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[Bilalh]

sub_seek only seem to work on parts of the video that have already been played. Is there to make it work all the time.
File tested were mkvs with ssa subtitles x246 encoded video with acc audio

[ChrisK2]

Hm, problem is mpv only knows about subtitle lines once they were demuxed, so it would have to read through the entire file first to collect all sublines.

If you demux the script and pass it via --sub it should work though.

[Bilalh]

--sub works, @ChrisK2 is there any easier to get the subtitles from a mkv then to use mkvinfo to get the trackid then use mkvextract tracks <filename> <trackid>:<filename>.ssa to get the subtitles?

[ChrisK2]

yeah, write a shellscript for that :D

[Bilalh]

fair enough.

[ghost]

is there any easier to get the subtitles from a mkv then to use mkvinfo to get the trackid then use mkvextract tracks :.ssa to get the subtitles?

You can just pass the mkv file to --sub. Note that for text subs, this will read the entire mkv file when selecting the subtitle track. It also might do some unwanted processing on ASS subtitles.

[Bilalh]

-sub works well even on 10+ GB mkvs with multiple subtitles , thanks