How to Extract SRT (Subtitle File) From MKV Movie File on Windows
Ive just download a very good, and a highly recommended anime, Digimon Adventure Tri. It can play well on my laptop, but when i put it on my TV, somehow the subtitle is gone. I notice that it happen because the srt got burn inside the video file.
After browsing for a while, i found out that i can extract my srt using MKVToolNix tools. I downloaded it, and using one of its tools, mkvextract.exe, i can extract the subtitles i wanted from my mkv files.
But first, make sure you use mkvinfo.exe to check your mkv information.
C:\Program Files\MKVToolNix>mkvinfo.exe "C:\Users\edw\Downloads\[HorribleSubs] Digimon Adventure tri - 01 [1080p].mkv"
And find track id for subtitles.
| + A track | + Track number: 3 (track ID for mkvmerge & mkvextract: 2) | + Track UID: 3 | + Track type: subtitles | + Lacing flag: 0 | + Codec ID: S_TEXT/ASS | + CodecPrivate, length 1934
In this scenario, my subtitle track id is 2 and subtitle format is .ass
Okay, whit that information, i can start to extracting my subtitle file.
C:\MKVToolNix>mkvextract tracks "C:\Users\edw\Downloads\[HorribleSubs] Digimon Adventure tri - 01 [1080p].mkv" 2:"E:mysubtitle.ass"
It will extract subtitle from “Digimon Adventure tri – 04 [1080p].mkv” and put the subtitle on E:\ with named mysubtitle.ass. You can convert .ass file into .srt file easily using online converter tools.