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I've asked a similar question before but I couldn't get it to work and since it is an old post, I'm trying again. I want to convert to mp4 from mkv because many of my players have issues with mkv. Either they can't play them or they play subs even if I don't want them to. All I want is English subs where the audio is a different language. Here is my base code with a command for subs that doesn't work: for %i in (*.mkv) do (ffmpeg -i "%i" -acodec aac -vcodec h264 -sn -filter_complex [0:v:0][0:2]overlay "%~ni".mp4). In the file I'm working with, [0:2] is the forced English subs when people are speaking other than English. What did I do wrong?
C:\Users\Michael\Videos\Recode\ffmpeg>ffmpeg -i test.mkv
ffmpeg version N-86935-g44e9783 Copyright (c) 2000-2017 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 7.1.0 (GCC)
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-cuda --enable-cuvid --enable-d3d11va --enable-dxva2 --enable-libmfx --enable-nvenc --enable-avisynth --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libilbc --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenh264 --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-librtmp --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-libzimg --enable-lzma --enable-zlib
libavutil 55. 69.101 / 55. 69.101
libavcodec 57.102.100 / 57.102.100
libavformat 57. 76.100 / 57. 76.100
libavdevice 57. 7.100 / 57. 7.100
libavfilter 6. 97.100 / 6. 97.100
libswscale 4. 7.101 / 4. 7.101
libswresample 2. 8.100 / 2. 8.100
libpostproc 54. 6.100 / 54. 6.100
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'test.mkv':
Metadata:
encoder : libebml v1.3.6 + libmatroska v1.4.9
creation_time : 2019-03-29T07:06:21.000000Z
Duration: 00:31:04.35, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1067 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (Main), yuv420p(progressive), 720x480 [SAR 32:27 DAR 16:9], SAR 186:157 DAR 279:157, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 47.95 tbc (default)
Metadata:
BPS-eng : 934691
DURATION-eng : 00:31:04.279000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 44698
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 217815803
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v31.0.0 ('Dolores In A Shoestand') 64-bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-03-29 07:06:21
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: eac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
BPS-eng : 128000
DURATION-eng : 00:31:04.352000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 58261
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 29829632
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v31.0.0 ('Dolores In A Shoestand') 64-bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-03-29 07:06:21
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
Stream #0:2(eng): Subtitle: subrip (default) (forced)
Metadata:
title : Forced
BPS-eng : 41
DURATION-eng : 00:02:36.948000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 35
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 823
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v31.0.0 ('Dolores In A Shoestand') 64-bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-03-29 07:06:21
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
Stream #0:3(eng): Subtitle: subrip
Metadata:
BPS-eng : 95
DURATION-eng : 00:30:24.197000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 642
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 21729
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v31.0.0 ('Dolores In A Shoestand') 64-bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-03-29 07:06:21
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
Stream #0:4(por): Subtitle: subrip
Metadata:
title : Brazilian
BPS-eng : 87
DURATION-eng : 00:29:03.992000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 568
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 19031
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v31.0.0 ('Dolores In A Shoestand') 64-bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-03-29 07:06:21
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
Stream #0:5(dan): Subtitle: subrip
Metadata:
BPS-eng : 86
DURATION-eng : 00:30:25.990000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 603
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 19683
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v31.0.0 ('Dolores In A Shoestand') 64-bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-03-29 07:06:21
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
Stream #0:6(dut): Subtitle: subrip
Metadata:
BPS-eng : 82
DURATION-eng : 00:30:25.990000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 583
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 18840
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v31.0.0 ('Dolores In A Shoestand') 64-bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-03-29 07:06:21
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
Stream #0:7(spa): Subtitle: subrip
Metadata:
title : European
BPS-eng : 72
DURATION-eng : 00:30:25.990000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 601
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 16596
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v31.0.0 ('Dolores In A Shoestand') 64-bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-03-29 07:06:21
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
Stream #0:8(fin): Subtitle: subrip
Metadata:
BPS-eng : 78
DURATION-eng : 00:30:25.990000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 489
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 17999
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v31.0.0 ('Dolores In A Shoestand') 64-bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-03-29 07:06:21
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
Stream #0:9(fre): Subtitle: subrip
Metadata:
BPS-eng : 92
DURATION-eng : 00:30:25.990000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 604
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 21149
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v31.0.0 ('Dolores In A Shoestand') 64-bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-03-29 07:06:21
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
Stream #0:10(ger): Subtitle: subrip
Metadata:
BPS-eng : 81
DURATION-eng : 00:30:25.990000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 544
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 18539
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v31.0.0 ('Dolores In A Shoestand') 64-bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-03-29 07:06:21
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
Stream #0:11(gre): Subtitle: subrip
Metadata:
BPS-eng : 131
DURATION-eng : 00:30:25.990000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 606
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 30026
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v31.0.0 ('Dolores In A Shoestand') 64-bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-03-29 07:06:21
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
Stream #0:12(ind): Subtitle: subrip
Metadata:
BPS-eng : 88
DURATION-eng : 00:30:17.232000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 598
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 20099
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v31.0.0 ('Dolores In A Shoestand') 64-bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-03-29 07:06:21
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
Stream #0:13(ita): Subtitle: subrip
Metadata:
BPS-eng : 76
DURATION-eng : 00:30:23.488000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 593
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 17422
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v31.0.0 ('Dolores In A Shoestand') 64-bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-03-29 07:06:21
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
Stream #0:14(nob): Subtitle: subrip
Metadata:
BPS-eng : 79
DURATION-eng : 00:30:25.990000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 603
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 18149
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v31.0.0 ('Dolores In A Shoestand') 64-bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-03-29 07:06:21
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
Stream #0:15(pol): Subtitle: subrip
Metadata:
BPS-eng : 76
DURATION-eng : 00:30:25.990000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 557
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 17428
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v31.0.0 ('Dolores In A Shoestand') 64-bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-03-29 07:06:21
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
Stream #0:16(por): Subtitle: subrip
Metadata:
BPS-eng : 85
DURATION-eng : 00:30:25.990000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 595
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 19531
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v31.0.0 ('Dolores In A Shoestand') 64-bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-03-29 07:06:21
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
Stream #0:17(spa): Subtitle: subrip
Metadata:
BPS-eng : 81
DURATION-eng : 00:30:25.990000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 593
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 18649
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v31.0.0 ('Dolores In A Shoestand') 64-bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-03-29 07:06:21
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
Stream #0:18(swe): Subtitle: subrip
Metadata:
BPS-eng : 90
DURATION-eng : 00:30:25.990000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 603
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 20666
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v31.0.0 ('Dolores In A Shoestand') 64-bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-03-29 07:06:21
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
Stream #0:19(tur): Subtitle: subrip
Metadata:
BPS-eng : 92
DURATION-eng : 00:30:25.990000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 605
NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 21212
_STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v31.0.0 ('Dolores In A Shoestand') 64-bit
_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-03-29 07:06:21
_STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
At least one output file must be specified
Huston
Posted 2019-05-06T23:35:13.403
Reputation: 21
overlay filter can only be used to burn image-based subtitles. Yours are probably text-based. Share readout of
ffmpeg -i file.mkv– Gyan – 2019-05-07T05:02:48.920Too long...Going to post in bits: – Huston – 2019-05-07T22:32:16.033
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'Test.mkv': Metadata: encoder : libebml v1.3.6 + libmatroska v1.4.9 creation_time : 2019-03-29T07:06:21.000000Z Duration: 00:31:04.35, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1067 kb/s Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (Main), yuv420p(progressive), 720x480 [SAR 32:27 DAR 16:9], SAR 186:157 DAR 279:157, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 47.95 tbc (default) – Huston – 2019-05-07T22:32:46.183
Metadata: BPS-eng : 934691 DURATION-eng : 00:31:04.279000000 NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 44698 NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 217815803 _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v31.0.0 ('Dolores In A Shoestand') 64-bit _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-03-29 07:06:21 _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: eac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s (default) – Huston – 2019-05-07T22:33:00.017
Metadata: BPS-eng : 128000 DURATION-eng : 00:31:04.352000000 NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 58261 NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 29829632 _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v31.0.0 ('Dolores In A Shoestand') 64-bit _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-03-29 07:06:21 _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES Stream #0:2(eng): Subtitle: subrip (default) (forced) – Huston – 2019-05-07T22:33:12.873
Metadata: title : Forced BPS-eng : 41 DURATION-eng : 00:02:36.948000000 NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 35 NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 823 _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v31.0.0 ('Dolores In A Shoestand') 64-bit _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2019-03-29 07:06:21 _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES – Huston – 2019-05-07T22:33:25.660
There were a lot of other subs but I cut them, among other things, for space. – Huston – 2019-05-07T22:34:31.483
Add it to the Q as an edit. – Gyan – 2019-05-08T04:52:50.000
It is now added to the Q but it is an unsightly block of text. – Huston – 2019-05-11T13:36:18.203