How to add subtitles permanently to existing mp4 h.264 file???

[Patrick_H]

Hi!

After searching the web for hours I don't see another way than posting my question here.

I've ceated a video file (mp4 with h.264 and aac audio) with Megui. I added a subtitle to this video and the VLC plays the subs perfectly. However, when I play it with iTunes or Quicktime, the subs are not displayed.

Is there a way to burn the forced subtitles into the existing mp4 file I ceated with Megui?
If not, how can I burn subtitles into the video (mp4, h.264, with acc audio) permanently?

Thanks a lot for your help!

[dantruon]

download mkvmerge GUI and input the mp4 video file and the srt files and then Start Muxing. It will gives you an MKV files in 10 minutes with the subtitle. Hope that help.

[guns1inger]

If you go down the mkv route then you can forget itunes/quicktime (not that they are great - or even good - media players). The only reason I can think of to use either is because you have an apple player of some type (ipod, touch, iphone), in which case you might want to look at Srt_iPhone

[Baldrick]

Yep, try srtiphone.

Or if you want burned in subtitles you can do that in megui, you adjust the avisynth file, see for example http://forum.videohelp.com/topic338487.html . If it's too complex you can try handbrake.

[Ceesar]

hi

I got the same problem.

I convert my video files with 'Any Video Converter'. the videos work perfectly on my PSP, but when I use MKV Merge to add subs and make it one video file, my PSP says the file is damaged.

So my question is: is there a program just like MKV Merge that will allow you to merge video and subs in about 5 minutes.
I want to be able to do it fast, not wait for 4 hours or so until the program is done converting. The AVC can convert and add subs in the newly converted file, but that goes wrong a lot of times, showing the wrong sentence at the wrong moment. (the SUBS and VIDS are synced perfectly using either 'Easy Subtitles Synchronizer' or 'Subtitle Processor'

BTW, i already tried xvid4PSP but it didnt work fast enough. I let it on the entire night( from 23:00 till 11:00) and it was still doing first pass encoding, whereas the AVC took me only 3 or 4 hours.

[Baldrick]

Does the PSP support any soft/switchable subtitles? If not then it's not just possible to do without reconverting.

[Ceesar]

I think so because you can buy Movies like the matrix on UMD and its got to be like normal movie watching.

But is there to MP4Merge program or a similar one that doesnnt change the coding format of the video file when adding the subs?


These are the supported video formats for PSP( from manual site)

You can play files of the following types on the PSP™ system.
Memory Stick™ Video Format
- MPEG-4 Simple Profile (AAC)
- H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile (CABAC) (AAC) and Baseline Profile (AAC)
MP4
- MPEG-4 Simple Profile (AAC)
- H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile (CABAC) (AAC) and Baseline Profile (AAC)
AVI
- Motion JPEG (Linear PCM)
- Motion JPEG (μ-Law)
Hints
Depending on the data type, some data items cannot be played.
The system cannot play video data containing video recorded for longer than approximately 6 hours and 30 minutes.
Some files distributed over the Internet may have playback limitations. For details, contact the content provider.




EDIT:
Yes it does support changable subs, just like the PS3 because you can change that while watching the movie. using the triangle button and then subtitle options

[chickenwatt]

Hi, I have Apple tv but it doesn't play mkv files, only mp4 (h264) with no problems, I use to mix mp4 and srt subtitle with Xvid4psp with succes using in format: Mp4 : X264 Q21 HQ Film but it takes about 55 minutes on my quad core Q8200 4gb ram.
Is there another program that I can mix the video and subtitle faster without loosing video quality ?