How to burn subtitles into a video — ffmpeg subtitles filter

Soft subtitles disappear on some players; hardcoded ones show everywhere.

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "subtitles=subs.srt" -c:a copy output.mp4
# needs a build with libass; quote the path if it contains spaces or special chars

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This needs an ffmpeg build with libass; quote the path if it contains spaces or special characters.