MKVmerge extends total time if subtitle duration exceeds video duration

[ankutsa]

Hi

If the video is 2 hours long, and the subtitle is 3 hours long, after "muxing" the video will show up in the player as 3 hours long

Is there any way to prevent this, without having to edit the subtitle? Like chop off everything that exceeds the video stream length.

[Selur]

If the video is 2 hours long, and the subtitle is 3 hours long, after "muxing" the video will show up in the player as 3 hours long

What did you expect, the length of an av file is always based on the playtime of the longest stream.

Is there any way to prevent this, without having to edit the subtitle? Like chop off everything that exceeds the video stream length.

Nope, only way would be to cut the subtitles.