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Hi,

I have been using makemkv for a while (<30 days) on MacOS 10.6.8 and got two problems: subtitles and file size.

When I rip a disk I always add some subtitles. Sometimes there is only one track, this is shown as "forced" in makemkv (see photo 1 ) . When I play the output mkv with VLC the subtitles are per default on but they may also be disabled. Until here, everything is fine.

As the file is quite big (>9 GB), I use handbrake to shrink it. But I have the impression that handbrake does not really recognize the subtitles (see photo 2). Anyway, after the conversion, the subtitles are gone ...

I tried every option in handbrake (subtitles forced, default, ....), nothing worked.

I also used Mkvtoolnix, without success. The result is even worse: VLC cannot really read the muxed version, it freezes as soon as I scroll within the film.

A solution would be to have an option to limit the output size of makemkv files. Is there anything like this planned ?

Thanks for any help !

If you are not using a nightly build of Handbrake, it will not recognize PGS subtitles from Bluray disks. The nightly builds will allow you to select one subtitle track to burn into the image, because MP4 files do not support PGS subtitles.

Many viewers have problems with PGS subtitles in MKV files. VLC usually works, but sometimes doesn't.

Thanks for the quick reply !

Got the latest nightly.
Works, ... sort of ... subtitles are there, but they are HUGE, like font size 30+, and truncated

Any ideas ?

Thanks !

Looks like the film is scaled but not the subtitles, when going from mkv to mkv.

Tried from mkv to mp4: works ! Takes only 4 times longer

When the destination is an MKV file, the subtitle track CAN be simply copied in to the file, rather than burned into the video; it must be burned in for MP4. Since the subtitle is a transparent image, it could be a problem for some players if it is still at 1920x1080 resolution.

Myself, I cheat - I try to buy stuff as BD/DVD combo packs, and put the DVD VOBSUB titles in with the BD video/audio, and let HB create MP4s with great video and audio, but still having MP4-compatible selectable subtitles.