getting subtitles

[carilchasens]

Please, can anybody tell me how to successfully get subtitles and put them on a dvd or bluray disc so that my player can access them?

[theresay]

In Streamfab, on the upper right corner, click on the "hamburger" (the 3 lines), click on setting, then vip service tag, then change subtitle to "extract SRT". You'll get a separate SRT file when you download your videos. As for creating DVD/Blu-ray, you need software like DVDFab or Powerdirector

[JeffDavis]

If you want to extract subtitles, and maybe edit them, from a downloaded MP4 or MKV file, I use a freeware program called Subtitle Edit. It's available here:

https://www.nikse.dk/

The programmer is a Danish guy named Nikolaj Lynge Olsson.

[Brozilla]

Aegisub way better to edit subs

[JeffDavis]

Never tried Aegisub. Reading through its manual, it seems to be focused on formatted subtitles (*.ASS, *.SSA) rather than plain text (*.SRT), but it supports SRT subtitles. One limitation is that it cannot extract subtitles from MP4 files, only from MKV files. A workaround for that would be to use MKVToolnix to convert an MP4 to an MKV.

[carilchasens]

Thanks.. not planning to edit subtitles, though. I just want to be able to burn the download to a disc and watch it on an ordinary dvd-bluray player with subtitles.

[jpp72]

One limitation is that it cannot extract subtitles from MP4 files, only from MKV files. A workaround for that would be to use MKVToolnix to convert an MP4 to an MKV.

CCExtractor's home page

[Chameleon]

CCExtractor's home page

Thank you jpp72, without you I have no reason to visit this forum anymore. I come here now basically just to see how you are handling things, and I have learned a lot from you. Thanks.

[JeffDavis]

CCExtractor's home page

I'm just going by Aegisub's own manual:

Open subtitles from video
Open the subtitles muxed into the currently open video file. This currently only works with Matroska video files.

I use CCExtractor, but it only extracts closed captions (text embedded in the video stream). If the video stream does not have subtitles, but has closed captions, you can extract the closed captions into an SRT file with CCExtractor, then add the SRT subtitle stream into an MP4 file with FFMPEG or an MKV file with MKVToolnix.

[JeffDavis]

Thanks.. not planning to edit subtitles, though. I just want to be able to burn the download to a disc and watch it on an ordinary dvd-bluray player with subtitles.

Do you have a player that plays MP4 and MKV files, or do you want to author a DVD or Blu-ray that plays on a standard player? There is software that does that, but I have no experience with it.

[carilchasens]

Do you have a player that plays MP4 and MKV files, or do you want to author a DVD or Blu-ray that plays on a standard player? There is software that does that, but I have no experience with it.

We have a standard player, watch dvd-bluray because our download is not good enough for streaming. I download a few things that are not available on disc, and would very much like to see subtitles.

[jpp72]

I'm just going by Aegisub's own manual:
I use CCExtractor, but it only extracts closed captions (text embedded in the video stream). If the video stream does not have subtitles, but has closed captions, you can extract the closed captions into an SRT file with CCExtractor, then add the SRT subtitle stream into an MP4 file with FFMPEG or an MKV file with MKVToolnix.

Incorrect.

@Echo off
REM *********************************
REM Extract CC from MP4 (ccextractor)
REM *********************************
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
for /r %%i in (*.mp4) do ccextractorwinfull -autoprogram -mp4vidtrack -out=srt "%%i"
pause​

CCE might now work with some weirdly constructed files so i have an FFmpeg script:

@Echo off
REM ************************************
REM Extract Timed Text from MP4 (ffmpeg)
REM ************************************
setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
for /r %%l in (*.mp4) do ffmpeg -hide_banner -i "%%~nxl" -codec:s subrip "%%~nl.srt"
pause​

[jpp72]

Thank you jpp72, without you I have no reason to visit this forum anymore. I come here now basically just to see how you are handling things, and I have learned a lot from you. Thanks.

Thanks man! I appreciate being appreciated

[artsunlimited]

Thanks man! I appreciate being appreciated

You have been entirely awesome on this board, as has Cats4U, which makes PornFab's treatment of you both all the more unconscionable. Thanks for putting up with it on our behalf for as long as you did.

[carilchasens]

If you want to extract subtitles, and maybe edit them, from a downloaded MP4 or MKV file, I use a freeware program called Subtitle Edit. It's available here:

https://www.nikse.dk/

The programmer is a Danish guy named Nikolaj Lynge Olsson.

Would this work on subtitles that were remuxed into file? And, could that be used to hard code the subtitles into a MP4 file so that they would be visible with any player?