[MPlayer-dev-eng] patch: video filter to OCR subtitles for mplayer

[D Richard Felker III]

On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 01:05:38PM +0200, Tuukka Toivonen wrote:
> >Using frame numbers is incorrect, but there's no correct way to do it
> >with G1 architecture. With MPlayer G2, you should use the timestamps.
> 
> Ouch. MPlayer prints the frame numbers but I guess it's not accessible
> to filters then.

Well using these frame numbers for subtitle timing is simply not
correct. Many file formats can omit frames, or be entirely
variable-framerate. Using timestamps is the only reliable way to get
subtitle timing from the video.

Rich