[FFmpeg-user] MP4 with 9 subtitle streams

[Mark Filipak]

On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 2:26 AM Michael Koch
<astroelectronic at t-online.de> wrote:
> Am 23.09.2023 um 23:31 schrieb Mark Filipak:
> > ffmpeg -i "%SOURCE_NO_SUBS%" -i "%SUBTITLES_1%.srt" [-i
> > "%SUBTITLES_2%.srt"..] -map 0 -map 1:s [-map 2:s..] -c:v copy -c:a
> > copy -c:s mov_text "%TARGET%.mp4"
>
> I tested your example with two subtitle files, but it did only work
> after I replaced
>   -map 0
> by
>   -map 0:v -map 0:a

Yes, replacing '-map 0' with '-map 0:v -map 0:a' excludes any existing
subtitles. Well done, Michael. Next, I'd like to find a way to
preserve existing subtitles.

Observations:
'-sn' is local; placed before the inputs, it applies to only the
inputs so '-map 0:v -map 0:a' can go back to '-map 0'.
However, '-c:s mov_text' is global; if present and SOURCE has existing
subtitles, ffmpeg throws an error on the existing subtitles.

The following works (but it excludes existing subtitles '-sn' on input):

set SOURCE=e:\Movies1\a Boy and his Dog [1974].mp4
set SUBTITLES_1=g:\a Boy and his Dog [1974]
set SUBTITLES_2=g:\a Boy and his Dog [1974]
set TARGET=c:\TARGET.mp4
ffmpeg -sn -i "%SOURCE%" -i "%SUBTITLES_1%.srt" -i "%SUBTITLES_2%.srt"
-map 0 -map 1 -map 2 -c:v copy -c:a copy -c:s mov_text -dn "%TARGET%"

Attempt to add subtitles to a video that already has subtitles fails:

ffmpeg -i "%SOURCE%" -i "%SUBTITLES_1%.srt" -i "%SUBTITLES_2%.srt"
-map 0 -map 1 -map 2 -c:v copy -c:a copy -c:1:s mov_text -c:2:s
mov_text -dn "%TARGET%"

provokes "Invalid stream specifier: 1:s"

ffmpeg -i "%SOURCE%" -i "%SUBTITLES_1%.srt" -i "%SUBTITLES_2%.srt"
-map 0 -map 1 -map 2 -c:v copy -c:a copy -c:s:1 mov_text -c:s:2
mov_text -dn "%TARGET%"

provokes "Automatic encoder selection failed Default encoder for
format mp4 (codec none) is probably disabled."

Do you have any ideas how to make '-c:s mov_text' local to just the
added subtitles?