Forced Subtitles in Handbrake...

[jkramb]

Anyone know if I need to worry about forced subtitles for any of the following shows?
The Wire
The Sopranos
Rome

What is the best way to get forced subtitles using Handbrake?

 

[Richdmoore]

Here is my process....... (might not be the most efficient)

I play the movie/show with an ordinary DVD player, and look to see if the disc automatically chose a subtitle setting, if it did I select that in handbrake.

The newest handbrake (released a few days ago) and I think the previous version has a selection under subtitle called Foreign Audio Search (Bitmap). I turn that on, it scans a movie/show, and if it one that forces subtitles only during certain scenes it will pick that up... (kill bill, defiance, boondocks saints 2 come to mind for examples.)

http://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/Subtitles for more info.

I always hard burn them in to the video, I don't think iPads, apple tv's etc can use selectable ones.

 

[andymodem]

There were no subtitles in The Wire. Pretty sure there was nothing in the Sopranos as well, but it's been a while since I've watched that series.

 

[mchalebk]

I believe the previous "release" of Handbrake had some issues with forced subtitles, which required using one of the "dailies" instead. I can only assume they have fixed this in the latest release.