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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 |
Amazing! This works for any subtitle format and even attachments (fonts). Thank you very much!
I polished your instructions a bit and added some useful info:
https://gist.github.com/pavelbinar/20a3366b54f41e355d2745c89091ec46#file-subtitle-extract-md
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👍 Thank you. Worked as described.