Number of PGS Subtitle Elements

[kncowans]

Hello all

I Hope you are Well.

Is it possible to see how many Elements are present in the PGS Subtitles, prior to Ripping?

Or, is it possible to see how many Elements are present in the resulting MKV using MKVToolnix so that I can select only the Forced Subtitles and Remove the ones that I do not require?

Thanks in advance

Kevin

[Woodstock]

Prior to ripping, no. The software that counts subtitles has to read the particular track.

I've found that having MakeMKV read EVERYTHING doesn't take any longer, and you can process things more thoroughly after it's on your local disk than on the media. But that's just me...

[kncowans]

Hello @Woodstock

Thanks for the Reply.

I think I have found a Workflow that will work going forward.

Rip the Bluray including All English Subtitles.
Check the MKV with 'MediaInfo', from within MKVToolnix, which shows how many Elements the Subtitles contain.
Set the appropriate Subtitle Track as Forced using MKVToolnix.
Remove any unnecessary Subtitle Tracks using MKVToolnix.

One Question regarding MKVToolnix and MediaInfo.

Why does the TrackID in MKVToolnix start at '0' and in MediaInfo it starts at '1' ?

Thanks

Kevin

[Woodstock]

The 0/1 issue has to do with programmer preferences. Old programmers start counting at zero, newer programmers start at one.