[mythtv-users] Alternative for dicing .VOB needed

[Nick Rout]

On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Craig Huff <huffcslists at gmail.com> 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?

There is a bit of info here:

http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html

but it makes little sense to me.

>
> Craig.
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