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kristian65
10th December 2018, 21:22
Hello

I would like to ask about some help with a problem im having.
I cant find a way to Embedd / Hardcode subs in a mkv movie.

I have tried handbrake BUT then i have to Transcode the movie and i DONT want that.
I like the video to be be untouched.
Does anybody know a way to do this?

Thanks alot for any help.
amichaelt
10th December 2018, 21:49
Just use MKVToolnix and add your subtitle file along with the video and audio and mux it.
kristian65
10th December 2018, 21:52
Ok but i cant find a way to enmbedd subs, there is an forced option but that wont "burn" the subs in the movie.
To clarify i DONT want to add a sub file i want to "burn" the forced subs so they allways show in any player.
amichaelt
10th December 2018, 21:55
Ok but i cant find a way to enmbedd subs, there is an forced option but that wont "burn" the subs in the movie.
To clarify i DONT want to add a sub file i want to "burn" the forced subs so they allways show in any player.

Then you have contradictory requirements:

I have tried handbrake BUT then i have to Transcode the movie and i DONT want that.
I like the video to be be untouched.


You can't hardsub a video without re-encoding it. You're asking for the impossible.
kristian65
10th December 2018, 22:00
OK thanks for the help, i thought maybe its possible to keep the same bitrate and "burn" subs into a movie
amichaelt
10th December 2018, 22:00
OK thanks for the help, i thought maybe its possible to keep the same bitrate and "burn" subs into a movie

No problem, though mkv has pretty wide support so you probably don't need to hardsub.
kristian65
10th December 2018, 22:05
I actually do since no media servers play forced subs, they eighter play the whole sub or nothing with MKV.
QBhd
11th December 2018, 04:47
Use BDSup2Sup to extract ONLY the forced subs, then REMUX the Audio/Video with the extracted forced subs but convert them to default. You will end up with just one subtitle stream that is no longer forced, so the media server will just play that new subtitle as a full default subtitle stream. That is the only other thing you could try given the limitations you just mentioned. Either that or you will have to encode the video to achieve a hard subtitle into the video.

QB