Editing MKV with subtitles.

[SSXVegeta]

I've tried a large variety of things and I cannot seem to do what I want to do.

I basically want to cut off a chunk of video and keep any subtitle information with the chunk.


Anything I try either
1 - discards the subtitle info outright.
2 - doesnt have a function to cut the video.
or
3 - Requires you to do one thing, then the other, then combine them.

I want a simple, ~ Import the video, cut the video, export the video. All while keeping the subtitle information.
Anything like that?

Any assistance would be awesome.
Thank you for your time.

[aedipuss]

post the text version of the mediainfo for the video.

[Ai Haibara]

I don't think there's any converters or editors out there that'll allow you to edit or remove parts of the video and, in the process, edit any muxed-in subtitles to match the edits. (Especially since an MKV can possibly contain multiple video, audio and subtitle streams of many formats.) It's just one of those things you'll have to do manually.

[poisondeathray]

you can cut with mkvmerge by timecodes , and you can choose which A/V streams, subs etc.. that you want to keep

[SSXVegeta]

I saw that timecodes option poison~!
Wasn't 100% sure how to use it~

Any help?

[poisondeathray]

I saw that timecodes option poison~!
Wasn't 100% sure how to use it~

Any help?

It's explained in the instructions. If you're using the GUI, you can mouse over and there are tool tips

Enter the times that you want the cut points at. In hh:mm: ss.ms notation, separated by a comma

e.g

00:10:05,00:20.01

would give you 3 segments, cut at those times you specified:
1) start to 10min 5sec
2) 10min 5sec to 20min 1sec
3) 20min 1sec to end

Notes:
1) It doesn't really "cut", it makes segment stream copies (ie. original is untouched, so in this example you would have original + 3 parts)
2) Cuts aren't necessarilly accurate - they always are at the nearest keyframe on GOP boundaries. So it might be a second or so off

[Selur]

be aware of incorrect handling of subtitles when using --split parts -> "closed defect (wontfix)"
This is the reason I removed subtitle support from MKVCutter.
-> before using mkvmerge for cutting one should check the bug tracker,...

[SSXVegeta]

So, nobody has a way to remove a section of an MKV and keep the subtitles??
That is silly.

[Selur]

No, you can try mkvmerge it doesn't fail always, but it does sometimes.
Personally I would:
1. extract the subtitles
2. cut the mkv
3. cut the subtitles
4. add the subtitles to the mkv