[mythtv-users] Forced subtitles in mkv DVD rips.

[Jack]

On Thu, 2012-05-17 at 16:34 +0100, Alexander Fisher wrote:
> Yes.  This is what I understand by forced subtitles too.  Some films
> are basically unwatchable without them.
> Not being able to tell what the Na'vi are saying in Avatar, or missing
> huge parts of Japanese dialogue in Kill Bill etc would ruin those
> movies.

I have a number of films ripped with forced subtitles and they work fine
for me. However, these are from Blu-Ray not DVD.

I have a similar work-flow to you except that I run the video through
handbrake to get the file-size down a little. I have found that this
leaves me with no subtitles, so I use mkvmerge to put them back in. The
big difference is that I do not play with any of the settings with
regards to forced or not forced in mkvmerge.

I have opened one such file up and mkvmerge does not claim that /any/ of
my subtitle tracks are forced (??!) yet the expected translation subs do
appear automatically when forced subs are enabled in mythvideo.

I took a look with mkvinfo and that doesn't mention anything about any
forced subs tracks either.

This is weird, yours doesn't work when it should and mine works when it
shouldn't.


I think I've just muddied the waters, sorry.

Jack