I am trying to "soft" embed webvtt subtitles into my video using FFMPEG. I need to be able to place to the subtitles at a specific location within the video as well.
I have created a webvtt file that goes along with my video however; when I pass this through FFMPEG and then try to play the video in VLC media player, the positioning seems to be ignored.
When I play the original video in VLC and then load the same webvtt subtitles file, the positioning is correct?
Does FFMPEG support the webvtt cues? It is very possible that I am not passing the correct flags to FFMPEG.
VTT EXAMPLE FILE (i.e. subtitle.vtt):
WEBVTT
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.000 line:-1 align:right
TESTING 1
00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:08.000 line:-1 align:right
TESTING 2
FFMPEG CLI:
ffmpeg -y -i video.mp4 -i subtitle.vtt -c copy -c:s mov_text vttout.mp4
Test Cases:
- Playing MP4 video in VLC and manually loading the webvtt subtitles -> position is correct.
- Passing MP4 video through FFMPEG to soft embed the subtitles in container and then playing in VLC -> subtitles are present but position is ignored.
