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# create hardsubs for a video from a SRT file using FFMPEG
# https://stackoverflow.com/a/21369850/1887369
ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -vf "subtitles=subs.srt:force_style='Fontname=Times New Roman,Fontsize=24,PrimaryColour=&H0000ff&'" output.mp4
## to take only a section of the video:
ffmpeg -ss 00:02:00 -copyts -i video.mkv -ss 00:02:00 -vf "subtitles=subs.srt:force_style='Fontsize=24,Fontname=Times New Roman'" -to 00:02:30 cut.mp4
# convert the pixel format using the format filter
# https://stackoverflow.com/a/54196619/1887369
ffmpeg -i in_file -filter:v "format=yuv420p" out_file
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