Reduce file size of sub/idx?

[thinredline]

Hello.
I have a question:
I have an mkv and a sub/idx file.
I want to burn that in a DVDR, but it doesn't fit (it's 1 MB larger).

So, is there any way I could reduce the file size of the sub/idx?
I don't want to convert to srt. In fact the mkv has already a srt in it, but the original subtitles have different positions relatively to the film (meaning others are on the right, others on the left) and I want to keep that.
I thought maybe I could erase the hearing impaired subtitles from the sub/idx but can't do that.
DVDsub edit can't do it.

[jagabo]

Cut 1 MB off the end of the video?

[thinredline]

Cut 1 MB off the end of the video?

Thanks, I did that (used mkvmerge and cut 3 MBs) but the resulting file has the exact same duration with the original.
Shouldn't it cut at least 1 second or so?

Although, now the new mkv + sub/idx fit in a DVD5.

[Keyser]

Compress the sub file with winrar so the you get idx/rar instead of idx/sub. Most players will be able to use the sub file inside the rar.

[netmask56]

Can you post a MediaInfo report of the file - tree text mode? Always helps finding a possibly solution.

[johns0]

Compress the sub file with winrar so the you get idx/rar instead of idx/sub. Most players will be able to use the sub file inside the rar.

I doubt that,lots of blu-ray players will only play srt subs that aren't rared or zipped plus other will only plays srt imbedded in the video.

[thinredline]

Compress the sub file with winrar so the you get idx/rar instead of idx/sub. Most players will be able to use the sub file inside the rar.

Oh, i feel stupid that i didn't think of that.
I play mkvs in my pc, and yes, whenever there are subs in a rar file, the mkv plays them.
Anyway, now i've deleted the original file and kept the cut one.
Although from what it seems it hasn't cut anything at all (in seconds I mean)..

When i tested it by cutting 10MBs it did cut 5 seconds from the end of the video.
But when i cut the 3 MBs as i told above, it didn't cut any second (although it was reduced in filesize)