Ok I've been at this for days, I've been lurking on this site forever trying to find my answer. And when I think I found the answer it doesn't work.
I have .mkv episodes of anime that have .ass subtitles within the .mkv. I'm trying to convert the .mkv with the subtitles to a Blu-ray movie disc(BD-MV) that will be playable in most blu-ray players. It must be a proper BD-MV folder structure that the player will recognize as a regular blu-ray movie. Cause the player in question is old and I'm pretty sure it doesn't play data disks or usb sticks. I can't get the model number at the moment for reason's I don't want to get into.
Everything I tried does not play the subtitles. Even when I convert .ass to .srt.
I don't mind if they are soft coded subtitles or hard coded subtitles as long as the blu-ray player will recognize the soft coded subs.
With hard coded subs I don't want to add another encoding step from like: mkv > mkv+hardcode subs > .mt2s/BD-MV
I want to directly encode from: mkv > .mt2s/BD-MV+hardcode subs
If anyone can help with what would be the best way to go about this, I've tried these programs so far:
SubtitleCreator
ImTOO Blu-ray Creator 2
Avidemux
tsMuxerGUI
multiAVHD
Hybrid
dsrt
ripbot
handbreak
Imtoo blu-ray creator wouldn't recognize .ass files so I converted it to .srt. I added the subtitles in then encoded it to a BD-MV iso so I could test it on my computer without wasting a BD-R. So I mounted the iso with daemon tools and played the BD-MV iso with arcsoft total media theater 6 and ps3. The audio went out of sync half way through and no subtitles showed up in the submenu-subtitles.
I've tried various methods with other programs sometimes the player would show subtitles 1 - english activated under the submenu but nothing would show.
I am subscribed to this thread by email so I will maintain discussion, thank you.
Here is the media info for an episode:
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 551 MiB
Duration : 24mn 13s
Overall bit rate : 3 180 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2013-09-01 02:11:14
Writing application : mkvmerge v6.3.0 ('You can't stop me!') built on Jun 28 2013 20:09:41
Writing library : libebml v1.3.0 + libmatroska v1.4.0
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 24mn 13s
Nominal bit rate : 3 072 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.500 fps
Original frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.063
Writing library : x264 core 120 r2120 0c7dab9
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:1:1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=0.40:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=8 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=3072 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=6144 / vbv_bufsize=15360 / nal_hrd=none / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:0.60
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 24mn 13s
Channel count : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -83ms
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Text
ID : 3
Format : ASS
Codec ID : S_TEXT/ASS
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Compression mode : Lossless
Default : Yes
Forced : No
I have .mkv episodes of anime that have .ass subtitles within the .mkv. I'm trying to convert the .mkv with the subtitles to a Blu-ray movie disc(BD-MV) that will be playable in most blu-ray players. It must be a proper BD-MV folder structure that the player will recognize as a regular blu-ray movie. Cause the player in question is old and I'm pretty sure it doesn't play data disks or usb sticks. I can't get the model number at the moment for reason's I don't want to get into.
Everything I tried does not play the subtitles. Even when I convert .ass to .srt.
I don't mind if they are soft coded subtitles or hard coded subtitles as long as the blu-ray player will recognize the soft coded subs.
With hard coded subs I don't want to add another encoding step from like: mkv > mkv+hardcode subs > .mt2s/BD-MV
I want to directly encode from: mkv > .mt2s/BD-MV+hardcode subs
If anyone can help with what would be the best way to go about this, I've tried these programs so far:
SubtitleCreator
ImTOO Blu-ray Creator 2
Avidemux
tsMuxerGUI
multiAVHD
Hybrid
dsrt
ripbot
handbreak
Imtoo blu-ray creator wouldn't recognize .ass files so I converted it to .srt. I added the subtitles in then encoded it to a BD-MV iso so I could test it on my computer without wasting a BD-R. So I mounted the iso with daemon tools and played the BD-MV iso with arcsoft total media theater 6 and ps3. The audio went out of sync half way through and no subtitles showed up in the submenu-subtitles.
I've tried various methods with other programs sometimes the player would show subtitles 1 - english activated under the submenu but nothing would show.
I am subscribed to this thread by email so I will maintain discussion, thank you.
Here is the media info for an episode:
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 551 MiB
Duration : 24mn 13s
Overall bit rate : 3 180 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2013-09-01 02:11:14
Writing application : mkvmerge v6.3.0 ('You can't stop me!') built on Jun 28 2013 20:09:41
Writing library : libebml v1.3.0 + libmatroska v1.4.0
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 24mn 13s
Nominal bit rate : 3 072 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.500 fps
Original frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.063
Writing library : x264 core 120 r2120 0c7dab9
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:1:1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=0.40:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=8 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=3072 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=6144 / vbv_bufsize=15360 / nal_hrd=none / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:0.60
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 24mn 13s
Channel count : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -83ms
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Text
ID : 3
Format : ASS
Codec ID : S_TEXT/ASS
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Compression mode : Lossless
Default : Yes
Forced : No