How to Embed Subtitles to a Video in Linux

How to Embed Subtitles to a Video in Linux


1.) ffmpeg:

$ ffmpeg -i /path-to/videoFoo.avi -vf subtitles=/path-to/subtitleFoo.srt /path-to/output_videoFoo.avi

/or


2.) mencoder:

$ mencoder video.avi -oac copy -ovc lavc -sub /path-to/subtitleFoo.srt -subfont-text-scale 3 -o output_videoFoo.avi