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Can HandBrakeCLI do Foreign Audio Search for subtitles?
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 9:19 pm
by MickM
I'm trying to automate the compression of my ripped DVD collection. In the GUI I can check Foreign Audio Search in the subtitles tab and that performs a function I highly value. Is there a way to do the same thing in HandBrakeCLI? If so, can you detect (e.g. via a returned value) if such a subtitle is detected?
I have asked this question before in another thread but never got an answer, so I thought I'd start a new thread specifically just for this.
Re: Can HandBrakeCLI do Foreign Audio Search for subtitles?
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 11:44 pm
by Woodstock
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-s, --subtitle <string> Select subtitle track(s), separated by commas
More than one output track can be used for one
input. "none" for no subtitles.
Example: "1,2,3" for multiple tracks.
A special track name "scan" adds an extra first
pass. This extra pass scans subtitles matching
the language of the first audio or the language
selected by --native-language.
The one that's only used 10 percent of the time
or less is selected. This should locate subtitles
for short foreign language segments. Best used in
conjunction with --subtitle-forced.
Re: Can HandBrakeCLI do Foreign Audio Search for subtitles?
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 12:11 am
by MickM
A big thank you for not calling me a bloody idiot - this was right under my nose the whole time :-/
Re: Can HandBrakeCLI do Foreign Audio Search for subtitles?
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 3:22 am
by Woodstock
CLI has a steep learning curve. I still miss things, and more than 90% of my encodes are CLI.