Can anyone help me?

[MChang]

I have downloaded a movie that has subtitles in it. English version has some Italian that is subitled on the DVD when you watch it. The download does not carry through the subtitles. Trying to figure out or learn how. Appreciate any help.

Brian

[Woodstock]

Cannot help with downloaded versions - this forum is supporting a program that rips video you own on DVD and Bluray, not downloads.

[MChang]

Woodstock, Maybe I a misspeaking. it is a DVD I have that I am converting to digital format and then loading onto an external drive I have plugged into Roku so I can watch movies from the library I have created. I'm not very tech savy so probably download is the incorrect word choice.

Thanks brian

[Woodstock]

"Downloaded" typically refers to "finding a file online, and retrieving it."

Taking the file off of a disk you own is typically called "ripping it". This is something that MakeMKV does.

So, I'm guessing you mean ripping...

Subtitles can be a pain to deal with. Many older DVDs will have a single subtitle track, which may have "all text translated", "special text only", both mixed with some flags tossed in to separate them, and a few other things that most humans will question. Newer disks, especially Bluray, will (often) have two subtitle tracks per language in the audio tracks. My examples will be from Japanese disks, since that's what I normally deal with.

A DVD disk I recently ripped has two subtitle tracks, both in English. One is "just signs and titles" (i.e., "forced" subtitles), the other is "Everything". My usual settings for MakeMKV rip both into the MKV file, and they're selectable later.

The DVDs for Bleach, a Japanese series, have only one subtitle track, with no flags to separate out the Japanese signs from audio.

Other DVDs, such as one on the allied invasion of Normandy, has no separate subtitle track... yet has subtitles IN the video itself, only for important German or French dialog, so there is no way to really watch it if you need the English.

This is where knowing which movie or series you're dealing with will help with "how to fix this".

[MChang]

Woodstock: thanks. So I open the software, insert a DVD in my drive and once the software recognizes it, I click on open file. This loads the initial info from the DVD prior to converting it. I can click on some of those files and I see subtitles; all are checked. I unchecked everything except what I want. Then I click on make MKV. If a movie has some Italian language and is subtitled when I watch it streaming, then this should come through on my make MKV efforts?

For example, 'The Pope's Excorcist' with Russell Crowe has Italian language that is subtitled when spoken, but when I open those files Italian is not one of the languages available to subtitle?

Appreciate the help.

Brian

[Woodstock]

It would be rare for them to subtitle the movie with Italian as one of the options, unless it was being sold to Italian-speaking people. It will be (generally) added to the common language track you're using, i.e., if you are watching with English subtitles, they'll add the Italian there, possibly marking it as (in Italian) or (Italian). Again, it all depends on how important the dialog is to the plot.

An example is Uhura's conversation with the Klingons in Into Darkness was partially placed in the movie itself; with subtitles OFF, it is still there. Turn subtitles on, and you get additional text overlaying the video.

Do the Italian subtitles show up when you're in English on The Pope's Exorcist?