Help extracting softsub from a .mkv movie file.

[Danilux]

Hi, i'm new to this great forum, I need help to extract a softsub that came with a movie, the subtitle is in english and i want to remove it and add an external .srt subtitle using convertX to DVD at the moment of recording the file to a DVD using this guide http://www.dvd-guides.com/content/view/158/59/

I tried using MKVextract but it only shows the Video track and the Audio track, i don't know why it doesn't appear the Subtitle track, MKVExtract 1.6.4.1 says:

Track ID 1: video (V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC)
Track ID 2: audio (A_AC3)

And that's it, i wouldn't mind having both subtitle in the dvd and i can choose which to use but i read that ConvertX to DVD can't record .mkv files with softsubs so i have to remove it and add the extra subtitle using convertx, hope someone can help me find a way to do this, Thanks in advance. Any information you may need just ask.

Danilux.




Edit: Here's the MediaInfo report of the File:

Format : Matroska
File size : 1.09 GiB
Duration : 1h 16mn
Overall bit rate : 2 041 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2008-09-12 20:37:38
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.2.0 ('Turn It On Again') built on Mar 4 2008 12:58:26
Writing library : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@3.1
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 16mn
Bit rate : 1 311 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 1 398 Kbps
Width : 832 pixels
Height : 528 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.133
Writing library : x264 core 61 r967M 869d5e4
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:-2:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=6 / psy_rd=1.0:1.0 / brdo=1 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-4 / threads=3 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=16 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / bime=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40(pre) / rc=2pass / bitrate=1398 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=1.00 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=2:1.00
Language : English

Audio
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1h 16mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Rear: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz


Hope that helps.

[Baldrick]

Try open the mkv with latest mkvmerge (included in mkvtoolnix). Does it mention any subtitles?
And are you sure that is is SOFTsubs? Can you disable the subtitles when you play the mkv?

[Danilux]

Yes i can disable it, Anyway now it worked like a charm,i removed the subtitle, Weird thing that now it showed the sub track, Now that i have all in place
do you recommend me to burn the .mkv file and add the sub with convertxtodvd or first convert it to avi and then to dvd?

I want to keep the most quality as the mkv as posible, wich method is better to acomplish this.

Thanks Baldrick.