$ ffmpeg -vcodec copy -acodec copy -scodec xsub -i Christmas\ 2010.avi -i Christmas\ 2010.sub -slang eng Christmas\ 2010\ subbed.avi ffmpeg version N-35681-g16abd68, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers built on Dec 11 2011 22:07:32 with gcc 4.6.2 20111125 (prerelease) configuration: --prefix=/usr --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libxvid --enable-libx264 --enable-libvpx --enable-libtheora --enable-libgsm --enable-libspeex --enable-postproc --enable-shared --enable-x11grab --enable-libopencore_amrnb --enable-libopencore_amrwb --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-librtmp --enable-libpulse --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-runtime-cpudetect --disable-debug --disable-static libavutil 51. 32. 0 / 51. 32. 0 libavcodec 53. 42. 0 / 53. 42. 0 libavformat 53. 24. 0 / 53. 24. 0 libavdevice 53. 4. 0 / 53. 4. 0 libavfilter 2. 53. 0 / 2. 53. 0 libswscale 2. 1. 0 / 2. 1. 0 libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0 Unknown decoder 'copy' $ sudo pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ffmpeg-20111003-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz /var/cache/pacman/pkg/x264-20111001-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts... Targets (2): x264-20111001-1 [0.35 MB] ffmpeg-20111003-1 [4.22 MB] Total Download Size: 0.00 MB Total Installed Size: 20.90 MB Proceed with installation? [Y/n] (2/2) checking package integrity [----------------------] 100% (2/2) checking for file conflicts [----------------------] 100% (1/2) upgrading x264 [----------------------] 100% (2/2) upgrading ffmpeg [----------------------] 100% $ ffmpeg -vcodec copy -acodec copy -scodec xsub -i Christmas\ 2010.avi -i Christmas\ 2010.sub -slang eng Christmas\ 2010\ subbed.avi ffmpeg version 0.7.6, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers built on Oct 3 2011 13:06:32 with gcc 4.6.1 20110819 (prerelease) configuration: --prefix=/usr --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libxvid --enable-libx264 --enable-libvpx --enable-libtheora --enable-postproc --enable-shared --enable-x11grab --enable-libopencore_amrnb --enable-libopencore_amrwb --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-librtmp --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-runtime-cpudetect --disable-debug libavutil 50. 43. 0 / 50. 43. 0 libavcodec 52.122. 0 / 52.122. 0 libavformat 52.110. 0 / 52.110. 0 libavdevice 52. 5. 0 / 52. 5. 0 libavfilter 1. 80. 0 / 1. 80. 0 libswscale 0. 14. 1 / 0. 14. 1 libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0 Input #0, avi, from 'Christmas 2010.avi': Metadata: encoder : transcode-1.1.7 Duration: 00:45:04.30, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 4026 kb/s Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 720x480 [PAR 59:50 DAR 177:100], 29.97 tbr, 29.97 tbn, 29.97 tbc Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 192 kb/s Stream #0.2: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 192 kb/s Input #1, mpeg, from 'Christmas 2010.sub': Duration: 00:45:01.02, start: 2.783122, bitrate: 6 kb/s Stream #1.0[0x20]: Subtitle: dvdsub Output #0, avi, to 'Christmas 2011 subbed.avi': Metadata: ISFT : Lavf52.110.0 Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 720x480 [PAR 59:50 DAR 177:100], q=2-31, 29.97 tbn, 29.97 tbc Stream #0.1: Audio: libmp3lame, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s Stream mapping: Stream #0.0 -> #0.0 Stream #0.1 -> #0.1 Press [q] to stop, [?] for helpframe= 9771 fps=5847 q=-1.0 Lsize= 104015kB time=00:05:26.01 bitrate=2613.7kbits/s video:95812kB audio:7641kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.543256% Received signal 2: terminating. $