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 on windows (but not on linux). The movie in question is: http://www.filedropper.com/animschoolanimationstudentshowcase2015-omytilwh3d... 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