Changing a video primary audio/subtitles

[tasanhalas]

Hi! I need some help, I have an .mkv video which has three audio streams embedded and two subtitles. Unfortunately the audio I want is not the standard one and neither of the subtitles are the right language.

So here is my question, how can I change the standard audio stream, so it always plays English one instead of Spanish and how can I make it standard to not use any of the embedded subtitles (I'll use subtitles from an .srt file)?


It's a gift for my technology impaired father, hence the necessity to make it work the correct way, straight away
Thanks

[Baldrick]

You can use mkvmergegui (included in mkvtoolnix). Open the mkv. Click on the audio track and set it to the default track and the other no. Make a new mkv. Test play it.

[tasanhalas]

Thank you! I'm gonna try it right away

[Baldrick]

I guess you can use mkvpropedit also and you can fix without having to make a new mkv. But it's a command line utility. No gui.

Another option would be to remove additional audio and subtitle tracks and make a new mkv.

[tasanhalas]

Thanks worked exactly like I wanted!

But now another question, the subtitles I found aren't sync correctly, is there a way to sync and embedd them into the mkv? Can I do it in the same program?

[Baldrick]

You can use subtitle edit to sync your srt file against the video. Then mux it back to the mkv with mkvmergegui.

[tasanhalas]

Thanks a lot for the very quick help, all done, and in time