Chapters for VCD/SVCD/DVD
Since version 0.3.1 of encode2mpeg it is possible to add chapters to
VCD/SVCD/DVD with
the option -addchapter. There are three possible usages.
You can give the chapter list on the command line. For example:
-addchapter 0,15:00,30:00,1:10:00
will add four chapters at 0, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour 10 minutes.
Be sure to add the first chapter at time 0 or you will not be able to
watch a VCD or SVCD from the beginning.
You can give a step and max_chapter. For example:
-addchapter 15:00-1:40:00
will add seven chapters at 0,15,30,45,60,75,90 minutes. The next one,
at 105 minutes, is discarded because it is bigger than 1:40:00
You can copy the chapter structure from a DVD with
-addchapter copy
In this case the DVD is scanned to retreive the chapters timing and
then the same timing is used for the encoded VCD/SVCD/DVD.
Subtitles for SVCD/DVD
Since version 0.3.2 of encode2mpeg it is possible to copy (from a DVD)
SPU subtitles to SVCD/DVD with
the option -addsub. There are two possible usages.
You can copy all the subtitles with:
-addsub copy
All the subtitles are demuxed from the original DVD and then remuxed in
the new mpeg stream.
You can give the subtitle(s) list on the command line. For example:
-addsub 0,2
will add subtitles 0 and 2 to the mpeg stream. They will have the same
id of the source subtitles. In order to change the id use the command:
-addsub 0,2 -addsdx 0,1
now the subtitles will have id 0 and 1 in the mpeg stream. In the DVD
you can associate a language id to the subtitle too. encode2mpeg try to
preserve the correct language id, but it can fail. You can anyway set
the language id with:
-addsub 0,2 -addsdx 0,1 -addsla en,fr
To my knowledge, on Linux, only VLC
is able to display SVCD
subtitles.
I need help with SVCD subtitles testing. If you have a DVD player that
can display SVCD subtitles, please contact me.