I hope you guys can help me i am crazy with anime but latly the files are in MKV format. I downloaded the tool avi2dvd to change it to another format so i can burn it and watch it on tv.
The problem only is that i lose the subtitles from the MKV.
Do you know a tool that i can use so i can keep the subtitle and i can burn multiple MKV files on dvd so i can watch them on my tv?
If avi2dvd isn't working for you, then it's likely that your .mkv subtitles aren't supported. (They might be a super-fancy, jazzed-up subtitle format, like .ssa or .ass.)
The only real way to work around that is to either convert the subtitles to a simpler text-based format like .srt (which would get rid of anything like karaoke, fade in/out, crawl, and angled effects) or hardsub the subtitles into the video.
For converting the subtitles, first you need to extract them. MKVExtractGUI + mkvtoolnix works great for that. Then you can use any sub editing program like Subtitle Processor or Subtitle Workshop to convert the subtitles. I'd suggest converting to .srt, since that's usually the most well-supported format.
If you're going to hardsub it, then you can use VirtualDubMod (if the video's an .avi) or Avisynth + MeGUI (if the video's an h264) to re-encode the video. Forewarning - HD videos will take a LONG time to re-encode. When I re-encoded a half-hour episode of Macross Frontier, it took my Pentium 4 about an hour and a half to do it. Almost triple the length of the show.
i tried to extract it with the tool and i received a nice srt document. When i tried to add it with avi2dvd. The subtitle was gone again. Do you know a program how i can make a mkv file to a avi document so i can place the file on a dvd?
