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#!/bin/bash
# set -x
print_usage() {
echo "$0 [--map=0:3] video_file" >&2
echo "" >&2
echo "With video_file the path to a file like mkv which embeds the subtitles" >&2
echo "--map: use the specified embedded subtitle." >&2
echo "" >&2
echo "Examples:" >&2
echo "$0 --map=0:3 ./movie.mkv" >&2
}
map=""
while getopts ":-:" optchar; do
[[ "${optchar}" == "-" ]] || continue
case "${OPTARG}" in
map=* )
map=${OPTARG#*=}
;;
help )
print_usage
exit -1
;;
esac
done
# Remove from the list of arguments the one already handled by getopts
shift $(($OPTIND - 1))
if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then
echo "Wrong number of argument" >&2
print_usage
exit -1
fi
which ffmpeg > /dev/null
if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
echo "You need to install ffmpeg (https://ffmpeg.org/download.html) to make use of this script."
exit -1
fi
ffmpeg_cmd="ffmpeg -loglevel warning"
which catt > /dev/null
if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
echo "You need to install catt (https://github.com/skorokithakis/catt#installation) to make use of this script."
exit -1
fi
if [[ -z "$map" ]]; then
nb_subtitles=$($ffmpeg_cmd -i "$1" 2>&1 | grep "Subtitle:" | wc -l)
if [[ "$nb_subtitles" -ne 1 ]]; then
echo "There are more than one subtitle in the video file. Please specify the --map argument to this script." >&2
echo "You can get the list of subtitles by executing the following command:" >&2
echo "ffmpeg -i \"$1\" 2>&1 | grep \"Subtitle: \"" >&2
exit -1
else
map=$($ffmpeg_cmd -i "$1" 2>&1 | grep "Subtitle:" | cut -d "#" -f2 | cut -d "(" -f1)
fi
else
ffmpeg -i "$1" 2>&1 | grep "Subtitle:" | grep $map > /dev/null
if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
echo "Invalid map provided: $map"
exit -1
fi
fi
subtitles_file=$(mktemp --suffix=.srt --dry-run)
echo "Extract subtitle from the video file"
# From https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/ExtractSubtitles
$ffmpeg_cmd -txt_format text -i "$1" -map "$map" "$subtitles_file"
echo "End of subtitle extraction, start to cast the video file"
catt cast --subtitles "$subtitles_file" "$1"
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