Subtitles visible on .MKV are lost in .M4V

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dzash2000
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Subtitles visible on .MKV are lost in .M4V

Post by dzash2000 »

Onscreen text from DVD - which was visible watching DVD, visible after ripping with MKV and previewing with VLC Player - did not appear onscreen after transcoding with Handbrake 1.3.3.
The onscreen text is superimposed like a subtitle. Its an English translation of the foreign language the person is speaking (Klingon?). First the DVD is ripped with MKV 1.14.3 then transcoded with HandBrake. When complete the onscreen text is missing.




I tried multiple presets, changing SubTItles settings, with no change. Perhaps the text is not technically a subtitle??




HandBrake version 1.3.3:




MacOS 10.13.6:




HandBrake Activity Log (see Log via PasteBin)

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[20:03:34] macgui: Handbrake Version: 1.3.3 (2020061300)
[20:03:35] hb_init: starting libhb thread
[20:03:35] Compile-time hardening features are enabled
[20:03:35] hb_init: starting libhb thread
[20:04:02] macgui: ScanCore scanning titles with a duration of 10 seconds or more
[20:04:02] CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4850HQ CPU @ 2.30GHz
[20:04:02]  - Intel microarchitecture Haswell
[20:04:02]  - logical processor count: 8
[20:04:02] hb_scan: path=/Users/jjalex/Desktop/---movies---/wedding-movies.mkv, title_index=0
udfread ERROR: ECMA 167 Volume Recognition failed
disc.c:323: failed opening UDF image /Users/jjalex/Desktop/---movies---/wedding-movies.mkv
disc.c:424: error opening file BDMV/index.bdmv
disc.c:424: error opening file BDMV/BACKUP/index.bdmv
bluray.c:2585: nav_get_title_list(/Users/jjalex/Desktop/---movies---/wedding-movies.mkv/) failed
[20:04:02] bd: not a bd - trying as a stream/file instead
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 6.0.1
libdvdread:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdread:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
libdvdnav: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO
[20:04:02] dvd: not a dvd - trying as a stream/file instead
Input #0, matroska,webm, from '/Users/jjalex/Desktop/---movies---/wedding-movies.mkv':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : libmakemkv v1.14.3 (1.3.5/1.4.7) darwin(x64-release)
    creation_time   : 2020-06-14T18:15:59.000000Z
  Duration: 00:42:36.29, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 2388 kb/s
    Chapter #0:0: start 0.000000, end 448.114333
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 01
    Chapter #0:1: start 448.114333, end 1166.465300
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 02
    Chapter #0:2: start 1166.465300, end 1575.240333
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 03
    Chapter #0:3: start 1575.240333, end 2045.576867
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 04
    Chapter #0:4: start 2045.576867, end 2525.289433
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 05
    Chapter #0:5: start 2525.289433, end 2556.287067
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 06
    Stream #0:0(eng): Video: mpeg2video (Main), yuv420p(tv, progressive), 720x480 [SAR 32:27 DAR 16:9], SAR 186:157 DAR 279:157, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 1k tbn, 59.94 tbc
    Metadata:
      BPS-eng         : 1928699
      DURATION-eng    : 00:42:36.287066666
      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 61290
      NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 616288601
      SOURCE_ID-eng   : 0100E0
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: MakeMKV v1.14.3 darwin(x64-release)
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2020-06-14 18:15:59
      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID
    Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 448 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      title           : Surround 5.1
      BPS-eng         : 448000
      DURATION-eng    : 00:42:36.256000000
      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 79883
      NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 143150336
      SOURCE_ID-eng   : 0180BD
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: MakeMKV v1.14.3 darwin(x64-release)
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2020-06-14 18:15:59
      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID
    Stream #0:2(eng): Subtitle: dvd_subtitle, 720x480 (default)
    Metadata:
      BPS-eng         : 6532
      DURATION-eng    : 00:41:36.326000000
      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 668
      NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 2038504
      SOURCE_ID-eng   : 0120BD
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: MakeMKV v1.14.3 darwin(x64-release)
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2020-06-14 18:15:59
      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID
    Stream #0:3(eng): Subtitle: dvd_subtitle, 720x480
    Metadata:
      BPS-eng         : 865
      DURATION-eng    : 00:29:35.369088888
      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 88
      NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 192060
      SOURCE_ID-eng   : 0123BD
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: MakeMKV v1.14.3 darwin(x64-release)
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2020-06-14 18:15:59
      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID
[20:04:02] scan: decoding previews for title 1
[20:04:02] scan: audio 0x1: ac3, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=448000 English (AC3) (5.1 ch) (448 kbps)
[20:04:02] WARNING: Video PAR 32:27 != container PAR 186:157
[20:04:02] scan: 10 previews, 720x480, 23.976 fps, autocrop = 26/28/0/0, aspect 16:9, PAR 32:27
[20:04:02] libhb: scan thread found 1 valid title(s)
[20:04:03] macgui: ScanCore scan done
[20:06:52] macgui: QueueCore scanning specifically for title: 1
[20:06:52] CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4850HQ CPU @ 2.30GHz
[20:06:52]  - Intel microarchitecture Haswell
[20:06:52]  - logical processor count: 8
[20:06:52] hb_scan: path=/Users/jjalex/Desktop/---movies---/wedding-movies.mkv, title_index=1
udfread ERROR: ECMA 167 Volume Recognition failed
disc.c:323: failed opening UDF image /Users/jjalex/Desktop/---movies---/wedding-movies.mkv
disc.c:424: error opening file BDMV/index.bdmv
disc.c:424: error opening file BDMV/BACKUP/index.bdmv
bluray.c:2585: nav_get_title_list(/Users/jjalex/Desktop/---movies---/wedding-movies.mkv/) failed
[20:06:52] bd: not a bd - trying as a stream/file instead
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 6.0.1
libdvdread:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdread:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
libdvdnav: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO
[20:06:52] dvd: not a dvd - trying as a stream/file instead
Input #0, matroska,webm, from '/Users/jjalex/Desktop/---movies---/wedding-movies.mkv':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : libmakemkv v1.14.3 (1.3.5/1.4.7) darwin(x64-release)
    creation_time   : 2020-06-14T18:15:59.000000Z
  Duration: 00:42:36.29, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 2388 kb/s
    Chapter #0:0: start 0.000000, end 448.114333
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 01
    Chapter #0:1: start 448.114333, end 1166.465300
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 02
    Chapter #0:2: start 1166.465300, end 1575.240333
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 03
    Chapter #0:3: start 1575.240333, end 2045.576867
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 04
    Chapter #0:4: start 2045.576867, end 2525.289433
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 05
    Chapter #0:5: start 2525.289433, end 2556.287067
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 06
    Stream #0:0(eng): Video: mpeg2video (Main), yuv420p(tv, progressive), 720x480 [SAR 32:27 DAR 16:9], SAR 186:157 DAR 279:157, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 1k tbn, 59.94 tbc
    Metadata:
      BPS-eng         : 1928699
      DURATION-eng    : 00:42:36.287066666
      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 61290
      NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 616288601
      SOURCE_ID-eng   : 0100E0
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: MakeMKV v1.14.3 darwin(x64-release)
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2020-06-14 18:15:59
      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID
    Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 448 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      title           : Surround 5.1
      BPS-eng         : 448000
      DURATION-eng    : 00:42:36.256000000
      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 79883
      NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 143150336
      SOURCE_ID-eng   : 0180BD
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: MakeMKV v1.14.3 darwin(x64-release)
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2020-06-14 18:15:59
      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID
    Stream #0:2(eng): Subtitle: dvd_subtitle, 720x480 (default)
    Metadata:
      BPS-eng         : 6532
      DURATION-eng    : 00:41:36.326000000
      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 668
      NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 2038504
      SOURCE_ID-eng   : 0120BD
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: MakeMKV v1.14.3 darwin(x64-release)
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2020-06-14 18:15:59
      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID
    Stream #0:3(eng): Subtitle: dvd_subtitle, 720x480
    Metadata:
      BPS-eng         : 865
      DURATION-eng    : 00:29:35.369088888
      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 88
      NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 192060
      SOURCE_ID-eng   : 0123BD
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: MakeMKV v1.14.3 darwin(x64-release)
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2020-06-14 18:15:59
      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID
[20:06:52] scan: decoding previews for title 1
[20:06:52] scan: audio 0x1: ac3, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=448000 English (AC3) (5.1 ch) (448 kbps)
[20:06:52] WARNING: Video PAR 32:27 != container PAR 186:157
[20:06:52] scan: 10 previews, 720x480, 23.976 fps, autocrop = 26/28/0/0, aspect 16:9, PAR 32:27
[20:06:52] libhb: scan thread found 1 valid title(s)
[20:06:52] macgui: QueueCore scan done
[20:06:52] macgui: QueueCore started encoding wedding-movies.m4v
[20:06:52] macgui: QueueCore with preset Fast 1080p30
[20:06:52] Starting work at: Wed Jun 17 20:06:52 2020

[20:06:52] 1 job(s) to process
[20:06:52] Starting Task: Subtitle Scan
[20:06:52] job configuration:
[20:06:52]  * source
[20:06:52]    + /Users/jjalex/Desktop/---movies---/wedding-movies.mkv
[20:06:52]    + title 1, chapter(s) 1 to 6
[20:06:52]    + container: matroska,webm
[20:06:52]    + data rate: 2388 kbps
[20:06:52]  * destination
[20:06:52]    + /Users/jjalex/Desktop/---movies---/wedding-movies.m4v
[20:06:52]    + container: MPEG-4 (libavformat)
[20:06:52]      + align initial A/V stream timestamps
[20:06:52]      + chapter markers
[20:06:52]  * video track
[20:06:52]    + decoder: mpeg2video
[20:06:52]    + filters
[20:06:52]      + Comb Detect (mode=3:spatial-metric=2:motion-thresh=1:spatial-thresh=1:filter-mode=2:block-thresh=40:block-width=16:block-height=16)
[20:06:52]      + Decomb (mode=39)
[20:06:52]      + Framerate Shaper (mode=2:rate=27000000/900000)
[20:06:52]        + frame rate: 23.976 fps -> peak rate limited to 30.000 fps
[20:06:52]      + Crop and Scale (width=720:height=426:crop-top=26:crop-bottom=28:crop-left=0:crop-right=0)
[20:06:52]        + source: 720 * 480, crop (26/28/0/0): 720 * 426, scale: 720 * 426
[20:06:52]    + Output geometry
[20:06:52]      + storage dimensions: 720 x 426
[20:06:52]      + pixel aspect ratio: 32 : 27
[20:06:52]      + display dimensions: 853 x 426
[20:06:52]  * Foreign Audio Search: Render/Burn-in, Forced Only
[20:06:52]    + subtitle, English [VOBSUB] (track 0, id 0x2, Picture)
[20:06:52]    + subtitle, English [VOBSUB] (track 1, id 0x3, Picture)
[20:06:52] sync: expecting 61289 video frames
[20:06:53] reader: done. 1 scr changes
[20:06:53] work: average encoding speed for job is 0.000000 fps
[20:06:53] comb detect: heavy 0 | light 0 | uncombed 0 | total 0
[20:06:53] decomb: deinterlaced 0 | blended 0 | unfiltered 0 | total 0
[20:06:53] vfr: 0 frames output, 0 dropped and 0 duped for CFR/PFR
[20:06:53] vfr: lost time: 0 (0 frames)
[20:06:53] vfr: gained time: 0 (0 frames) (0 not accounted for)
[20:06:54] mpeg2video-decoder done: 0 frames, 0 decoder errors
[20:06:54] sync: got 0 frames, 61289 expected
[20:06:54] Subtitle track 0 (id 0x2) 'English [VOBSUB]': 668 hits (0 forced)
[20:06:54] Subtitle track 1 (id 0x3) 'English [VOBSUB]': 88 hits (0 forced)
[20:06:54] No candidate detected during subtitle scan
[20:06:54] Starting Task: Encoding Pass
[20:06:54] job configuration:
[20:06:54]  * source
[20:06:54]    + /Users/jjalex/Desktop/---movies---/wedding-movies.mkv
[20:06:54]    + title 1, chapter(s) 1 to 6
[20:06:54]    + container: matroska,webm
[20:06:54]    + data rate: 2388 kbps
[20:06:54]  * destination
[20:06:54]    + /Users/jjalex/Desktop/---movies---/wedding-movies.m4v
[20:06:54]    + container: MPEG-4 (libavformat)
[20:06:54]      + align initial A/V stream timestamps
[20:06:54]      + chapter markers
[20:06:54]  * video track
[20:06:54]    + decoder: mpeg2video
[20:06:54]    + filters
[20:06:54]      + Comb Detect (mode=3:spatial-metric=2:motion-thresh=1:spatial-thresh=1:filter-mode=2:block-thresh=40:block-width=16:block-height=16)
[20:06:54]      + Decomb (mode=39)
[20:06:54]      + Framerate Shaper (mode=2:rate=27000000/900000)
[20:06:54]        + frame rate: 23.976 fps -> peak rate limited to 30.000 fps
[20:06:54]      + Crop and Scale (width=720:height=426:crop-top=26:crop-bottom=28:crop-left=0:crop-right=0)
[20:06:54]        + source: 720 * 480, crop (26/28/0/0): 720 * 426, scale: 720 * 426
[20:06:54]    + Output geometry
[20:06:54]      + storage dimensions: 720 x 426
[20:06:54]      + pixel aspect ratio: 32 : 27
[20:06:54]      + display dimensions: 853 x 426
[20:06:54]    + encoder: H.264 (libx264)
[20:06:54]      + preset:  fast
[20:06:54]      + profile: main
[20:06:54]      + level:   4.0
[20:06:54]      + quality: 22.00 (RF)
[20:06:54]      + color profile: 6-1-6
[20:06:54]  * subtitle track 1, English [VOBSUB] (track 0, id 0x2, Picture) -> Passthrough
[20:06:54]  * audio track 1
[20:06:54]    + name: Surround 5.1
[20:06:54]    + decoder: English (AC3) (5.1 ch) (448 kbps) (track 1, id 0x1)
[20:06:54]      + bitrate: 448 kbps, samplerate: 48000 Hz
[20:06:54]    + mixdown: Stereo
[20:06:54]    + dither: triangular
[20:06:54]    + encoder: AAC (Apple AudioToolbox)
[20:06:54]      + bitrate: 160 kbps, samplerate: 48000 Hz
[20:06:54] sync: expecting 61289 video frames
[20:06:54] encx264: min-keyint: 24, keyint: 240
[20:06:54] encx264: encoding at constant RF 22.000000
[20:06:54] encx264: unparsed options: level=4.0:ref=2:8x8dct=0:weightp=1:subme=6:vbv-bufsize=25000:vbv-maxrate=20000:rc-lookahead=30
x264 [info]: using SAR=32/27
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX FMA3 BMI2 AVX2
x264 [info]: profile Main, level 4.0, 4:2:0, 8-bit
[20:06:54] sync: first pts video is 0
[20:06:54] sync: "Chapter 1" (1) at frame 1 time 0
[20:06:54] sync: first pts audio 0x1 is 0
[20:06:54] sync: first pts subtitle 0x2 is 387360
[20:08:01] sync: "Chapter 2" (2) at frame 10747 time 40337797
[20:09:37] sync: "Chapter 3" (3) at frame 27970 time 104988633
[20:10:31] sync: "Chapter 4" (4) at frame 37771 time 141779137
[20:11:29] sync: "Chapter 5" (5) at frame 49046 time 184102668
[20:12:32] sync: "Chapter 6" (6) at frame 60548 time 227278301
[20:12:33] reader: done. 1 scr changes
[20:12:34] work: average encoding speed for job is 180.133347 fps
[20:12:34] comb detect: heavy 8456 | light 11129 | uncombed 41705 | total 61290
[20:12:34] decomb: deinterlaced 8456 | blended 11129 | unfiltered 41705 | total 61290
[20:12:34] vfr: 61290 frames output, 0 dropped and 0 duped for CFR/PFR
[20:12:34] vfr: lost time: 0 (0 frames)
[20:12:34] vfr: gained time: 0 (0 frames) (0 not accounted for)
[20:12:34] ac3-decoder done: 79883 frames, 0 decoder errors
[20:12:34] mpeg2video-decoder done: 61290 frames, 0 decoder errors
[20:12:34] sync: got 61290 frames, 61289 expected
[20:12:34] sync: framerate min 23.976 fps, max 29.970 fps, avg 23.976 fps
x264 [info]: frame I:842   Avg QP:17.35  size: 23557
x264 [info]: frame P:18322 Avg QP:21.33  size:  7235
x264 [info]: frame B:42126 Avg QP:23.38  size:  2132
x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames:  4.6%  7.3% 12.2% 75.9%
x264 [info]: mb I  I16..4: 35.7%  0.0% 64.3%
x264 [info]: mb P  I16..4:  7.4%  0.0%  5.3%  P16..4: 41.4% 17.1%  8.5%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:20.5%
x264 [info]: mb B  I16..4:  3.9%  0.0%  0.7%  B16..8: 24.8%  6.4%  0.4%  direct:14.0%  skip:49.8%  L0:41.7% L1:46.9% BI:11.4%
x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 36.2% 69.3% 26.5% inter: 11.6% 29.8% 2.1%
x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 38% 26% 19% 17%
x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 28% 18% 20%  6%  6%  7%  5%  6%  4%
x264 [info]: i8c dc,h,v,p: 53% 17% 23%  7%
x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:6.8% UV:4.7%
x264 [info]: ref P L0: 71.4% 28.6%
x264 [info]: ref B L0: 84.3% 15.7%
x264 [info]: ref B L1: 96.4%  3.6%
x264 [info]: kb/s:757.97
[20:12:34] mux: track 0, 61290 frames, 242165505 bytes, 757.86 kbps, fifo 4096
[20:12:34] mux: track 1, 119827 frames, 52535020 bytes, 164.41 kbps, fifo 8192
[20:12:34] mux: track 2, 668 frames, 2038504 bytes, 6.38 kbps, fifo 64
[20:12:34] Finished work at: Wed Jun 17 20:12:34 2020

[20:12:34] libhb: work result = 0
[20:12:34] macgui: Queue Done, there are no more pending encodes
[20:12:34] macgui: QueueCore work done
[20:15:04] macgui: QueueCore scanning specifically for title: 1
[20:15:04] CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4850HQ CPU @ 2.30GHz
[20:15:04]  - Intel microarchitecture Haswell
[20:15:04]  - logical processor count: 8
[20:15:04] hb_scan: path=/Users/jjalex/Desktop/---movies---/wedding-movies.mkv, title_index=1
udfread ERROR: ECMA 167 Volume Recognition failed
disc.c:323: failed opening UDF image /Users/jjalex/Desktop/---movies---/wedding-movies.mkv
disc.c:424: error opening file BDMV/index.bdmv
disc.c:424: error opening file BDMV/BACKUP/index.bdmv
bluray.c:2585: nav_get_title_list(/Users/jjalex/Desktop/---movies---/wedding-movies.mkv/) failed
[20:15:04] bd: not a bd - trying as a stream/file instead
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 6.0.1
libdvdread:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdread:DVDOpenFileUDF:UDFFindFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
libdvdnav: vm: failed to read VIDEO_TS.IFO
[20:15:04] dvd: not a dvd - trying as a stream/file instead
Input #0, matroska,webm, from '/Users/jjalex/Desktop/---movies---/wedding-movies.mkv':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : libmakemkv v1.14.3 (1.3.5/1.4.7) darwin(x64-release)
    creation_time   : 2020-06-14T18:15:59.000000Z
  Duration: 00:42:36.29, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 2388 kb/s
    Chapter #0:0: start 0.000000, end 448.114333
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 01
    Chapter #0:1: start 448.114333, end 1166.465300
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 02
    Chapter #0:2: start 1166.465300, end 1575.240333
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 03
    Chapter #0:3: start 1575.240333, end 2045.576867
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 04
    Chapter #0:4: start 2045.576867, end 2525.289433
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 05
    Chapter #0:5: start 2525.289433, end 2556.287067
    Metadata:
      title           : Chapter 06
    Stream #0:0(eng): Video: mpeg2video (Main), yuv420p(tv, progressive), 720x480 [SAR 32:27 DAR 16:9], SAR 186:157 DAR 279:157, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 1k tbn, 59.94 tbc
    Metadata:
      BPS-eng         : 1928699
      DURATION-eng    : 00:42:36.287066666
      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 61290
      NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 616288601
      SOURCE_ID-eng   : 0100E0
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: MakeMKV v1.14.3 darwin(x64-release)
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2020-06-14 18:15:59
      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID
    Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 448 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      title           : Surround 5.1
      BPS-eng         : 448000
      DURATION-eng    : 00:42:36.256000000
      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 79883
      NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 143150336
      SOURCE_ID-eng   : 0180BD
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: MakeMKV v1.14.3 darwin(x64-release)
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2020-06-14 18:15:59
      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID
    Stream #0:2(eng): Subtitle: dvd_subtitle, 720x480 (default)
    Metadata:
      BPS-eng         : 6532
      DURATION-eng    : 00:41:36.326000000
      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 668
      NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 2038504
      SOURCE_ID-eng   : 0120BD
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: MakeMKV v1.14.3 darwin(x64-release)
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2020-06-14 18:15:59
      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID
    Stream #0:3(eng): Subtitle: dvd_subtitle, 720x480
    Metadata:
      BPS-eng         : 865
      DURATION-eng    : 00:29:35.369088888
      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 88
      NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 192060
      SOURCE_ID-eng   : 0123BD
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: MakeMKV v1.14.3 darwin(x64-release)
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2020-06-14 18:15:59
      _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID
[20:15:04] scan: decoding previews for title 1
[20:15:04] scan: audio 0x1: ac3, rate=48000Hz, bitrate=448000 English (AC3) (5.1 ch) (448 kbps)
[20:15:04] WARNING: Video PAR 32:27 != container PAR 186:157
[20:15:04] scan: 10 previews, 720x480, 23.976 fps, autocrop = 26/28/0/0, aspect 16:9, PAR 32:27
[20:15:04] libhb: scan thread found 1 valid title(s)
[20:15:04] macgui: QueueCore scan done
[20:15:04] macgui: QueueCore started encoding wedding-movies.m4v
[20:15:04] macgui: QueueCore with preset Fast 1080p30
[20:15:04] Starting work at: Wed Jun 17 20:15:04 2020

[20:15:04] 1 job(s) to process
[20:15:04] Starting Task: Encoding Pass
[20:15:04] job configuration:
[20:15:04]  * source
[20:15:04]    + /Users/jjalex/Desktop/---movies---/wedding-movies.mkv
[20:15:04]    + title 1, chapter(s) 1 to 6
[20:15:04]    + container: matroska,webm
[20:15:04]    + data rate: 2388 kbps
[20:15:04]  * destination
[20:15:04]    + /Users/jjalex/Desktop/---movies---/wedding-movies.m4v
[20:15:04]    + container: MPEG-4 (libavformat)
[20:15:04]      + align initial A/V stream timestamps
[20:15:04]      + chapter markers
[20:15:04]  * video track
[20:15:04]    + decoder: mpeg2video
[20:15:04]    + filters
[20:15:04]      + Comb Detect (mode=3:spatial-metric=2:motion-thresh=1:spatial-thresh=1:filter-mode=2:block-thresh=40:block-width=16:block-height=16)
[20:15:04]      + Decomb (mode=39)
[20:15:04]      + Framerate Shaper (mode=2:rate=27000000/900000)
[20:15:04]        + frame rate: 23.976 fps -> peak rate limited to 30.000 fps
[20:15:04]      + Subtitle renderer ()
[20:15:04]      + Crop and Scale (width=720:height=426:crop-top=26:crop-bottom=28:crop-left=0:crop-right=0)
[20:15:04]        + source: 720 * 480, crop (26/28/0/0): 720 * 426, scale: 720 * 426
[20:15:04]    + Output geometry
[20:15:04]      + storage dimensions: 720 x 426
[20:15:04]      + pixel aspect ratio: 32 : 27
[20:15:04]      + display dimensions: 853 x 426
[20:15:04]    + encoder: H.264 (libx264)
[20:15:04]      + preset:  fast
[20:15:04]      + profile: main
[20:15:04]      + level:   4.0
[20:15:04]      + quality: 22.00 (RF)
[20:15:04]      + color profile: 6-1-6
[20:15:04]  * subtitle track 1, English [VOBSUB] (track 0, id 0x2, Picture) -> Render/Burn-in, Forced Only
[20:15:04]  * audio track 1
[20:15:04]    + name: Surround 5.1
[20:15:04]    + decoder: English (AC3) (5.1 ch) (448 kbps) (track 1, id 0x1)
[20:15:04]      + bitrate: 448 kbps, samplerate: 48000 Hz
[20:15:04]    + mixdown: Stereo
[20:15:04]    + dither: triangular
[20:15:04]    + encoder: AAC (Apple AudioToolbox)
[20:15:04]      + bitrate: 160 kbps, samplerate: 48000 Hz
[20:15:04] sync: expecting 61289 video frames
[20:15:04] encx264: min-keyint: 24, keyint: 240
[20:15:04] encx264: encoding at constant RF 22.000000
[20:15:04] encx264: unparsed options: level=4.0:ref=2:8x8dct=0:weightp=1:subme=6:vbv-bufsize=25000:vbv-maxrate=20000:rc-lookahead=30
x264 [info]: using SAR=32/27
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX FMA3 BMI2 AVX2
x264 [info]: profile Main, level 4.0, 4:2:0, 8-bit
[20:15:04] sync: first pts video is 0
[20:15:04] sync: "Chapter 1" (1) at frame 1 time 0
[20:15:04] sync: first pts audio 0x1 is 0
[20:16:10] sync: "Chapter 2" (2) at frame 10747 time 40337797
[20:17:42] sync: "Chapter 3" (3) at frame 27970 time 104988633
[20:18:35] sync: "Chapter 4" (4) at frame 37771 time 141779137
[20:19:32] sync: "Chapter 5" (5) at frame 49046 time 184102668
[20:20:35] sync: "Chapter 6" (6) at frame 60548 time 227278301
[20:20:37] reader: done. 1 scr changes
[20:20:37] work: average encoding speed for job is 183.466278 fps
[20:20:37] comb detect: heavy 8456 | light 11129 | uncombed 41705 | total 61290
[20:20:37] decomb: deinterlaced 8456 | blended 11129 | unfiltered 41705 | total 61290
[20:20:37] vfr: 61290 frames output, 0 dropped and 0 duped for CFR/PFR
[20:20:37] vfr: lost time: 0 (0 frames)
[20:20:37] vfr: gained time: 0 (0 frames) (0 not accounted for)
[20:20:37] ac3-decoder done: 79883 frames, 0 decoder errors
[20:20:37] mpeg2video-decoder done: 61290 frames, 0 decoder errors
[20:20:37] sync: got 61290 frames, 61289 expected
[20:20:37] sync: framerate min 23.976 fps, max 29.970 fps, avg 23.976 fps
x264 [info]: frame I:842   Avg QP:17.35  size: 23557
x264 [info]: frame P:18322 Avg QP:21.33  size:  7235
x264 [info]: frame B:42126 Avg QP:23.38  size:  2132
x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames:  4.6%  7.3% 12.2% 75.9%
x264 [info]: mb I  I16..4: 35.7%  0.0% 64.3%
x264 [info]: mb P  I16..4:  7.4%  0.0%  5.3%  P16..4: 41.4% 17.1%  8.5%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:20.5%
x264 [info]: mb B  I16..4:  3.9%  0.0%  0.7%  B16..8: 24.8%  6.4%  0.4%  direct:14.0%  skip:49.8%  L0:41.7% L1:46.9% BI:11.4%
x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 36.2% 69.3% 26.5% inter: 11.6% 29.8% 2.1%
x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 38% 26% 19% 17%
x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 28% 18% 20%  6%  6%  7%  5%  6%  4%
x264 [info]: i8c dc,h,v,p: 53% 17% 23%  7%
x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:6.8% UV:4.7%
x264 [info]: ref P L0: 71.4% 28.6%
x264 [info]: ref B L0: 84.3% 15.7%
x264 [info]: ref B L1: 96.4%  3.6%
x264 [info]: kb/s:757.97
[20:20:38] mux: track 0, 61290 frames, 242165505 bytes, 757.86 kbps, fifo 4096
[20:20:38] mux: track 1, 119827 frames, 52535020 bytes, 164.41 kbps, fifo 8192
[20:20:38] Finished work at: Wed Jun 17 20:20:38 2020

[20:20:38] libhb: work result = 0
[20:20:38] macgui: Queue Done, there are no more pending encodes
[20:20:38] macgui: QueueCore work done
Woodstock
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Re: Subtitles visible on .MKV are lost in .M4V

Post by Woodstock »

[20:06:54] Subtitle track 0 (id 0x2) 'English [VOBSUB]': 668 hits (0 forced)
[20:06:54] Subtitle track 1 (id 0x3) 'English [VOBSUB]': 88 hits (0 forced)
[20:06:54] No candidate detected during subtitle scan
You have encountered one of the times when the Foreign Audio Scan cannot make a choice of which subtitle to use.

The rules for FAS is that one track has to have either subtitles marked as "forced" (none are on this source), or 10% or fewer subtitles than the biggest subtitle track for that language. 88/668=13%, which is why FAS "failed". FAS works for many sources, but not all.

You must manually choose track 1 (which will be the second in the pull-down) as your primary subtitle track.
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Re: Subtitles visible on .MKV are lost in .M4V

Post by dzash2000 »

Woodstock -
Thanks for the response.

Following your suggestion I re-processed the file manually selecting track "1:English [VODSOB]" from the FAS drop down. The results were unsatisfactory. I left all other settings in their default positions. Should I have made other changes? Here is the updated log - https://pastebin.com/1Mt7dkyK
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Re: Subtitles visible on .MKV are lost in .M4V

Post by Deleted User 11865 »

Uncheck the "forced-only" box.
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Re: Subtitles visible on .MKV are lost in .M4V

Post by dzash2000 »

Thanks Rodeo - that adjustment made the difference.
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Re: Subtitles visible on .MKV are lost in .M4V

Post by pbarker1701 »

That must have been a very interesting wedding!

QaPla!
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