I have an Mkv with fansubbed subtitles that are softsubs encoded in the file. Is there a way to make it hardsubbed (any format, so long as they are hardsubs)
I don't know of a simple, one click solution, but I have used this method to hardsub an AVI, using the subs from an MVK file. MKVExtractGUI to demux the video, audio, and subtitle streams. VirtualDub to add the permanent .ssa subtitles to the video and save as a new AVI file. MKVMerge to mux the new AVI to the original audio and recreate the MKV file. Depending on the video and audio in the MKV file, I would demux the MKV, load the video into VirtualDub to add the hard subtitles and save the new AVI. Mux the new AVI file from VirtualDub with the original audio to create a new MKV file. This Afterdawn guide shows .srt files being converted to .ssa to load into VirtualDub, however, if the subtitle stream in the MKV file is .ssa, then no conversion is required. If the MKV audio was converted to a WAV, it could be loaded into VirtualDub and the subsequent AVI saved with the audio - no conversion back to MKV required - unless personal preference. This contains the demux and merge tools for the MKV file. http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/ How to add the permanent subtitles to an AVI file. http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/adding_subs_to_avi.cfm These codecs can be used by VirtualDub as required - they can be uninstalled from the Control Panel if no longer needed. XVid Codec http://www.xvid.org/ Free DivX codec http://www.divx.com/divx/windows/download/ Lame MP3 codec http://users.tpg.com.au/mtam/install_lame.htm
