I'm looking for a quick way to strip subtitles from a bunch of video files without re-encoding or anything. I just want to remove the subtitles and toss them in a separate folder in case I ever need them. I'm using VLC on Xbox to watch my network share now and there's no option to turn the goddamn things off by default. Also, I need to do this on linux.
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You don't indicate what type of files they are - makes a big difference in the approach taken. By far MKV are the easiest to deal with
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Yeah, MKV. Don't know why I forgot about this topic. Found another batch of files I need to rip subtitles from though.
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Open the source in MKVToolnix GUI, deselect the subtitles, and write out your new file sans the subtitles
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Also use mkvcleaver to extract the sub you want to save.
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To quickly strip off the subtitles you could use MKVBatch or use mkvmerge in a batch job like
Code:for %%h in (*.mkv) do ( mkvmerge -o "Merged\%%~nh_MERGED.mkv" --audio-tracks 1 --no-subtitles --language 0:eng "%%h" --track-order 0:0,0:1)
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First extract the subtitles you want to keep in a new folder with MKVCleaver - it has a batch function. Then after you have checked the subs to be the ones you want, then next open the source in MKVToolnix GUI, deselec the subtitles, and remux to a new file minus the subtitles.
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ugh. Trying to set that up in Bash with mkvextract and mkvmerge isn't working so well. Can't stand this scripting shit anymore.
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It's your call of course but why do you want to remove the subs? It won't reduce the file size significantly unless there are dozens of subs? The workaround is to search for srt subs from the many subtitle sites and once satisfied they are correct then remove the subs from within the MKV file as earlier discussed.
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Op want to remove the subs cause on the xbox one he cant turn them off by default.
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ffmpeg is available for linux. It could do both the demuxing and removal of the subs. Maybe you can figure out the Linux syntax from a Windows batch file:
Code:md Subs md NoSubs for %%F in (*.mkv *.mp4) do ( ffmpeg -y -i "%%~dpnxF" -vn -an "Subs\%%~NF.srt" ffmpeg -y -i "%%~dpnxF" -c copy -map 0 -map -0:s "NoSubs\%%~nxF" ) pause
In case you're not aware the %%~dpnx format encodes the parts of the filename:
%%~dpnx = "C:\path\to\my video file.ext":
d = drive letter and colon, C:
p = path (not including the filename or extension, \path\to\
n = filename without path or extension, my video file
x = period and extension, .mp4Last edited by jagabo; 18th Jun 2021 at 17:01.
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According to the Xbox manual
Press the Xbox button on your controller to return to the dashboard.
Press the Menu button and select Settings.
Select Closed Captioning in the Console settings column.
Select closed captions off
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I did some testing on the vlc subtitle options,you can turn off the subs in other videos without restarting vlc,when you start another video the subs will show,what you have to do is go back into the subtitle option and click on it and it will say no subtitles,just go back to the video and the sub will be turned off.
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I abandoned VLC sometime ago for MPC-HC https://www.videohelp.com/software/Media-Player-Classic-Home-Cinema as it handles large 4K files better. You can turn off subs permanently if you wish.
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