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23rd June 2012, 15:42 | #1 | Link |
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Default Tracks In MP4 Files
I am switching from using MKV to MP4 as my preferred container. When i used to mux tracks using mkvmergegui, there was an option to flag tracks as "default", so i would flag one audio and one subtitle track as default (not forced), and they would load by default when opening the mkvs in MPC-HC. Is there an equivalent to this in the MP4 container??
I am playing around with ffmpeg, mp4creator (mp4muxer GUI), mp4box (My MP4Box GUI), and most recently, mkvtomp4 (which i guess uses ffmpeg and/or mp4box, but i'm not sure). So which of these would be better regarding setting default tracks (if any, cause i'm not sure that the MP4 format supports such a thing in the 1st place)?? |
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I found this info on a Handbrake wiki page:
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24th June 2012, 14:54 | #4 | Link |
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Thx for your input Selur.
Now with mp4 files containing ttxt subs, the subs show horribly on MPC-HC using the Haali splitter, and even the first subtitle track is off by default. If i use the Gabest splitter, i get 2 streams for each subtitle track (the first is a regular one and the second is a (plain-text) one). The regular one looks as bad as the single one does with Haali. But the (plain-text) option works nicely with MPC-HC and responds to changes in subs settings within the player. My question is: how can i make MPC-HC load the 2nd stream (plain-text) by default? I'm trying to configure this for some technologically challenged folks, and changing the subs from regular to plain-text every time seems beyond their scope. P.S: VLC has some unexpected hitches and quirks every here and there, so it's not really a viable alternative, especially that the subs in VLC are always 'off' by default anyways. |
27th June 2012, 15:28 | #6 | Link |
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Changing default style doesn't affect how the ttxt subs embedded in mp4 files show. The only thing that marginally helps is changing the scale on a new "text" tab that shows on the default styles window when i load an mp4 video with ttxt subs, but even then, settings on this tab don't get saved. When i reload the video, these settings (which are independent of the settings of the initial default tab) are reset to default. And as i said, changing the settings of the first (and default) tab of the default styles window doesn't seem to change anything in how the ttxt subs are displayed.
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