[FFmpeg-user] Strange newline character in mkv subtitles

[Krzysztof]

On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 07:42:18 +0200, Clément Bœsch wrote:
> I think a mplayer with an up-to-date libass is likely to show the
> problem.
> Could you try the latest FFmpeg (git head) and share the
> original_subtitles.srt if the problem remains?

Still no luck with ffmpeg. But I found a working solution using mkvmerge:

# mkvmerge -o result.mkv --compression 1:none original.mkv --compression 
0:none subtitles.srt