{SOLVED}Add Subtitles to MKV/MP4

I’ve got a bunch of foreign movies with me in MP4/MKV format , with the English Subtitle file in SRT format with them..
I was wondering if there is a way to merge the files together without reencoding the movie.. I dont want to Hardcode the file , just make it optional to view subtitles .. like in VLC , right click —> Subtitles—> Select the name if I want to play it…
Anyway for doing this ??
Thanks
Answer #1
I know you can add subtitles with freemake converter, but i think it reencodes though. I’ve never actually done it myself, so can’t really tell you if it’s even what you are wanting.
Answer #2
If the name of the movie and the name of the subtitle is exactly the same (except for the extension) and they are both in the same folder that you present to VLC etc, then they should play like you want them to.
If you want to merge and softsub them into the .mkv container, then MKVToolnix/MKVmerge, as shown here should do the trick..
http://www.my-guides.net/en/general-video/how-to-add-subtitles-to-mkv-files-using-mkvmerge-gui
For mp4…
http://forums.afterdawn.com/t.cfm/f-2/how_to_add_subtitles_to_mp4-889096/
Answer #3
use mkvtoolnix. Add your video, add your subtitle, choose destination folder, click Mux. It shouldn’t take more than 30 seconds.
www.videohelp.com/tools/MKVtoolnix
Answer #4
and Badhon_rsj summed it up but please remember the srt file must also have same name as video.. I downloaded a French film there was 3 diff srt files for it depending which “scene group name” file you downloaded… I think mine was a publichd rip and the srt I downloaded was like xvid-cocaine and even tho they were same movie but ripped by two. Diff scene groups. The language didn’t match up I had to download the publichd srt file.. If this makes sense
Answer #5
Thanks guys , worked like a charm .. MKV mergre worked for MKV as well the MP4 .. even with different SRT names… cheers