Subtitles and CC

[LostinAylt]

My subtitles and close captioning ability are not copied with the DVD. Can anyone help?

[Woodstock]

Closed captioning is part of the video track; if it isn't there, the video isn't either. It isn't a option you can turn off or on.

Subtitles, though, are subject to your default selection rule, which you would only see and be able to change with "Expert mode" turned on (Preferences->General). And the default rule is influenced by whether or not you have selected a "preferred language".

Are you SURE they're not there? A lot of players ignore them. I have two different software packages on my Android-based media player; one can play Bluray subtitles, the other works with DVD subtitles. And the players do not detect the subtitle type they can't play.

You can verify that MakeMKV is including the subtitles is to click on the little triangle next to the title in the left hand menu, and making sure there is a check next to the subtitle tracks.

[ndjamena]

If you can copy your discs to a hard drive using DVDShrink reauthor mode this is a Windows batch that will use MakeMKV, CCExtractor, SubtitleEdit and MKVMerge to create an MKV from the discs containing the 608 closed captions in both srt and VobSub form.

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@if not defined EMode (Set "EMode=OFF")
@ECHO %EMode%

if "%~f1"=="" goto :eof

:START

Set "FolderName=%~n1"

Set "DONTDELETE="
if NOT Exist "F:\Work\Temp\%FolderName%" mkdir "F:\Work\Temp\%FolderName%"
"C:\Program Files (x86)\MakeMKV\makemkvcon64.exe" mkv "file:%~f1" all "F:\Work\Temp\%~n1" --noscan

cd /d "F:\Work\Temp\%FolderName%"
Set MKVCount=0
for %%g in (*.mkv) do CALL :ProcessMKVs "%%~fg"

cd /d "%~f1"


Set VobCount=0
for %%g in (*.vob) do CALL :ProcessVobs "%%~fg"

if %MKVCount% NEQ %VobCount% (
	echo ERROR:  %MKVCount% MKVs and %VobCount% Vobs
	pause
)

del VIDEO_TS.BUP
del VIDEO_TS.IFO

for /l %%g in (1,1,%MKVCount%) do CALL ren "%%MKV%%~g%%" "%%Vob%%~g%%.mkv"

for %%g in (*.vob) do CALL :ProcessFile "%%~fg"

if NOT DEFINED DONTDELETE for %%g in (*.*) do CALL :DelFile "%%~fg"

if NOT DEFINED DONTDELETE rd "F:\Work\Temp\%FolderName%"

shift

if NOT "%~f1"=="" goto :START

pause

goto :eof

:DelFile

	Set "FileName=%~n1"
	if /I NOT "%FileName:~-3%"=="New" DEL "%~f1"

goto :eof

:ProcessFile

	Set "FileName=%~n1"

	if NOT EXIST "%~dpn1.srt" "C:\Program Files (x86)\CCExtractor\ccextractorwin.exe" -autoprogram -out=srt -bom -utf8 -ve -trim "%~f1" -o "%~dpn1.srt"

	if NOT EXIST "%~dpn1.idx" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Subtitle Edit\SubtitleEdit.exe" /convert "%~dpn1.srt" VobSub

	type NUL
	MKVMerge --default-track 0:1 --default-track 1:1 "F:\Work\Temp\%FolderName%\%~n1.mkv" --default-track 0:0 --language 0:eng "%~dpn1.idx" --default-track 0:0 --language 0:eng "%~dpn1.srt" -o "%~dpn1-New.mkv"
	if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" (
		del "F:\Work\Temp\%FolderName%\%~n1.mkv"
		del "%~dpn1.idx"
		del "%~dpn1.sub"
		del "%~dpn1.srt"
		del "%~dp1%FileName:~0,-1%0.bup"
		del "%~dp1%FileName:~0,-1%0.ifo"
		del "%~f1"
	) else (
		Set "DONTDELETE=TRUE"
	)

goto :eof

:ProcessMKVs

	Set /a MKVCount+=1
	Set "MKV%MKVCount%=%~f1"

goto :eof

:ProcessVobs

	Set /a VobCount+=1
	Set "Vob%VobCount%=%~n1"

goto :eof

You'd have to modify the temp directory or make other alterations and DVDShrink may fail to rip the disc properly if you don't use AnyDVD or DVDFab Passkey in the background...

This is for the EAC3To postprocessing on the MKV:

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@if not defined EMode (Set "EMode=OFF" & Set "Pause_On=")
@ECHO %EMode%

:START

	if NOT "%~f1"=="" cd /d "%~f1"

	if NOT EXIST Done md Done

	for %%g in (*.mkv) do CALL :ProcessFile "%%~fg"

	shift

	if not "%~f1"=="" goto :START

goto :eof


:ProcessFile

	move "%~f1" ".\Done"
	eac3to ".\Done\%~nx1" 2:".\Done\%~n1.ac3"
	mkvmerge -A ".\Done\%~nx1" --language 0:eng ".\Done\%~n1.ac3" --track-order 0:0,1:0 -o "%~f1"

goto :eof

I used it on Dilbert and Daria, here's a thread explaining the kind of problems this method fixes:
https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=174130

It all makes assumptions about the contents of the videos (ie the existence of 608 captions and a single AC-3 audio stream) so as is it's not an all purpose method. It should give you ideas though, assuming you're will to put the work in.