Retain subtitles when re-encoding to H264

RocketJet · 23rd November 2016, 08:31

Is there an H264 encoder that will retain subtitles from an H265 MKV file?

StainlessS · 24th November 2016, 02:14

Have you considered extracting the subtitle text file from the mkv, and adding it back to the H264 encode, or is that too obvious ?

RocketJet · 24th November 2016, 03:48

I am a total newbie when it comes to subtitles.

Would I be correct in thinking MKVextract and MKVmerge will do this? Or is there something else?

StainlessS · 24th November 2016, 14:42

I would think so, I've never had anything to do with mkv.

jpsdr · 25th November 2016, 10:02

Don't need to extract, use only mkvmerge. You add both mkv files (the new and the old), and on the old, you unchek all the tracks you don't need, and keep only the track you want (the subtitles). This way, if you have fonts embended on the old mkv, this allow you to keep them.

RocketJet · 26th November 2016, 10:26

Thanks for the suggestion.

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RocketJet Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 36	Retain subtitles when re-encoding to H264 Is there an H264 encoder that will retain subtitles from an H265 MKV file?

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StainlessS HeartlessS Usurer Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Over the rainbow Posts: 10,980	Have you considered extracting the subtitle text file from the mkv, and adding it back to the H264 encode, or is that too obvious ? __________________ I sometimes post sober. StainlessS@MediaFire ::: AND/OR ::: StainlessS@SendSpace "Some infinities are bigger than other infinities", but how many of them are infinitely bigger ???

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StainlessS HeartlessS Usurer Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Over the rainbow Posts: 10,980	I would think so, I've never had anything to do with mkv. __________________ I sometimes post sober. StainlessS@MediaFire ::: AND/OR ::: StainlessS@SendSpace "Some infinities are bigger than other infinities", but how many of them are infinitely bigger ???

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24th November 2016, 03:48	#3 \| Link
RocketJet Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 36	I am a total newbie when it comes to subtitles. Would I be correct in thinking MKVextract and MKVmerge will do this? Or is there something else?

25th November 2016, 10:02	#5 \| Link
jpsdr Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: France Posts: 2,316	Don't need to extract, use only mkvmerge. You add both mkv files (the new and the old), and on the old, you unchek all the tracks you don't need, and keep only the track you want (the subtitles). This way, if you have fonts embended on the old mkv, this allow you to keep them.

26th November 2016, 10:26	#6 \| Link
RocketJet Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 36	Thanks for the suggestion.