?
I want to add a background box to the word being spoken, I have tried different ASS subtitle tags but none seems to output my requirement. Which tags can be used to achieve that?
I was trying ...
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How to simply remove subtitles and language streams from TS videos with Handbrake?
I use Handbrake to transcode some of my MPEG-2 Transport Stream videos, but I'm not pleased with the resulting quality, even if set to high bitrates.
So my idea is to simply remove unwanted audio ...
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Why does FFmpeg add a second subtitle to my files, even though I explicitly only added one?
I have a bunch of MP4 files and subtitle files in a folder, each following the pattern of episode[num].mp4 and episode[num].ass.
I wrote a small shell script to automate combining those into MKV ...
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how to embed RTL subtitles in a video (hebrew, arabic, ...) with the correct language directionality?
I try to hard-code subtitles in a video, by re-encoding the video with the subtitles as graphics (and NOT as an additional stream).
The subtitles are in Hebrew / Arabic.
(All texts are UTF-8 encoded. ...
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ffmpeg -c:s dvdsub continues processing after writing the outuput
When running
ffmpeg -y -t 20 -i test-in.ts -c:s dvdsub test-out.mp4
ffmpeg continues to use CPU after writing the 20 seconds of output.
Observed with versions 6.1.1 and 7.0.
There is no such problem ...
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Specific Video Making
I know this may be oddly specific, but answer me these:
How do I make a video out of images where each image lasts for 5 seconds?
I am looping a video where the characters can only say "1! 2!&...
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How can I extract a subtitle in "HDMV PGS" format from a video with FFmpeg?
I'm trying to extract a subtitle in "HDMV PGS" format embedded in a video with this command ffmpeg -i Movie.mkv -map 0:s:0 subs.srt from an answer on Super User command, but it gives the ...
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Extracting Subtitles from mkv file
I have installed MKVToolNix and Subtitle edit. I was able to extract subtitle using Subtitle edit through OCR. While it usable, it comes with a lot of errors.
Now I thought of using MKVToolNix to ...
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MKVMerge add .srt subtitle in batch
I'm looking for some command / script to
scan my designated folder, merge the srt files (same name as video) with avi/mp4/mkv files to get mkv files, and then delete the original files (video AND ...
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Is it possible to remove all not translation related captions/subtitles from an SRT file?
I want to remove the captions from subtitles in SRT files. I just want the translations in movies not everything they say and all the SRTs I’ve come across don’t have the markers that show a ...
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Combining video and subtitle files as one video?
I have a video file (in the format of .mp4, .mkv, .avi or whatever) and a subtitle file (.srt). I want to embed the subtitle file into the video file so that I have only one file - the video file in ...
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Fast synchronisation of films and subtitles in VLC 2.2.51
VLC 2.2.5.1 on macOS Sierra 10.12.5
I have reviewed various questions and answers on this topic, but I'm unable to make my subtitles work.
The situation is the following: I have a DVD of a ...
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Extracting QuickTime mov_text subtitles with ffmpeg
I have a .mov file that has mov_text-formatted subtitle tracks that were created using the old (now deprecated) QuickTime 7 Pro's "Text Track" feature. This is what ffmpeg -i myfile.mov ...
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How to extract subtitle timestamps using ffprobe (not working as expected)?
I am trying to extract subtitle timestamps from a M2TS file using ffprobe. This does not work as expected. The M2TS file is known to contain 1001 subtitles in track 4, but I am getting about 4000 ...
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