Change order of subtitles

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Hello,
im downloading videos from crunchyroll with the command "youtube-dl.exe --cookies cookies.txt --write-sub --embed-subs --recode-video mkv --sub-lang deDE,enUS,frFR,itIT -f best[height=720] [LINK]"
But, if it finishes, the English Subtitles are the first of all. How do i get the german one to be the first?

[dstftw]

What order are you talking about?

[TammysHead]

The subtitles are in this order: English, French, Italian, German. I want German to be the 1st subtitle. How do i do that?

[dstftw]

Again: what kind of order are you talking about?

[TammysHead]

The order of the subtitles: #1 is English, 2. is French, 3. is Italian, 4. is German
Mediainfo:

General
Unique ID : 189290567957245667324918830419124336518 (0x8E68098C9DE8FBCD83D15A62E72AB786)
Complete name : Nora, Princess, and Stray Cat Folge 4 – Ohne Titel-742347.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 57.5 MiB
Duration : 3 min 30 s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 2 292 kb/s
Writing application : Lavf57.68.100
Writing library : Lavf57.68.100
ErrorDetectionType : Per level 1

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 3 min 30 s
Bit rate : 2 135 kb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.034
Stream size : 53.6 MiB (93%)
Writing library : x264 core 148 r2762 90a61ec
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=23.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Default : Yes
Forced : No
DURATION : 00:03:30.113000000
HANDLER_NAME : VideoHandler

Audio
ID : 2
Format : Vorbis
Format settings, Floor : 1
Codec ID : A_VORBIS
Duration : 3 min 30 s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 112 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 kHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -70 ms
Stream size : 2.81 MiB (5%)
Writing application : Lavc57.86.103
Writing library : libVorbis (⛄⛄⛄⛄) (20150105 (⛄⛄⛄⛄))
Default : Yes
Forced : No
DURATION : 00:03:30.136000000
HANDLER_NAME : SoundHandler
TEXT 1 TO 4
Text #1
ID : 3
Format : ASS
Codec ID : S_TEXT/ASS
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Compression mode : Lossless
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No
DURATION : 00:03:29.950000000

Text #2
ID : 4
Format : ASS
Codec ID : S_TEXT/ASS
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Compression mode : Lossless
Language : French
Default : No
Forced : No
DURATION : 00:03:29.700000000

Text #3
ID : 5
Format : ASS
Codec ID : S_TEXT/ASS
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Compression mode : Lossless
Language : Italian
Default : No
Forced : No
DURATION : 00:03:29.950000000

Text #4
ID : 6
Format : ASS
Codec ID : S_TEXT/ASS
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Compression mode : Lossless
Language : German
Default : No
Forced : No
DURATION : 00:03:30.520000000

I want the German subtitles to be "Text #1" and not "Text #4"

[dstftw]

ffmpeg does not think so:

PS C:\dev\youtube-dl\master> py -3.6 .\youtube_dl\__main__.py  --cookies cookies.txt --write-sub --embed-subs --recode-video mkv --sub-lang deDE,enUS,frFR,itIT http://www.crunchyroll.com/rezero-starting-life-in-another-world-/episode-5-the-morning-of-our-promise-is-still-distant-702409
...

PS C:\dev\youtube-dl\master> ffmpeg.exe -i '.\Re -ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Episode 5 – The Morning of Our Promise Is Still Distant-702409.mkv'
ffmpeg version N-85653-gb4330a0 Copyright (c) 2000-2017 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 6.3.0 (GCC)
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-cuda --enable-cuvid --enable-d3d11va --enable-dxva2 --enable-libmfx --enable-nvenc --enable-avisynth --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libilbc --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenh264 --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-librtmp --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-libzimg --enable-lzma --enable-zlib
  libavutil      55. 61.100 / 55. 61.100
  libavcodec     57. 93.100 / 57. 93.100
  libavformat    57. 72.101 / 57. 72.101
  libavdevice    57.  7.100 / 57.  7.100
  libavfilter     6. 87.100 /  6. 87.100
  libswscale      4.  7.101 /  4.  7.101
  libswresample   2.  8.100 /  2.  8.100
  libpostproc    54.  6.100 / 54.  6.100
Input #0, matroska,webm, from '.\Re -ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Episode 5 тАУ The Morning of Our Promise Is Still Distant-702409.mkv':
  Metadata:
    MINOR_VERSION   : 512
    COMPATIBLE_BRANDS: isomiso2avc1mp41
    MAJOR_BRAND     : isom
    ENCODER         : Lavf57.72.101
  Duration: 00:24:35.94, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 393 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (High), yuv420p(progressive), 848x480 [SAR 160:159 DAR 16:9], 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 47.95 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      HANDLER_NAME    : VideoHandler
      ENCODER         : Lavc57.93.100 libx264
      DURATION        : 00:24:35.893000000
    Stream #0:1: Audio: vorbis, 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp (default)
    Metadata:
      HANDLER_NAME    : SoundHandler
      ENCODER         : Lavc57.93.100 libvorbis
      DURATION        : 00:24:35.937000000
    Stream #0:2(deu): Subtitle: ass
    Metadata:
      DURATION        : 00:24:35.840000000
    Stream #0:3(eng): Subtitle: ass
    Metadata:
      DURATION        : 00:24:35.780000000
    Stream #0:4(ita): Subtitle: ass
    Metadata:
      DURATION        : 00:24:35.780000000
At least one output file must be specified

[TammysHead]

So, there is no way to get the German subtitle as Text #1 with --embed-subs?

[dstftw]

Ask Mediainfo obviously. I'm not aware how it sorts subtitles and don't want to know either.
As clearly seen from ffmpeg's output, the subtitles' order is: deu, eng, ita.

    Stream #0:2(deu): Subtitle: ass
    Metadata:
      DURATION        : 00:24:35.840000000
    Stream #0:3(eng): Subtitle: ass
    Metadata:
      DURATION        : 00:24:35.780000000
    Stream #0:4(ita): Subtitle: ass
    Metadata:
      DURATION        : 00:24:35.780000000