[kwlug-disc] Subtitles and Metadata

[B. S.]

On 01/02/2017 06:32 PM, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> ... I spend a good chunk of my holidays going through my collection,
> figuring out which movies were lacking integrated subtitles, then
> downloading the right .srt and using HandBrake to encode the subtitles into
> the .mkv file ...

vlc has the same issue. (Although it's supposed to have some wildcard 
smarts for picking up alternate .srt filenames.)

Solution has always seemed to be to rename the .srt to match the video 
file. e.g. Click once on video file, F2 to edit name, Ctrl-C to capture 
it (F2 automatically selecting the entire name, except the dot and 
extension), Esc, up/down arrow to .srt file, F2 to edit name, Ctrl-V to 
paste the captured text, Enter to effect the change. Perhaps this rename 
makes your Sony happy, too.

vlc has also seemed to be one of the only players able to play the other 
embedded subtitle stream (cc/txt vs embedded video subtitle overlays?). 
I'm guessing this is true of your Sony as well, and why you have to do 
your HB backflips.

It's exactly these issues that keeps me with a computer hooked up to the 
TV, not just an Android STB - flexibility to change players, and so on.

YMMV. Good luck with your efforts, it's definitely a PITA!