Newb question for multiAVCHD...

[calgunner]

I have a MKV file I've been trying to burn to BD. The only issue I have is that the output file does not have any subtitles. It's a foreign film with english subs.

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[09:09:33] multiAVCHD.dat version: [04010767]
[09:12:03] Loading original chapters (C:\Video\Sanjuro\Sanjuro.mkv).
[09:12:03] Chapter name at [00:00:00.000]: Chapter 00
[09:12:03] Chapter name at [00:04:07.705]: Chapter 01
[09:12:03] Chapter name at [00:12:29.915]: Chapter 02
[09:12:03] Chapter name at [00:15:22.463]: Chapter 03
[09:12:03] Chapter name at [00:21:25.534]: Chapter 04
[09:12:03] Chapter name at [00:25:46.002]: Chapter 05
[09:12:03] Chapter name at [00:31:03.653]: Chapter 06
[09:12:03] Chapter name at [00:38:40.985]: Chapter 07
[09:12:03] Chapter name at [00:39:20.066]: Chapter 08
[09:12:03] Chapter name at [00:41:26.567]: Chapter 09
[09:12:03] Chapter name at [00:43:45.372]: Chapter 10
[09:12:03] Chapter name at [00:47:07.324]: Chapter 11
[09:12:03] Chapter name at [00:57:40.915]: Chapter 12
[09:12:03] Chapter name at [00:59:48.251]: Chapter 13
[09:12:03] Chapter name at [01:04:42.378]: Chapter 14
[09:12:03] Chapter name at [01:06:22.395]: Chapter 15
[09:12:03] Chapter name at [01:14:12.865]: Chapter 16
[09:12:03] Chapter name at [01:20:14.351]: Chapter 17
[09:12:03] Chapter name at [01:27:46.094]: Chapter 18
[09:12:03] Chapter name at [01:31:11.549]: Chapter 19
[09:12:03] Audio track #2 name: [3/0]
[09:12:03] Audio track #3 name: [1/0]
[09:12:03] Loading external subtitles: (eng) - Sanjuro.mkv.chapters.eng.srt
***** Giving up!

***** Calculated bitrate suggestions to fit media [4480 MiB] (in 10550 steps of 3 kbps)
[ 1] New bitrate: 4512 kbps (original: 36159) - Sanjuro
***** Expected output size: 4479 MiB

[09:17:09] [AUTO-FIT]: Title#01 4512 kbps, 1920x1080 -> 1920x1080 -> 1920x1080
[09:17:43] Audio track #2 name: [3/0]
[09:17:43] Audio track #3 name: [1/0]
[09:18:09] Audio track #2 name: [3/0]
[09:18:09] Audio track #3 name: [1/0]
[09:18:35] Extracting PGS subtitle track ID#4 from title #1 (Sanjuro)
[09:18:35] Please wait...
[09:18:35] Demux failed!

[09:19:17] Audio track #2 name: [3/0]
[09:19:17] Audio track #3 name: [1/0]
[09:19:47] Audio track #2 name: [3/0]
[09:19:47] Audio track #3 name: [1/0]
[09:20:15] Extracting PGS subtitle track ID#4 from title #1 (Sanjuro)
[09:20:15] Please wait...
[09:20:15] Demux failed!

I believe extracting PGS subtitle track ID#4 Demux failed is the issue but I'm unsure what the work around is..

[johns0]

Use mkvcleaver to extract the sub and add the external sub to multiavchd and remove the internal sub,if that doesn't work then something's wrong with the sub.

[calgunner]

Use mkvcleaver to extract the sub and add the external sub to multiavchd and remove the internal sub,if that doesn't work then something's wrong with the sub.

Hmmm..very strange. I open mkvcleaver..add mkv file..choose subtitle track but am unable to use extract tracks! option button. Here's the strange part..using handbrake has no problem processing subtitles. Can't figure out why handbrake can process the subtitles yet multiAVCHD cannot. The source MKV file was created using the program MakeMKV.

[johns0]

Have you got mkvtoolnix installed and mkvcleaver pointed to it?I have never had a problem with multiavchd with subs unless there was an error with them.

[rextal]

OK, maybe a dumb response but sometimes when I'm puzzling on errors I miss the blatant.

I'm guessing you probably don't have the original source files, but it'd be silly of me not to suggest that if you still have the source file(s) you used to make the MKV file in the first place why not use it/them as the source file in multiAVCHD instead of the MKV.

Just a thought.

[jman98]

If you don't need menus and can manually enter your chapter information (or cut and paste it), tsmuxer may work with your input file without any problems to produce BD output.

[calgunner]

Thanks for all the suggestions..I actually downloaded the subs and added them to the file..it works.