Question about mencoder

[DarchAengel]

I have been using Mencoder to extract and re-encode videos with subtitles. I have basically two things I can't seem to find any info on doing. First how do I adjust my code so that the subtitles are all bold. The size is fine but they are a little faint, especially when I shrink the file to PSP format. The other thing I need to is raise the volume on a file I have. For whatever reason the fansubbers recorded the sound so low that I have to blast my speakers to hear it. I know it is them since it is only their work that I have a problem with. Other groups have perfect volume. This is the line of code that I am using to do all this.


mencoder -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr=128 -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=1200 -sub "subtitles.srt" "exact file name" -o video.avi


Any help would be greatly apreciated.

[aeiah]

for bold, use the -font flag and specify a font that is bold, including the path to the font.

as for the volume, try something like :vol=9



mencoder -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr=128:vol=9 -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=1200 -sub "subtitles.srt" -font '/path/to/font.ttf' "exact file name" -o video.avi


some people have noted that mencoder will ignore the font options and use the default font as specified in the .mplayer directory or possibly the .mplayer/conf file. if this is the case then either delete the font that's there (and specify a system font for mplayer usage) or replace the fonts at ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf and ~/.mplayer/font with a bold font.