id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	blockedby	blocking	reproduced	analyzed
2264	subtitles filter does not accept ass files with Comment events	cehoyos		"I will upload an ass file made with mkvextract from a sample uploaded to demonstrate vlc ticket 8147.
The ass file works fine with (mplayer and) -vf ass but cannot be opened by -vf subtitles because it contains ""Comment"" events.
{{{
$ ffmpeg -f lavfi -i testsrc -vf ""subtitles=\[sage\]_Bakuman_S3_-_18_\[720p\]\[9689D178\].ass"" -qscale 2 -t 30 out.avi
ffmpeg version N-49841-ga63dc84 Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Feb 12 2013 16:33:13 with gcc 4.7 (SUSE Linux)
  configuration: --enable-gpl --disable-indev=jack --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libass
  libavutil      52. 17.101 / 52. 17.101
  libavcodec     54. 91.102 / 54. 91.102
  libavformat    54. 62.100 / 54. 62.100
  libavdevice    54.  3.103 / 54.  3.103
  libavfilter     3. 37.101 /  3. 37.101
  libswscale      2.  2.100 /  2.  2.100
  libswresample   0. 17.102 /  0. 17.102
  libpostproc    52.  2.100 / 52.  2.100
[lavfi @ 0x2518000] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
Input #0, lavfi, from 'testsrc':
  Duration: N/A, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A
    Stream #0:0: Video: rawvideo (RGB[24] / 0x18424752), rgb24, 320x240 [SAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
Please use -q:a or -q:v, -qscale is ambiguous
[ass @ 0x252f280] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
[AVFilterGraph @ 0x24fc460] Error initializing filter 'subtitles' with args '[sage]_Bakuman_S3_-_18_[720p][9689D178].ass'
Error opening filters!
}}}
{{{
$ ffmpeg -f lavfi -i testsrc -vf ""ass=\[sage\]_Bakuman_S3_-_18_\[720p\]\[9689D178\].ass"" -qscale 2 -t 30 out.avi
ffmpeg version N-49841-ga63dc84 Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Feb 12 2013 16:33:13 with gcc 4.7 (SUSE Linux)
  configuration: --enable-gpl --disable-indev=jack --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libass
  libavutil      52. 17.101 / 52. 17.101
  libavcodec     54. 91.102 / 54. 91.102
  libavformat    54. 62.100 / 54. 62.100
  libavdevice    54.  3.103 / 54.  3.103
  libavfilter     3. 37.101 /  3. 37.101
  libswscale      2.  2.100 /  2.  2.100
  libswresample   0. 17.102 /  0. 17.102
  libpostproc    52.  2.100 / 52.  2.100
[lavfi @ 0x340d000] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
Input #0, lavfi, from 'testsrc':
  Duration: N/A, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A
    Stream #0:0: Video: rawvideo (RGB[24] / 0x18424752), rgb24, 320x240 [SAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
Please use -q:a or -q:v, -qscale is ambiguous
[Parsed_ass_0 @ 0x3412900] [0x33f0da0]: Warning: no style named 'Sign' found, using 'Default'
[Parsed_ass_0 @ 0x3412900] Added subtitle file: '[sage]_Bakuman_S3_-_18_[720p][9689D178].ass' (24 styles, 1165 events)
Output #0, avi, to 'out.avi':
  Metadata:
    ISFT            : Lavf54.62.100
    Stream #0:0: Video: mpeg4 (FMP4 / 0x34504D46), yuv420p, 320x240 [SAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (rawvideo -> mpeg4)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[Parsed_ass_0 @ 0x3412900] fontconfig: Selected font is not the requested one: 'DejaVu Sans Bold' != 'PT Sans'
[Parsed_ass_0 @ 0x3412900] fontconfig: Selected font is not the requested one: 'DejaVu Sans' != 'Sketchbook Nasty'
[Parsed_ass_0 @ 0x3412900] fontconfig: Selected font is not the requested one: 'DejaVu Sans' != 'The Great Escape'
[Parsed_ass_0 @ 0x3412900] fontconfig: Selected font is not the requested one: 'DejaVu Sans Bold Oblique' != 'PT Sans'
frame=  750 fps=0.0 q=2.0 Lsize=    1734kB time=00:00:30.00 bitrate= 473.5kbits/s
video:1710kB audio:0kB subtitle:0 global headers:0kB muxing overhead 1.376683%
}}}
Encoding with -vf subtitles works fine if I remove all ""Comment"" events (or rename them to ""Dialogue"").
"	defect	closed	normal	avcodec	git-master	fixed	subtitles ass				0	0