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<span class="application">MEncoder</span> is capable of extracting subtitles from
a DVD into VOBsub formatted files. They consist of a pair of files ending in
<tt class="filename">.idx</tt> and <tt class="filename">.sub</tt> and are usually
packaged in a single <tt class="filename">.rar</tt> archive.
<span class="application">MPlayer</span> can play these with the
<tt class="option">-vobsub</tt> and <tt class="option">-vobsubid</tt> options.
</p><p>
You specify the basename (i.e without the <tt class="filename">.idx</tt> or
<tt class="filename">.sub</tt> extension) of the output files with
<tt class="option">-vobsubout</tt> and the index for this subtitle in the
resulting files with <tt class="option">-vobsuboutindex</tt>.
</p><p>
If the input is not from a DVD you should use <tt class="option">-ifo</tt> to
indicate the <tt class="filename">.ifo</tt> file needed to construct the
resulting <tt class="filename">.idx</tt> file.
</p><p>
If the input is not from a DVD and you do not have the
<tt class="filename">.ifo</tt> file you will need to use the
<tt class="option">-vobsubid</tt> option to let it know what language id to put in
the <tt class="filename">.idx</tt> file.
</p><p>
Each run will append the running subtitle if the <tt class="filename">.idx</tt>
and <tt class="filename">.sub</tt> files already exist. So you should remove any
before starting.
</p><div class="example"><a name="copying_two_subtitles_from_a_dvd_while_doing_two_pass_encoding"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 13.5. Copying two subtitles from a DVD while doing two pass encoding</b></p><div class="example-contents"><pre class="screen">
rm <em class="replaceable"><code>subtitles.idx</code></em> <em class="replaceable"><code>subtitles.sub</code></em>
mencoder dvd://1 -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1 \
-vobsubout <em class="replaceable"><code>subtitles</code></em> -vobsuboutindex 0 -sid 2
mencoder dvd://1 -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell:vpass=2 \
-vobsubout <em class="replaceable"><code>subtitles</code></em> -vobsuboutindex 1 -sid 5</pre></div></div><br class="example-break"><div class="example"><a name="copying_a_french_subtitle_from_an_mpeg_file"></a><p class="title"><b>Example 13.6. Copying a French subtitle from an MPEG file</b></p><div class="example-contents"><pre class="screen">
rm <em class="replaceable"><code>subtitles.idx</code></em> <em class="replaceable"><code>subtitles.sub</code></em>
mencoder <em class="replaceable"><code>movie.mpg</code></em> -ifo <em class="replaceable"><code>movie.ifo</code></em> -vobsubout <em class="replaceable"><code>subtitles</code></em> -vobsuboutindex 0 \
-vobsuboutid fr -sid 1 -nosound -ovc copy
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