Posted November 06, 2025 by Jonasz O.
minor fix and also here FFMPEG file location for download https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases
1. Subtitle Format Detection
is_text_based_subtitle() function to distinguish text-based (SRT, ASS, SSA, WebVTT) from image-based (PGS, VobSub) subtitles
[IMAGE - Cannot convert to SRT] for image-based formats in track list
2. Pre-Extraction Validation
3. Better FFmpeg Error Handling
CREATE_NO_WINDOW flag for Windows (hides console window)
4. Optimized FFmpeg Commands
-c:s copy for SRT files (faster, no conversion)
-c:s srt only for other text formats (ASS, SSA, WebVTT)
5. Improved User Experience
Key Fix: The main issue was using -c:s srt for all subtitle types, which fails for image-based subtitles (PGS, VobSub) that cannot be converted to text without OCR.