Merge subtitles with mkv

22 votes

Some streaming servers/devices don't support external subtitles (Ex: DLNA(/minidlna)).
Merging subtitles with mkv files solves this problem, also for downloading to other devices without the need of subtitles don't get downloaded.

merging with mkvmerge:
mkvmerge -o movie.mkv movie.mp4 --language 0:eng english.srt --language 0:fre french.srt
https://mkvtoolnix.download/doc/mkvmerge.html#mkvmerge.examples

Under consideration Suggested by: Generator (20 Sep, '21) • Upvoted: 25 Nov, '24 • Comments: 1

Comments: 1

16 Apr, '24
GG
This would be amazing to have.
There's plenty of media players that either have very spotty integration with external subtitles, or don't support them outright.

Also for Jellyfin users, when downloading media external subtitles aren't downloaded (and there's no way to get them).

I've also noticed that de-sync when using external subtitles is more likely (server is slow/connecting is slow, etc)