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--- ffmpeg:subtitles:add_subtitles_from_a_srt_file [2024/12/30 21:51] – peter
+++ ffmpeg:subtitles:add_subtitles_from_a_srt_file [2024/12/30 22:10] (current) – peter
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 <code bash>
 ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -i subtitle.srt -c copy -c:s mov_text -metadata:s:s:0 language=eng output.mp4
+ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -i subtitle.srt -c copy -c:s srt -metadata:s:s:0 language=eng output.mkv
 </code>
-**NOTE:**
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:** Different syntax is used for MP4 and MKV.
   * **-c** copy specifies that the video is not to be re-encoded.
   * **-c:s mov_text** sets the SRT file to MOV_TEXT format.
+  * **-c:s srt** sets the SRT file to SRT format for MKV.
   * **-metadata:s:s:0** means to set the metadata for Stream:Subtitle:Number of stream, starting with 0.
   * **language=eng** sets the subtitle language to English.
     * The value for this option uses the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes|ISO 639]] language code which consists of 3 letters for every language.
+</WRAP>
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