.ts file convert to h264/aac with hardcoded subtitles

[akiraku]

I have recorded HD TV file in .ts format. I can use VLC to play and select the subtitle track on screen. the subtitles track is similar to DVD's (i.e. image, idx/sub format).

I need to convert it to mp4 h264/aac and DVD format. ConvertXDVD seems OK to do DVD with subtitles. However, i cannot find a software to convert to MP4. would you please suggest me a way to achieve this?

Thanks in advance.

[Baldrick]

Xvid4psp or avidemux, see https://forum.videohelp.com/topic360276.html

Extract the subtitles using projectx or tsmuxer.

[akiraku]

thanks Baldrick, sorry that i didn't mention in the 1st thread that i use MAC,

i will try if avidemux works fine.

[jman98]

Handbrake maybe? As you will learn, the problem with Macs is that EVERYTHING is written for Windows. I'm no Windows fan either (I work as a Unix System Administrator), but the fact is that if you want to work with video and audio, Windows has the most and best tools. On Macs you usually have 1 or 2 choices at most and if they don't do what you want, you're out of luck. The most hardcore Mac fanboy that I know admitted to me that sometimes he uses Windows in a virtual machine on his Mac because there are just some things that have to be done under Windows.

[akiraku]

Handbrake maybe? As you will learn, the problem with Macs is that EVERYTHING is written for Windows. I'm no Windows fan either (I work as a Unix System Administrator), but the fact is that if you want to work with video and audio, Windows has the most and best tools. On Macs you usually have 1 or 2 choices at most and if they don't do what you want, you're out of luck. The most hardcore Mac fanboy that I know admitted to me that sometimes he uses Windows in a virtual machine on his Mac because there are just some things that have to be done under Windows.

i tried HandBrake. it cannot take the subtitle track from .ts file. it seems that it works for DVD subtitles only.