My TV can only play subtitles if they are embedded into the file (eg a MKV or hardcoded over the video).
So given a film in a format (eg MP4) and a subtitle as something like a SRT, how can I combine them into something my TV can play?
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Sign up to join this communityYou could use mkvmerge (apt-get install mkvtoolnix
) to create a Matroska container and include the subtitles in the output:
mkvmerge -o output.mkv input.mp4 subtitle0.srt subtitle1.srt
This does not require re-encoding, so it is pretty fast.
You may set the language and name of each subtitle track:
mkvmerge -o output.mkv input.mp4 \
--language 0:en --track-name 0:English english_subtitles.srt
--language 0:es --track-name 0:Español spanish_subtitles.srt
Note that we used for both languages the same track ID (0:
), which corresponds to the input video track.
The --language
needs to be properly encoded. You can list all allowed ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-1 codes with:
mkvmerge --list-languages
You may also set the title of the output video with:
--title "Your title"
We can check how all subtitles were added to the output:
$ mkvmerge -i output.mkv
File 'output.mkv': container: Matroska
Track ID 0: video (MPEG-4p10/AVC/H.264)
Track ID 1: audio (AAC)
Track ID 2: subtitles (SubRip/SRT)
Track ID 3: subtitles (SubRip/SRT)
If you really want to "burn" the subtitles in the video, you may use ffmpeg
instead.
mkvmerge -o output.mkv input.mkv --language 0:ger --track-name '0:German subs' subs.srt
Try HandBrake. HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows. it allows users to add subtitles as a part of the movie with the option to turn the subtitle on and off. Something like DVD movie subtitles.
To install HandBrake from Ubuntu PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-releases
Your system will now fetch the PPA's key.sudo apt-get update
OR
If you are using Karmic (9.10) or later, you can just click on "Technical details about this PPA" link on the PPA page and select your Ubuntu version. sources.list entries hence shown can be added directly to your system's software sources: System Setting > Software Sources > Other Software(Tab)
.
I added them with avconv like:
avconv -i The.Hunt.For.Red.October.1990.1080p.BluRay.x264.anoXmous_.mp4 -f srt -i The.Hunt.For.Red.October.1990.1080p.BluRay.x264.anoXmous_.spa.srt -c:v copy -c:a copy -c:s mov_text The.Hunt.For.Red.October.1990.1080p.BluRay.x264.anoXmous_subtitles.mp4
you can use avidemux.
To install
sudo apt-get install avidemux
The procedure:
1.Launch avidemux.
2.Open the .avi file.
3.Select a video encoder from the pull-down menu on the left pane, where it says Video.
4.Configure the encoder by clicking the "Configure" button.
5.Add a subtitler filter. First click on the "Filters" button in the left pane (under Video).
7.To finalize the process, click Save and type in a name for the output file.
More You can use VLC
Make a new folder and keep the movie file inside that folder.
put the subtitle file into the folder that you have created.
Rename the subtitle with the movie name and use .srt extension at the last
Read more on.
Use ffmpeg:
ffmpeg -i "/tmp/toggle-android-lib-and-layout.mp4" -f srt -i "/tmp/toggle-android-lib-and-layout.srt" -c:v copy -c:a copy -c:s mov_text /tmp/t.mp4 -y