G'day. Transcoding from mp4 to mkv with embedded subtitles, using copy, fails: the mkv container can't hold the mov_text subtitle format. It works fine with, eg, -c:s webvtt, srt, or ass.
I don't want to transcode subtitle streams unnecessarily; while the ffmpeg subtitle codecs are generally good, they sometimes mess something up.
It'd be great to get an scodec predicate to enable this, matching the subtitle stream format(s). Right now I work around this using the path – transcode subtitles on any mp4 stream – which works, but is a blunt hammer for a specific requirement.
example metadata output
Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High), 1 reference frame (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv, bt709, left), 1920x1040, 2888 kb/s, 24 fps, 24 tbr, 90k tbn, 180k tbc (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2017-05-22T22:10:51.000000Z
encoder : JVT/AVC Coding
Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 127 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2017-05-22T22:10:51.000000Z
Stream #0:2(eng): Audio: ac3 (ac-3 / 0x332D6361), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 640 kb/s
Metadata:
creation_time : 2017-05-22T22:10:51.000000Z
Side data:
audio service type: main
Stream #0:3(eng): Subtitle: mov_text (tx3g / 0x67337874), 1920x60, 0 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
rotate : 0
creation_time : 2017-05-22T22:10:51.000000Z
Stream #0:4(und): Data: bin_data (text / 0x74786574)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2017-05-22T22:10:51.000000Z
error message
[matroska @ 000001d285d691c0] Subtitle codec 94213 is not supported.
Could not write header for output file #0 (incorrect codec parameters ?): Function not implemented
Error initializing output stream 0:0 --
G'day. Transcoding from
mp4tomkvwith embedded subtitles, usingcopy, fails: the mkv container can't hold themov_textsubtitle format. It works fine with, eg,-c:s webvtt, srt, or ass.I don't want to transcode subtitle streams unnecessarily; while the ffmpeg subtitle codecs are generally good, they sometimes mess something up.
It'd be great to get an
scodecpredicate to enable this, matching the subtitle stream format(s). Right now I work around this using the path – transcode subtitles on any mp4 stream – which works, but is a blunt hammer for a specific requirement.example metadata output
error message