Stripping & Appending / "engage use_codec_state" ... MKVmerge / splitMKV

[salinsky]

Hi, I have a couple questions if you don't mind.

My objective is to split my mkv's down to a manageable size which is acceptable to my external HD.

1. Using mkvmerge, I know that it's easily doable to strip unwanted subtitles, but is it possible to append an external .srt so that it's available when playing the standalone .mkv after processing? (So that the current subtitle is essentially replaced by a different .srt of my choosing). If so, question (2) doesn't really require an answer.

The resulting .mkv is too large for my external, but I can't split it inside mkvmerge since I don't think it supports splitting subtitles concurrently �la splitMKV.

2. So.... as a workaround, I tried stripping the unwanted (foreign) subtitle using mkvmerge, which went fine. I then wanted to split both an english .srt and the video file, but after muxing with mkvmerge I get this:

Error: 'C:\ilupm.mkv' track 1: This track uses a Matroska feature called 'Codec state elements'. mkvmerge supports these but this feature has not been turned on with the option '--engage use_codec_state'.

If I don't remove the subtitle w/ mkvmerge I get no such error, but am left with those annoying extra foreign subs. Anyone either know how to strip and replace using mkvmerge, or how to successfully turn '--engage use_codec_state' to 'ON'? My syntax must be entirely incorrect since

C:\splitMKV\splitMKV.exe C:\ilupm.mkv /split:2200 --engage use_codec_state

produces the same error.

Any help is appreciated.

p.s. I have already looked through the Guide to mkvmerge GUI but didn't find it helpful for this specific issue.

[Baldrick]

1. open mkv, add srt and save as mkv and save a new mkv?

[salinsky]

Thanks for the reply Baldrick. Save with what program do you have in mind? VLC?