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[Jan Panteltje]

I have written a small program to help make embedded subs from DVDs.
http://panteltje.com/panteltje/subtitles/sub2ppml-0.2.tgz

The basic idea is to rip the DVD with vob2sub (from submux-dvd),
then use this sub2ppml to make .ppm picture files holding the bitmaps,
and a .ppml control file with timing and position.
You can then use transcode with filter subtitler to render the bitmaps
permanently in the DivX.
I can rip very good anti-aliased subs from my own DVDs (made with xste and
submux-dvd).
In cases where OCR ripping of the subs is not possible for example.
I know mplayer + mencoder can do it too, but this looks better on my subs.