I am trying to convert some anime videos that I have under the MKV format to MP4 so that I can watch it on my ipad2. I used iSkysoft video converter to convert a video and the sound + video qualities are great, but the subtitles disappeared. Does anyone know a method or software to convert the MKV files without losing the subtitles?
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Question about converting MKV to MP4 with Subtitles
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Okay I think I found a solution. MKVtools seem to work pretty well in that it is able to "burn" the subtitles onto the video during conversion.
Subler is a also a great way to achieve this without even re-encoding anything.
It will extract the h264 video from the mkv, extract aac audio (or re-encode ac3 audio if necessary) and add soft subtitles from a srt file, and mux everything to mp4 ipad-ready file.
Video quality as a result is excellent.
Subtitles can be activated or de-activated (soft subtitles)
The only issue is that soft subtitles are incredibly small on iPad, when they are ok on iPhone.
It's a bug with iPad, and so far Apple doesn't seem to care...
It will extract the h264 video from the mkv, extract aac audio (or re-encode ac3 audio if necessary) and add soft subtitles from a srt file, and mux everything to mp4 ipad-ready file.
Video quality as a result is excellent.
Subtitles can be activated or de-activated (soft subtitles)
The only issue is that soft subtitles are incredibly small on iPad, when they are ok on iPhone.
It's a bug with iPad, and so far Apple doesn't seem to care...
Airvideo converts MKV to M4P files. It even lets you pick a font for the subtitles.