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]]>mplayer /dev/zero -demuxer rawvideo -rawvideo w=1024:h=128:format=bgra -subfont-autoscale 2 -sub example.srt
mplayer /dev/zero -vc null -demuxer rawvideo -rawvideo w=1024:h=128 -sub FILE.srt
The above should give you a 1024x128 black window with your subtitles.
]]>I tried using mplayer (mplayer -sub FILE.srt), but it exists immediately. Seems that it refuses to play subtitles when there is no video. I could create a blank 2-hour avi file that I could feed to mplayer, but I don't know a simple way to do that.
Maybe there is another video player capable of playing subtitles only?
After searching packages for "subtitle", there seems to be TONS of subtitle editors, but no damn simple subtitle player...
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