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How can I force a subtitle track to be set as active on an MP4 video?
I'm converting .mkv's to mp4 and it's working, however the issue is that when I open the .mp4, the subtitle track is disabled by default.
I have to manually select it as such:
How can I make it so ...
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FFmpeg: Issues muxing/copying ASS subtitle streams from one MKV source with another MKV, causes 33secs of missing subtitle at the beginning
Hey first time posting,
But I really tried to look all around for a solution, even tried a couple of options that worked for me before for a similar issue with WebVTT from another solution [here].
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ffmpeg: adding subtitles (.srt) to MKV only adds first subtitle frame
I am trying to add a separate .srt file to an existing MKV container using ffmpeg:
> ffmpeg -i 'input.mkv' -fix_sub_duration -i 'subtitles.srt' -map 0 -c copy -map 1 -c:s:1 srt 'output.mkv'
I am ...
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Remove embedded subtitle streams from media file without "streaming/remuxing"
This related post gives a solution:
mkvmerge -o output.mkv input.mkv -S # remove all subtitle tracks
This other related post gives a solution:
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v copy -c:a copy -map_metadata 0:...
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How to convert an mkv file with several subtitle tracks into mp4 with one of the subtitle streams hardcoded using ffmpeg?
I would like to know how to convert an mkv file with several subtitle and audio tracks into an mp4 with one of the subtitle tracks hardcoded and a single audio track selected using ffmpeg? It should ...
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FFMPEG, resize, watermark and compress a video
I can't quite combine a couple of commands in FFMPEG.
I'm trying to
Burn in an external subtitle file
map all other streams since the file contains many audio and subtitle tracks i don't wish to ...
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Understanding FFMPEG Error Extracting Subtitles
I'm trying to extract some subtitles as an srt file because there are some lines I'd like to edit therein before remuxing the video.
Unfortunately I'm running into an error that I really don't ...
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Reencode mkv to mp4 with forced subs only
I've asked a similar question before but I couldn't get it to work and since it is an old post, I'm trying again. I want to convert to mp4 from mkv because many of my players have issues with mkv. ...
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How do I simply edit the subtitles of a MKV file while preserving the video, audio, and attachment streams?
So when I look at the original video:
ffprobe -v error -show_entries stream=index,codec_name,codec_type example.mkv
I see something like this:
[STREAM]
index=0
codec_name=h264
codec_type=video
[/...
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Extract closed captions (CC) From .mkv file interlaced in video stream
Video output:
ffmpeg -i output.mkv
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'output.mkv':
Metadata:
encoder : libebml v1.3.6 + libmatroska v1.4.9
creation_time : 2018-08-31T06:43:45.000000Z
Duration: ...
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How to concatenate MKVs with different tracks
I have an mkv film and a separate mkv with an introduction by the director. I'm trying to use mkvmerge to concatenate them. However, the film has subtitles and the intro has no subtitles, and this ...
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Extracting subtitles from MKV files with ffmpeg or mplayer
An MKV file containing multiple sets of subtitles refuses to play them on a SmartTV or similar devices, seeing no subtitles at all. mplayer manages the file without problems. Here's what is in the ...
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Issue trying to combine mkv with SRT subtitles
Am facing this issue when trying to embed subtitles into mkv format.
ffmpeg -i Silence2016.mkv English.srt -map 0 -map 1 -c copy output.mkv
ffmpeg version 3.2.2 Copyright (c) 2000-2016 the FFmpeg ...
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ffmpeg cut, encode MKV to MP4, and burn subtitles
I want to cut a section of an MKV and encode it to MP4, while also burning the subtitles.
But I don't know how to do that all in 1 pass (related question), so I tried it step by step.
When I first ...
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ffmpeg trying to hardcode subs using -c:s mov_text but fails
Please bear with me; I'm still learning the intricacies of ffmpeg and have hit a problem with subtitles.
So, I am trying to change the container of a video from mkv to mp4, and simultaneously ...
