MKV's, .ass subtitles, Handbrake, re-encoding/muxing problems

[malakov08]

So the problem is this: I'm using handbrake because I'm a macfag and I cant use a better program such as staxrip unless i partition my HD which probably will happen eventually. Well, I'm converting large h.264 MKV's into smaller h.264 MKV's. These MKV's have .ass subtitles already muxed. I choose the option to force subtitles, but the end product still ends up blank. Does anybody know what I am doing wrong?

Problem continued: I thought, since I have a blank MKV, that I could just get the subtitle script which I did, download the fonts used and everything, and then use MKVToolnix to mux the two together. This process works, but the font of the result product is not the font used in the .ass file. Its color and outline are correct, but the actual font and size is just something random. When I look at the .ass in textedit (notepad), I can see that the font name is the font that it is supposed to be, and it matches the font in my fonts folder. Am I going to have to manually change them, along with the size in jubler (the standard mac subtitler) or. . .

[poisondeathray]

Are you splitting (just cutting segments) or re-encoding the split segments?

You have to split the .ass if you are splitting

If you are re-encoding & hardsubbing you could do it through avisynth (at least on windows) fairly easily

If the .mkv uses attached ttf fonts, you will lose the styling unless you re-attach in mkvmerge as a mime attachment

[malakov08]

I'm pretty sure your last statement (ttf) is rght, how do I re attach it as mime with mkvmerge? All I know how to do is add the straight sub file with the video. Thanks for the help, I'll tAke a look.

[poisondeathray]

I'm pretty sure your last statement (ttf) is rght, how do I re attach it as mime with mkvmerge? All I know how to do is add the straight sub file with the video. Thanks for the help, I'll tAke a look.

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[malakov08]

Alright, thanks for all your help, problem resolved 100%. Guess this thread can be closed now.