Subtitles for .mkv

[Ash X]

I've got a movie in .mkv format which I would like to burn to VCD. I've d/l'ed the correct codec pack (Matroska), so I can watch the movie in Windows Media Player, TMPGEnc can encode the movie fine, the only problem is the subtitles. When I watch the movie in WMP, a green arrow appears in the system tray in the bottom-right. If I click the arrow, I get the option of which language the subs should be in- the problem is the subs do not appear in the resulting .mpg file. Looking at other guides, they say I should have a .sub or .nfo file for the subs, but I don't have either- the subs appear to be in the moive file. Is there anyway to extract the subs form the .mkv file, or do I have to try and find a subtitle file or something?

[celtic_druid]

You can use mkvextract to extract them, that is assuming that they are text and not VOBSubs.

I did some tests the other day and it seems to me that directvobsub doesn't work too good with TMPGEnc. One thing that I did notice though is that ffdshow works ok, however that is of no use if the video is something that it can't decode.

I tested v2.33 and a cvs build of dvobsub by the way. Maybe older versions are ok with TMPGEnc?

[Ash X]

You can use mkvextract to extract them, that is assuming that they are text and not VOBSubs.

I'm afraid that they are- it says "DirectVobsub" when you hover over the arrow. Is there anyway to extract the subtitles from the movie now that they are Vobsubs?

[celtic_druid]

DirectVOBSub handles both VOBSub's and text sub formats. So the fact that it is being loaded doesnt really mean anything.

There is as far as I know no way to extract VOBSub's from a mkv back to idx/subs. It is a 1 way process, as such if you think you may want the sub/idx in the future I suggest that you keep a copy if muxing to mkv.