On Sun, 8 May 2016 at 14:58, Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi, > I tried to rip a DVD with "mplayer --alang=fr", but got > the english audio track. Did anybody used this option, and if yes > with what result? > > best regards, > -- > Pierre Frenkiel > > Mplayer doesn't inherently understand French -- it will only be able to identify the French soundtrack if said soundtrack has been properly marked in the audio file you are trying to play. And that frequently isn't done. You can identify audio tracks by number instead -- first play the file interactively and use shift-3 if I recall correctly to step through the tracks while keeping an eye on mplayer's output -- when you get to the audio track you want, mplayer will have output its number. Mark
