[SOLVED] mkv with switchable subtitles

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Hello.

I've just registered this forum, as the content has helped me several times before, but now I had a question to which I couldn't find answers, therefore, here I am...

I have recently started using mkv files stored on my external USB hard disk with which I watch the files on my TV through my Sony BD player...
I started using MMG (mkvmergeGUI) to add subtitles...

What I was wondering is:

Is it possible to add 2 subtitles to an MKV file and change between them on a standalone player?
I was aiming to add subtitles of 2 different languages...

I will be trying this soon, but I figured that someone might have already, and wouldn't mind sharing the result/experience...

Thanks in advance.
Regards.


EDIT:

I've just tried adding 2 subs to the mkv and muxing it again, but my Sony BD player just gives the option of turning on and off the subtitles.
What might I have done wrong? Or most likely I missed something, as I'm quite new to MMG...
Hope someone can help, perhaps with some instructions (if it is possible at all to have 2 subs)...

Thanks.

[Ai Haibara]

It's just that hardware MKV players, such as Blu-Ray players, usually do not support everything that an MKV can contain - including multiple subtitle streams. I don't think there's a hardware player (other than a computer, that is) that supports more than one subtitle stream in any given video file, but I could be wrong.

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It's just that hardware MKV players, such as Blu-Ray players, usually do not support everything that an MKV can contain - including multiple subtitle streams. I don't think there's a hardware player (other than a computer, that is) that supports more than one subtitle stream in any given video file, but I could be wrong.

Thanks Ai Haibara.

I was started to get the suspicion that the BD player was the issue.

Can anyone confirm that I will not be able to add 2 subtitles to an mkv and switch between them on a Sony BD player (hardware/standalone)?!

Regards.



EDIT:

I was able to get it to work.

What I had to do was set both subtitle tracks to 'Forced' when muxing, and then I was able to switch between them on my Sony 3D BD player from my USB hard disk.

Perhaps this information might help someone else in the future.

[lenscan]

Just wanted to say thanks for this thread! I only wanted to add subs in one language but I wanted optional subs, not hard-coded, and that program worked perfectly. (after hours trying others without success) Thank you!