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extract subtitles from *.mkv-files on osx
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### install mkvtoolnix:
$ brew install mkvtoolnix
### list content of the mkv-file:
$ mkvmerge -i mymoviefile.mkv
### what will give you:
File 'mymoviefiel.mkv': container: Matroska
Track ID 1: video (V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC)
Track ID 2: audio (A_DTS)
Track ID 3: subtitles (S_TEXT/UTF8)
Track ID 4: subtitles (S_TEXT/UTF8)
Chapters: 22 entries
### so the subtitle-tracks are number 3 and 4.
### extract all subtitle-tracks into a seperate srt-file / lang
$ mkvextract tracks mymoviefile.mkv 3:sub3.srt 4:sub4.srt
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