ffmpg, problem with path to srt file

[Cineman]

Hi I'm using FFMPEG 6 to add subtitles to MKV H264 files and output subtitled PNG frames. With the video and the .srt file in the same sub directory the following command line works perfectly.

ffmpeg -i sample.mkv -vf subtitles=sample.srt -f image2 d:\png\%08d.png"

However if i add a path even if the srt file is in the same subfolder i run into problems

ffmpeg -i D:\dennervision\sample.mkv -vf subtitles=D:\dennervision\sample.srt -f image2 d:\png\%08d.png"

The following error is generated.

Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'D:\dennervision\sample.mkv':
Metadata:
encoder : libebml v1.2.3 + libmatroska v1.3.0
creation_time : 2012-05-17T17:56:37.000000Z
Duration: 00:01:00.24, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 14797 kb/s
Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (High), yuv420p(progressive), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn (default)
Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 640 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
title : English DD 5.1 640 Kbps
Stream mapping:
Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (native) -> png (native))
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[Parsed_subtitles_0 @ 00000196e4b07740] Unable to parse option value "dennervisionsample.srt" as image size
Error applying option 'original_size' to filter 'subtitles': Invalid argument
Error reinitializing filters!
Failed to inject frame into filter network: Invalid argument
Error while processing the decoded data for stream #0:0
Conversion failed!

D:\dennervision>

The path to the input and output folders work fine, but not the path to the srt file. if i change it to -vf subtitles=sample.srt -f it then works again but i don't want to keep the srt files in the ffmpeg folder. can anyone show me where i'm going wrong or is this a bug in ffmpeg? it seems to be ignoring the backslashes. Thanks

[pandy]

ffmpeg is sensitive to proper quoting and escaping - highly advise to consult ffmpeg manual on this topic...

[october262]

Hi I'm using FFMPEG 6 to add subtitles to MKV H264 files and output subtitled PNG frames. With the video and the .srt file in the same sub directory the following command line works perfectly.

ffmpeg -i sample.mkv -vf subtitles=sample.srt -f image2 d:\png\%08d.png"

However if i add a path even if the srt file is in the same subfolder i run into problems

ffmpeg -i D:\dennervision\sample.mkv -vf subtitles=D:\dennervision\sample.srt -f image2 d:\png\%08d.png"

The following error is generated.

Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'D:\dennervision\sample.mkv':
Metadata:
encoder : libebml v1.2.3 + libmatroska v1.3.0
creation_time : 2012-05-17T17:56:37.000000Z
Duration: 00:01:00.24, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 14797 kb/s
Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (High), yuv420p(progressive), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn (default)
Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 640 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
title : English DD 5.1 640 Kbps
Stream mapping:
Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (native) -> png (native))
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[Parsed_subtitles_0 @ 00000196e4b07740] Unable to parse option value "dennervisionsample.srt" as image size
Error applying option 'original_size' to filter 'subtitles': Invalid argument
Error reinitializing filters!
Failed to inject frame into filter network: Invalid argument
Error while processing the decoded data for stream #0:0
Conversion failed!

D:\dennervision>

The path to the input and output folders work fine, but not the path to the srt file. if i change it to -vf subtitles=sample.srt -f it then works again but i don't want to keep the srt files in the ffmpeg folder. can anyone show me where i'm going wrong or is this a bug in ffmpeg? it seems to be ignoring the backslashes. Thanks

try this here - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71597897/unable-to-parse-option-value-xxx-srt-as-i...size-in-ffmpeg

[Cineman]

Hi October262 thank you, your a star, totaly nailed it! Someone else had exact same problem. Changed it to the following and it works fine:-

ffmpeg -i D:\dennervision\sample.mkv -vf subtitles='d\:\\sample.srt' -f image2 d:\png\%08d.png

Can't see any logical reason to have to add the extra inverted commas and back slashes, looks more like a bug with a work arround to me. Who know perhaps theres a good reason for it deep in the inner workings..

[Selur]

Can't see any logical reason to have to add the extra inverted commas and back slashes

Windows is the only OS which uses backslashes and colons when addressing drives. So those need to be escaped. (alternatively, the used filter would need extra code to work on Windows)
Instead of backslashes, using slashes in the path should work on newer Windows systems (Win7 and newer iirc.), but the colon would still need escaping.

[Cineman]

Thank you Selur for explaning, I'll try it just escping the d and see what happens would simply the processing on the path to add the extra slashes automaticly.

[Selur]

you don't need to escape the d you need to escape the colon (, and is you use backslashes those too.

[pcspeak]

Can't see any logical reason to have to add the extra inverted commas

Wait until you have spaces in your path\filename.
Then you'll need to wrap double quotes around the "D:\path to\My Movie.mkv"...... "D:\png folder\%08d.png" strings.

[Cineman]

Ah so thats why other commandline programs fall over when they encounter spaces in the file names, ive been replacing tany spaces in file names with _ before running my program. media info dll being a case in point.