

Applications/Video/Mkvtoolnix.app/Contents/MacOS/mkvextract tracks MKVfilename trackID1 utputSUPfilename1 ].įor example, in our case with three subtracks with ID's 5, 6, 7 and with a source MKV file named IronSkyMAIN-rip.mkv, the command will look as follows: If you've dragged MKVtoolnix to Applications/Video, just issue the following command in Terminal (assuming you're in the same directory as your source MKV file if you aren't, use the absolute / relative path to the MKV file):

Subler is a macOS application, and for multiplexing the mp4. MOV or MKV files quickly re-copied to MP4, or add a new subtitle track in the MP4 file.
Subler mac tutorial for mac#
Subler for mac is a simple multiplexer and MP4 file format marker. Fortunately, it's part of MKVtoolnix so you don't need to install it separately. So easy to use Mac tool you can add captions must not miss it subler Free Software. Immediately following this type, in the parentheses, there will be some (track) ID's: in the above screenshot (also annotated), these are 5, 6 and 7.Ĥ, for the next part, you'll need to switch to the Terminal to access the command-line interface of the mkvextract program directly. Start it.Ģ, click Add (annotated below) and load the MKV file:ģ, in the Tracks, chapters and tags list, look for entries starting with S_HDMV/PGS. The video chunk is HERE feel free to download it and play with its subtracks.ġ, get and install MKVtoolnix (fortunately, it's a simple DMG file).
Subler mac tutorial movie#
Unfortunately, my long-time favorite, iMkvExtract, doesn't support extracting these subtracks it just doesn't export anything if you select one or more S_HDMV/PGS subtracks.įor this tutorial, I've selected a part of the Blu-ray version of the excellent Iron Sky movie where German is spoken so that I can provide you with a test video you can play with with three subtitle languages as there are no English subtitles for English speech and the Behind the Scenes section of the disc only contains Finnish subs, not English / Swedish ones (the Blu-ray is only sold in Finland this is why there are not even Swedish subs here). Then, you'll already be able to add them, both in their original (bitmap) and OCR'ed form, to the target MP4's. If you try to passthru them, Subler won't create a usable file if you set Action to 3GPP Text during opening the MKV file, no subtracks will be written to the target file.īasically, you'll need to extract these subtracks, convert them to the Subler-friendly DVD-based IDX / SUB-format and re-add them to the MKV. Unfortunately, as opposed to DVD subs, Subler doesn't support S_HDMV/PGS subtracks the native sub format of Blu-ray dics.
