On Sat, 2013-04-20 at 13:38 -0700, Randolph Jones wrote: > can dvede make a video dvd using the srt file to embed subtitles? > > I have tried several times; I get various errors/crashes. > the dvd does not play subtitles in dvd player > > I can make a dvd that plays embedded subtitles in dvd player, but lots > of old movies on youtube have separate subtitle files, and > downloadhelper does not download the srt file with the movie, and the > downloaded movie does not have subtitles. > > vlc can play the downloaded movie with the srt file to produce a > subtitled movie. > > problem is how to make a dvd from this material that will play in a > player. AFAIK subtitles on DVDs (i.e. standard media playable in a commercial player) are actually video files, not text such as srt, so you would need to convert them, perhaps with transcode, ffmpeg or mencoder. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org