Korean mkv with hardcoded subtitles help

[CaptainChaos]

Hi,

I have a Korean TV Series with harcoded English subtitles that I want to use avidemux 2.7.5 on.

BUT

When I recode it to mkv or mp4, the subtitles are lost, so I can't load it into convertxtodvd with subtitles.

How can I code it, so the subtitles remain (not a separate srt file, they're embedded into the film).

The reason I ask is mainly because convertxtodvd won't code more than 2 mkv/mp4 files without failing, and I really want to put 3 episodes on each disc.

Any help gratefully received!

Cheers.

[szlldm]

2.7.5 is very outdated, use the last release (or latest nightly).
Avidemux currently does not support subtitles.
What you can do is, after recoding merge the subtitle with MKVToolnix.

[CaptainChaos]

Thanks for the reply,

That's fine, but the file is just an mkv file, no srt subtitle file - will that mkv programme find the subtitles within the mkv file so I can make a separate mkv & subtitle file?

Ian

[szlldm]

The subtitle should be in the original file. Drop the original file into MKVToolnix, keep only the subtitle selected, then drop in the new file and merge together.

[CaptainChaos]

Thanks again - I'll get that mkvtoolnix.

If I find the subtitle "file" inside the mkv file, can I create a separate subtitle srt file with the subtitles, avidemux the original with no subtitles & then go to convertxtodvd & add the newly created srt into the avidemuxed mkv film only file?

Thanks