Set Totem subtitle to "None" or remove subtitles from mp4?

jsteel · 09-19-2010, 04:25 PM

Hi,

I've transcoded a number of videos into mp4 which include subtitles. I was using VLC before which did not show these by default but now I want to use Totem.

Totem has the option to turn these off (change subtitles to none from auto) but I cannot find a way to set this globally (and it doesn't remember the setting for each file).

Is there a way to set "never show subtitles by default" globally or is there a way to delete the subtitles from the mp4 file? (They are not rendered on the video; they can be turned off).

Otherwise I may have to start my transcoding from scratch! (Disabling any subtitles).

Thanks

jangovich · 09-20-2010, 09:05 AM

Have you tried google -a bunch of results show up, some of them suggest that you can either use mp4box or YAMB (Windows) to accomplish this. Wine page says that YAMB will work on Linux. Not a native Linux way, but it should work

Good luck.

H_TeXMeX_H · 09-20-2010, 09:38 AM

I'm sure you can use mencoder or ffmpeg to permanently remove subtitles if they are not hardcoded.

Code:

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -acodec copy -vcodec copy -sn output.mp4

jsteel · 09-20-2010, 02:30 PM

Yes I tried Google first and as you say, there are some suggestions for Windows users. Thanks for your suggestions, they both sound promising! I will give them a go soon and report back.

hermannpernell · 08-29-2013, 03:14 AM

i just find a step by step guide on how to remove MKV subtitles, it also applies to remove subtitles from MP4, AVI, FLV, WebM, OGV, VOB, MPEG, RMVB, WMV, WTV and etc.

paziulek · 08-29-2013, 08:43 PM

Code:

ffmpeg -i imput.mp4 -c:a copy -c:v copy output.mp4

or

Code:

mencoder input.mp4 -ovc copy -oac copy -o output.mp4

in any case, as already suggested by TexMex, use ffmpeg, the >>only<< Swiss Army Knife in the audio/video conversion category.
( mencoder is part of mplayer package, and it's also using ffmpeg libraries, as well as 90+% of all converters, transcoders, [ bloatware ] available on the net )

4 TexMex

cookances · 08-16-2014, 09:40 AM

After a little bit of digging, I found an article which inform us:

As we all know, video formats, such as MKV, MP4 and AVI, can contain several subtitle streams in different formats or languages in one file. Technically, subtitles are divided into two types: hard subtitle and soft subtitle in video files. Hard subtitle is a part of the video images, and you cannot disable or hide it when playing the video file. Soft subtitle is an independent stream, and you can turn on or turn off it when playing.

The article also introduces a method on how to remove subtitle from MKV, MP4, AVI, etc, happy with it.