Cut MKV files and keep subtitle, AND timing, in sync?

[roadhazard]

I need a program that will let me edit a MKV file (delete a few seconds here, a few minutes there.....and when I chop out those seconds/minutes, the subtitles for those sections needs nuked as well) AND keep the remaining subtitle in sync.

I had to reload my system recently and could have SWORN I had a program that would let me do all that and it was dead simple to use. (Slight possibility I may be mis-remembering) lol

Or, I have the subs in SRT format.... is it possible to burn those into the video (overlay) without re-encoding? They are just forced English subs (for parts of the movie where a foreign language is spoken. If I could do that, since the subs would now be part of the video, using AVIDemux would be perfect.

I poked around on here and it sounded like using Clever FFMPEG GUI would do all this but unless I'm mega dumb, I saw no mention of how to mark the parts where I wanted to start/stop the cutting. The on-screen guide had shorts cuts for all the keyboard commands except how to mark the starting/stopping points. Unless I'm blind. (Can you make Clever FFMPEG GUI move to the next I frame when scrubbing forward/backward?)

I'm totally fine with paying for software to do this. The long list of programs I downloaded, that appeared to be able to do this, had zero, CLEAR tutorials on marking the start/stop points and I felt like I needed a PHD to get the job done as their GUIs were the most unfriendly things I've ever encountered.

Any recommendations?

[Swedaniel]

I need a program that will let me edit a MKV file (delete a few seconds here, a few minutes there.....and when I chop out those seconds/minutes, the subtitles for those sections needs nuked as well) AND keep the remaining subtitle in sync.

I had to reload my system recently and could have SWORN I had a program that would let me do all that and it was dead simple to use. (Slight possibility I may be mis-remembering) lol

Or, I have the subs in SRT format.... is it possible to burn those into the video (overlay) without re-encoding? They are just forced English subs (for parts of the movie where a foreign language is spoken. If I could do that, since the subs would now be part of the video, using AVIDemux would be perfect.

I poked around on here and it sounded like using Clever FFMPEG GUI would do all this but unless I'm mega dumb, I saw no mention of how to mark the parts where I wanted to start/stop the cutting. The on-screen guide had shorts cuts for all the keyboard commands except how to mark the starting/stopping points. Unless I'm blind. (Can you make Clever FFMPEG GUI move to the next I frame when scrubbing forward/backward?)

I'm totally fine with paying for software to do this. The long list of programs I downloaded, that appeared to be able to do this, had zero, CLEAR tutorials on marking the start/stop points and I felt like I needed a PHD to get the job done as their GUIs were the most unfriendly things I've ever encountered.

Any recommendations?

Yeah they do excist a few easy ones, basicly just drop the video in the program and it will display/list each single video frame together with the subtitle, if then delete an frame from the video it would allso re-sync the subtitle at the same time! i dont remember the name unluckily but keep looking, im sure ive seen one!

[netmask56]

If you have exact timings you might be able to use MKVToolNix to cut the total MKV container, but you can't cut MKV files with frame precision. If MKVToolNix came with a timeline it would be a great utility. Click anywhere in the timeline to create chapters or cuts. A bit like the old womble program for mpeg files.

[roadhazard]

Thanks for the replies!

For future travelers, I found this: https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut and it seems to be doing the job. Interface takes a little getting use to but it's doing the job.

Still trying to find the other program I once used. It was like AVIDemux.... stepping through the video and deleting things was dead simple and subtitles (and their timings) were left intact.