Insert subtitles permanently and convert video

Question

I need to do two things with an .avi video:

Insert subtitles (.srt) permanently without modifying its timing or the video intself.
Convert the new video (with the permanent subtitles) from .avi to .mpeg.

Is there any way to do it in one or two command lines? (Probably using ffmpeg?)

Some additional data:

Subtitles could have some special characters (spanish characters, like: ñ, á, ü ...)
Doesn't matter the order of events: first add subtitles to .avi and then convert or first convert and then add subtitles to .mpeg
I'm using Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal).

score 15 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 24 '12 at 02:34

15

Arista can do both of these things, and it provides a very nice, easy GUI. It's available in the repos.

Screen of Arista

answered Jan 24 '12 at 02:34

Thomas Boxley

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How can I insert the SRT file with Arista? – Exeleration-G Aug 10 '13 at 16:14
After choosing the file, click the configuration icon next to it and select the subtitles file to embed. – Federico Pugnali Mar 25 '14 at 01:23
I've downloaded and installed Arista -- but how do I run it? – Paul A. Nov 17 '16 at 22:11

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 24 '12 at 02:11

Try using mencoder. Something like this works:

mencoder source.avi -sub srt.srt -o destination.mpeg -oac mp3lame -ovc lavc -of mpeg

mencoder has a gazillion CLI switches to control video quality, for some ideas see here (specifically about encoding to mpeg):

score 3 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 09 '17 at 18:04

3

You can use Mobile Media Converter to do these task.

Mobile Media Converter subtitles window

You can download from here.

edited Mar 09 '17 at 18:04

Community

answered Jul 13 '12 at 13:30

netcyrax

To be honest, of all the options tried (even VLC) this is the only thing that worked as I expected. In all other cases subtitles just would be rendered. Thanks. – Artur Barseghyan Mar 03 '16 at 00:33

score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 28 '13 at 00:41

2

In the Arista:

Select "Create Conversion" to get the "Create Conversion" window
Select "Choose File..." as the "Source"
Select the video file
Click on the "gear" next to the "Source" to get the "Source Properties" window
Set "Subtitles to render"

edited Nov 28 '13 at 00:41

Braiam

answered Nov 27 '13 at 22:25

user219993

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 10 '16 at 09:38

1

I have success with:

ffmpeg -i subs.srt subs.ass
ffmpeg -i input.avi -vf "ass=subs.ass" output.avi

But I needed to recompile ffmpeg with option --enable-libass.

answered Feb 10 '16 at 09:38

Yan King Yin

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