add subtitles to mkv container?

[Calmuser]

since directvob sub doesn't work too well, I would like to add the subtitles into the mkv container of my video file without re-encoding. Is there a way to do this?

[willy]

You can use MKVMerge ... However, it still takes a bit time to parse thru the file once ... http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/downloads.html

[Calmuser]

You can use MKVMerge ... However, it still takes a bit time to parse thru the file once ... http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/downloads.html

thanks

don't see where to add the subtitle file though..

will this degrade the quality in any way?

[willy]

You "Add" the video file and then "Add" again the subtitle file(s) ...

[Calmuser]

You "Add" the video file and then "Add" again the subtitle file(s) ...

yes, I just figured it out..thanks, now I feel really dumb.. :o

[board123]

This is precisely why softsubs > hardsubs.