> subtitles

4 commands for ffmpeg subtitles

// subtitles

4 commands

Burn subtitles permanently into video

$ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "subtitles=subtitles.srt" output.mp4

Add a selectable subtitle track

$ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -i subtitles.srt -c copy -c:s mov_text output.mp4

Extract subtitles from a video

$ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -map 0:s:0 subtitles.srt

Convert subtitle format from SRT to ASS

$ ffmpeg -i subtitles.srt subtitles.ass

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