DVD to MKV with multiple audio & subtitle streams?

RarelyEvil · Member Joined: 01 May 2009 Location: Netherlands

Hello everyone,

I have some DVDs with a main audio track and commentary. They both have subtitles as well.

Ideally, I would get MKV files with these five streams:
0. Video (H264 2-pass)
1. Feature Audio (AAC 128kbps stereo)
2. Commentary Audio (AAC 80kbps mono)
3. Feature Subtitles
4. Commentary Subtitles

I've been trying to do this for about 6 hours now, trying almost all freeware from the tools section.

One program that can handle all this would be ideal. But such a program doesn't seem to exist.

Thanks for any help,
Alexander.

P.S. I've gotten the closest with HandBrake: it can get me the first three streams and external subtitles. If there's no direct solution, is it possible to mux the subtitles into the file?

jman98 · Member Joined: 08 Oct 2004 Location: Freedonia

I used the free MKVToolnix program to do this just a couple of weeks ago. Ripped a DVD and put it in MKV format with 2 audio streams and a subtitle stream. No problems. I used MKVMerge, which comes in MKVToolnix.