[mythtv-users] Alternative for dicing .VOB needed

[jedi]

On Tue, Oct 02, 2012 at 07:44:13PM -0500, Craig Huff wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 11:38 PM, Bob Long <bob at oblong.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > I'm no expert, but try ffmpeg:
> >
> > ffmpeg -i input.vob -sameq -ss 00:02:37 out.mp4
> >
> 
> Bob,
> Thanks for the input.  I got it working with a couple of tweaks -- had
> to specify the output audio codec and bitrate.
> 
> Anyone-
> I think I'm now seeing one of the things that I keep reading about
> from others on the list -- the subtitles in the original video are
> gone in the trimmed output file.  I tried adding "-scodec copy" to the
> ffmpeg command string, but that did no good.  Is there something else
> I can/should do or is this a no-win situation?

    I just use ccextractor if the vob has closed captions.

    Have not found a good solution for image subtitles though.

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