I was wondering if there's any way to read and display embedded text subtitles (like .srt) in a movie file (mov or mp4) with ffmpeg. As a reference, the movie I am trying opens with subtitles in vlc.

I tried the following, with no success:

$ ffplay movie.mov -vf "subtitles=movie.mov"

I get:

ffplay version N-85266-g1229007 Copyright (c) 2003-2017 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 6.3.0 (GCC)
configuration: --disable-static --enable-shared --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-cuda --enable-cuvid --enable-d3d11va --enable-dxv -libmfx --enable-nvenc --enable-avisynth --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv --enable-libass bbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libilbc --enable-libmodplug --enabl e --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenh264 --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-librtmp --enabl --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis - vpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-libzimg --enable-lzma
lib
  libavutil      55. 59.100 / 55. 59.100
  libavcodec     57. 90.100 / 57. 90.100
  libavformat    57. 72.100 / 57. 72.100
  libavdevice    57.  7.100 / 57.  7.100
  libavfilter     6. 83.100 /  6. 83.100
  libswscale      4.  7.100 /  4.  7.100
  libswresample   2.  8.100 /  2.  8.100
  libpostproc    54.  6.100 / 54.  6.100
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'AnimSchool Animation Student Showcase 2015-OMYtIlwH3DY.mov':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : qt
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: qt
    encoder         : Lavf56.40.101
  Duration: 00:02:52.78, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 3315 kb/s
Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 3252 kb/s, 24 fps, 24 tbr, 12288 tbn, 4
ult)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : DataHandler
      encoder         : Lavc56.60.100 libx264
Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 63 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : DataHandler
[Parsed_subtitles_0 @ 0000000002b4bd40] Shaper: FriBidi 0.19.6 (SIMPLE)
[Parsed_subtitles_0 @ 0000000002b4bd40] Unable to locate subtitle stream in movie.mov
Error initializing filter 'subtitles' with args 'movie.mov'

--
Gonzalo Garramuño

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