Selective subtitles on MP4s

[phunkidude]

I have an English speaking movie in MP4 format which has selected scenes featuring a foreign language. The movie did not display any subtitles. Is there a ways to add subtitles to my MP4 file on a mac?

[Baldrick]

Yes, use subler or muxo to add srt subtitles to a mp4/m4v. But you have to make the subs yourself....or download from the net.

[phunkidude]

Yeah I tried Subler last night with an .srt file I downloaded. I couldn't get Subler to open the file or anything. I'll try Muxo. One question though, will the subtitles be permanently on screen or only for the non-English speaking scenes?

[Baldrick]

One question though, will the subtitles be permanently on screen or only for the non-English speaking scenes?

It will show what the srt contain, you can open it with a text editor and see. And you must play with a software that supports such subtitle like quicktime player.

You can also mux srt to a mp4 with mp4box, but they will work in vlc only on a mac and not quicktime, appletv, iphone, etc.

[phunkidude]

OK I got it working with Subler although some of the subtitles seem out of sync with what's been said on screen. Also, the subtitles appear constantly. How would I have them appear only for the non-English scenes?

Thanks for all your help by the way.

[Case]

The subtitles appear constantly. How would I have them appear only for the non-English scenes?

Just remove the (English) subs that you don't want.

[phunkidude]

...and the syncing issues?