How To Extract Hardcoded Subtitles From Video Files
How To Extract Hardcoded Subtitles From Video Files
Finally, here is a simple way to extract hardcoded subtitles from video files for
free.
It will help to have basic knowledge about ffmpeg.
You will need to be patient if your video file has a lot of hardcoded subtitles.
You can try this tutorial on a short video clip that has hardcoded subtitles to see
how it works. A lot of movie trailers have hardcoded subtitles.
Part 1 - Here is is the ffmpeg script to crop the video.mp4 file used in this
tutorial. Please adjust parameters according to your video file and note the file
extension
Part 3 - This is the ffmpeg script to create image files from video file video-
cropped-timestamps.mp4
ffmpeg -i video-cropped-timestamps.mp4 -start_number 1 -vf fps=1/2 video-%04d.jpg
Tip:
I find using Adobe Bridge (Free but you need Adobe ID) very helpful to mark images
that you want to keep that have the first subtitles. Just label them with red mark
by hitting "6" and then sort by label.
Then copy all the images and paste them into subfolder "Images No Duplicates".
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