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I am trying to mux in subtitles with ffmpeg, but I am having trouble getting the desired style and output with a reference point being VLC's standard format of showing subtitles matching the look of the subtitles below (when selecting standard.srt files in VLC):

VLC standard subtitle format

What would be the command to achieve this exact output style for burning subtitles into a video file? I have tried commands looking like this one, but to no avail so far in getting it to match the VLC standard subtitle style:

ffmpeg -i input.mkv -vf "subtitles=sub.srt:force_style='FontName=Arial,FontSize=22,PrimaryColour=&Hffffff&,SecondaryColour=&Hffffff&,OutlineColour=&H000000&,BorderStyle=3,Shadow=1,Outline=2" output.mkv

I have been trying to extract a style from the VLC settings by tweaking some of the parameters, but no matter what I try to adjust it seems to give an undesired output style or format

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  • I think, you didn't close the quotes: ...,Outline=2' " ...
    – Баяр Гончикжапов
    Commented Mar 12 at 1:50
  • @БаярГончикжапов I got it working and tweaked some of the settings, but I find it hard to impossible to imitate the style of VLC. If someone has some good styling commands or one which achieves the desired VLC look I would be more than happy if someone would share them here
    – bigboss
    Commented Mar 12 at 10:31
  • try FontName=Arial,FontSize=22,PrimaryColour=&H00ffffff,OutlineColour=&H00000000,BackColour=&H7f000000,BorderStyle=1,Shadow=1,Outline=1
    – Баяр Гончикжапов
    Commented Mar 12 at 11:14
  • @БаярГончикжапов The output is looking great and just what I was looking for - thanks for the help!
    – bigboss
    Commented Mar 12 at 12:56

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