Partial Subtitles needed?

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DayTimer
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Partial Subtitles needed?

Post by DayTimer »

Description of problem or question
If I convert a movie that has some of its soundtrack in English and some in a non English language the subtitles which normally appear automatically for the non English part do not appear. How do I correct this so I can read what people are saying? I don't want to have subtitles for the whole movie.

HandBrake version (e.g., 1.0.0)

0.10.5.0

Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, macOS 10.3 High Sierra, Windows 10 Creators Update)
Windows 10

Thanks.
Woodstock
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Re: Partial Subtitles needed?

Post by Woodstock »

Select the correct subtitle track.

Authoring of subtitles is a highly variable thing on both DVD and BD. What you're seeing is the "signs and writing" or "forced" subtitle track, which is used with dubbed audio. If the original audio is present, there should be at least one more subtitle track in the source.

(but we could confirm this with the required log you didn't provide)
DayTimer
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Re: Partial Subtitles needed?

Post by DayTimer »

ok, thanks, I will take a look.
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