--embed-subs gives error Unknown encoder 'mov_text'

[prem2017]

How does --embed-subs work, or does it even work? If it works how to use it. please give an example, and to accentuate my point video does have captions no argument with that. Please comment on the issue.

[jaimeMF]

We need the output you get when you run youtube-dl adding the --verbose option.

[prem2017]

I'm listed out the output from console after putting the argument --verbose. Please comment where things went wrong.

youtube-dl -c -i -o '%(autonumber)s-%(title)s-%(uploader)s-%(upload_date)s.%(ext)s' --verbose --write-sub --embed-subs --batch-file Bio-Part_1.txt > Bio-Part_1_log.txt
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-c', '-i', '-o', '%(autonumber)s-%(title)s-%(uploader)s-%(upload_date)s.%(ext)s', '--verbose', '--write-sub', '--embed-subs', '--batch-file', 'Bio-Part_1.txt']
[debug] Encodings: locale 'UTF-8', fs 'UTF-8', out None, pref: 'UTF-8'
[debug] Batch file urls: ['http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcjgWov7mTM&list=PL72DDD40BD2F0FDFE']
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.01.05.6
[debug] Python version 2.7.3 - Linux-3.2.0-58-generic-i686-with-Ubuntu-12.04-precise
[debug] Proxy map: {}
ERROR: Unknown encoder 'mov_text'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 982, in post_process
keep_video_wish, new_info = pp.run(info)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/PostProcessor.py", line 479, in run
self.run_ffmpeg_multiple_files(input_files, temp_filename, opts)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/PostProcessor.py", line 100, in run_ffmpeg_multiple_files
raise FFmpegPostProcessorError(msg)
FFmpegPostProcessorError

Thanks,
Prem

[prem2017]

I've listed out the output from console after putting the argument
--verbose. Please comment where things went wrong.

youtube-dl -c -i -o
'%(autonumber)s-%(title)s-%(uploader)s-%(upload_date)s.%(ext)s' --verbose
--write-sub --embed-subs --batch-file Bio-Part_1.txt > Bio-Part_1_log.txt
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-c', '-i', '-o',
'%(autonumber)s-%(title)s-%(uploader)s-%(upload_date)s.%(ext)s',
'--verbose', '--write-sub', '--embed-subs', '--batch-file',
'Bio-Part_1.txt']
[debug] Encodings: locale 'UTF-8', fs 'UTF-8', out None, pref: 'UTF-8'
[debug] Batch file urls: ['
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcjgWov7mTM&list=PL72DDD40BD2F0FDFE']
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.01.05.6
[debug] Python version 2.7.3 -
Linux-3.2.0-58-generic-i686-with-Ubuntu-12.04-precise
[debug] Proxy map: {}
ERROR: Unknown encoder 'mov_text'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 982, in
post_process
keep_video_wish, new_info = pp.run(info)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/PostProcessor.py", line 479, in
run
self.run_ffmpeg_multiple_files(input_files, temp_filename, opts)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/PostProcessor.py", line 100, in
run_ffmpeg_multiple_files
raise FFmpegPostProcessorError(msg)
FFmpegPostProcessorError

Thanks,
Prem

On 13 January 2014 01:22, Jaime Marquínez Ferrándiz <
notifications@github.com> wrote:

We need the output you get when you run youtube-dl adding the --verboseoption.

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[jaimeMF]

Since you're using Ubuntu I guess you have avconv installed (I would need the content of Bio-Part_1_log.txt to verify it).
I will close this as a duplicate of #2101.
The problem is that the option only works with ffmpeg. You can install it (a recent version) and (in the next version of youtube-dl) you'll be able to use the option --prefer-ffmpeg to force using ffmpeg instead of avconv.