[FFmpeg-user] A video file with srt file question

[jd1008]

On 01/18/2016 06:37 PM, Sam Logan wrote:
>> I did. I still hear the non-English speech louder than the English speech.
> The English speech seems to have been encoded into the video :(
>
> I thought from your original post that you were only wanting to suppress
> non-English subtitles; I didn't realize you were referring to audio as well.
>
> As far as audio goes, if the languages were encoded to different audio
> tracks, then you could simply use your video player's settings/options to
> select one audio track. However, since almost no video players will
> simultaneously play 2 audio tracks by default, the fact that you are
> simultaneously hearing both English and non-English audio almost certainly
> means that the audio of both languages are encoded into the same track.
> This happens fairly commonly with low-quality dubs.
>
> Unfortunately, since both languages are encoded into the same audio track,
> there is no way to remove one language from the other without doing manual
> audio processing and editing (involving human judgment calls) by
> specialized audio editing software, which is not within the scope of FFmpeg.

OK. Thanx for the lucid explanation.

>
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 8:28 PM, jd1008 <jd1008 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 01/18/2016 06:07 PM, Sam Logan wrote:
>>
>>> Have an mkv file, accompanied by an SRT file.
>>>> I would like to suppress the non english  speech and non english
>>>>
>>> subtitles.
>>>
>>> Open the SRT file in a text editor and manually delete the non-English
>>> parts.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 4:35 PM, jd1008 <jd1008 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Have an mkv file, accompanied by an SRT file.
>>>> I would like to suppress the non english  speech and non english
>>>> subtitles.
>>>>
>>>> Would greatly appreciate info on how to achieve this.
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>
>>> I did. I still hear the non-English speech louder than the English speech.
>> The English speech seems to have been encoded into the video :(
>>
>>
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