mkv + .srt = DVD

[robertgasia]

Hi there,

I want to convert my .MKV files to dvd9 or dvd5. No problem whatsoever.
But adding subtitles to dvd's is another problem.
I tried handbrake, ffmpeg (doesn't support .MKV to .MKV). Doesn't work
Can someone help me?
I use Wondershare DVD studio pack.

Thanks

[terryj]

Don't know anything about WonderShare DVD Studio,
but there are two ways I would do this on a mac:

1. I would use MKVTools to flatten the mkv to an xvid avi file
with embeded subtitles and mp3 audio.
I would then drag that .avi file into Toast v. 7 or higher,
and burn (author) a DVD that way.

or

2. Extract the files from the MKV using MKVTools,
and then using DVD Studio Pro, add the assets into
the timeline ( video to video, audio to audio)
and run the subs if not .STL ( most are in .SRT format)
through Jubler or Subtitler to get a compatible STL file
for DVD Studio Pro. Then, I would import that into
the timeline, and then Author the project to DVD.

So really either you are extracting the assets from the .mkv
to have the ability to select ( turn on or off) the subs,
OR you are hard encoding them into a "flattened" file
that can be easily transcoded to DVD.

your choice.

[robertgasia]

Thanks for the tips. I already tried the first option, but xvid contra mkv is a loss of quality.

I'm gonna try the second option.

I'll keep in touch.

Thanks again.

[ogk]

http://www.videohelp.com/tools/ConvertXtoDVD

the easy way to covert to DVD

[Ai Haibara]

...except ConvertXtoDVD is a Windows program.

[skoville]

So far I have 25 video/audio converters. Most of them on trial many paid for and none of them do this. I thought "ConvertXtoDVD" was the answer. It even says it will convert Matroska (MKV) to DVD. Put a MKV file in and it says one or more files can't be converted.
Has anyone actually converted a MKV with a SRT to a DVD, playable on a DVD player, not the computer?

[rumplestiltskin]

MP4Tools works great. Drag in the mkv, then drag in the srt file. Check 1-pass on video and whatever (stereo or 5.1 assuming your mkv has that) for audio. Check the srt checkbox and, in the prefs, try 3% or 4% (depending on your prefs for subtitle size). Click the "convert" button. When done, drop the resulting file into iDVD. (Okay, an extra transcode but, if it gets the job done, who cares?)

Edit: One nice feature of the app is that is detects mkv with compressed tracks and will offer to decompress them for you. Do it. Then drag that decompressed file into MP4Tools and continue.

[Din Viesel]

MP4Tools works great. Drag in the mkv, then drag in the srt file. Check 1-pass on video and whatever (stereo or 5.1 assuming your mkv has that) for audio. Check the srt checkbox and, in the prefs, try 3% or 4% (depending on your prefs for subtitle size). Click the "convert" button. When done, drop the resulting file into iDVD. (Okay, an extra transcode but, if it gets the job done, who cares?)

Edit: One nice feature of the app is that is detects mkv with compressed tracks and will offer to decompress them for you. Do it. Then drag that decompressed file into MP4Tools and continue.

If the mkv already has subs in it (and they may be in .ass format) wil it add them automatically?

Or could I just download an srt file and name it like the video file and then add it?