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[Automaton]

Hilo!

In a custom profile I am trying to get MMKV to not select the 2nd eng subtitles off of a tv series that I am backing up. I'm taking eng/fre audio tracks and eng/fre/dut subtitles. Only prob is there are 2 eng subtitle tracks and it selects both. I just want the first.

Looks like the ":N" flag would do the job but after reading through practically every sub forum here I saw mike posting that it was not working a while back (1.7.3?) and I have not seen anyone posting examples of it working or its correct syntax.

Any news or examples would be most welcome.

[fryk.]

What do you mean with ":N flag"? I've never seen such flag in matroska.

[Automaton]

I mean the "N" flag for makemkv profiles...

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<!-- track settings -->
    <!-- defaultSelection tokens:
    all         - always matches
    xxx         - matches specific language (ISO 639-2B/T code - eng,fra,etc...)
    N           - matches if Nth (or bigger) track of the same type and language
    favlang     - matches favorite languages, always matches if no favorite language is set
    special     - matches if track is special (directors comments, childrens, etc)
    video       - matches if track is video
    audio       - matches if track is audio
    subtitle    - matches if track is subtitle
    
    video tracks:
    mvcvideo    - matches if track is a 3D multi-view video
    
    audio tracks, special tracks never match:
    mono        - matches if mono
    stereo      - matches if stereo
    multi       - matches if multi-channel
    havemulti   - matches if track is mono/stereo and there is a multi-channel track in same language
    lossy       - matches if non-lossless
    lossless    - matches if lossless
    havelossless- matches if non-lossless track, but there is a lossless track in same language
    core        - matches if this track is core audio, logical part of hd track
    havecore    - matches if this track is hd track with core audio
    
    subtitle tracks:
    forced      - matches if track is forced
    -->

[fryk.]

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    N           - matches if Nth (or bigger) track of the same type and language

- type = (video, audio, subtitle)
- language = (ISO 639-2B/T code - eng,fra,etc...)

So "N" should set to "2" for the second english audio track.

[NodNarb012]

It's my understanding that you would need to add the following syntax to your default selection string: "-sel:2"

It has been a long time since I've tried using it, so I don't know if it was ever fixed/added, but if it does work, it would deselect the second instance of any and all tracks of the same type and language, not just subtitle tracks. Good luck and please update us if it works.

EDIT: Actually, you should be able to add "-sel:(2&subtitle)" to your selection string to accomplish what you want, that is assuming that the N selection logic works now.

[necrosis]

Is there any status on this? I would love for this to work as I always include the subtitles when I do backups but would only like to select the first English subtitle track. I have been trying this but all I get are 'Invalid token' errors.

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-sel:all,+sel:(audio&(eng)),-sel:havemulti,+sel:(subtitle&(eng)),-sel:(subtitle&(2)),=100:all,-10:eng

[liamhughes]

Hello,

Any updates on this? It appears to still be broken with the "invalid token" message.

Thanks!

[necrosis]

Has anything become of this over the years?

[Chetwood]

Unfortunately this still does not seem to work.

[GalaKstiv]

Damn, I spend the whole night trying to figure how it worked since I'm in a similar situation (only ripping the Original Voice over with subtitles and don't need the 2nd subtitle track), and only now found this post.

I guess I will have to unchecked this track every time T__T

[charettepa]

has anybody got this to work
its still listed as a valid option
yet keeps saying invalid token

seems they should have included an example of how to use it

[GalaKstiv]

It was still not working the last time I checked (can't check it right now since the bêta license as expired today and there isn't a new license available yet at the time I'm writing this).

I haven't seen any admin or mod posting in this topic, so i'm not sure if this issue as been acknowledged or not.