mdhiggins
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3 years ago I mean the ideal way to do this would be to not burn the subtitles in as this is technically a destructive process, but to instead set the forced and default disposition and use a player that respects that
But if that's what you want to do, in order for the script to look at an external subtitle to be burned, you'll need to have embed-subs enabled, I would think your posted setting should produce what you want though, if you want to post a full debug log session I can take a look
https://github.com/mdhiggins/sickbeard_mp4_automator/wiki/Debug-Level-Logging
Ruby2sday
Mr. Higgins, Thank you so much for these amazing scripts!
I've recently transitioned to running my setups in docker containers. I've 2 sonarrsma containers and a radarrsma container and these are working fantastic. I'm building another container strictly for manual processing.
I found this thread: https://github.com/mdhiggins/sonarr-sma/issues/14 where you'd mentioned the manual command is: $SMA_PATH/venv/bin/python3 $SMA_PATH/manual.py -i
From there I thought I was gold. I can convert individual files or point to a directory and convert the entire directory. I can ignore the source mkv's embedded subs. I can set the autoProcess.ini to embed an external srt ...but I can't seem to get the external srt to actually "burn" into the video. I feel like I'm missing something simple and just can't place my finger on it (or this is a limitation I'm unaware of). Everything else seems to work as designed.
Bashing into the container I run: $SMA_PATH/venv/bin/python3 $SMA_PATH/manual.py -i /source_location/Test.mkv In my Source Location I have: Test.mkv and Test.forced.eng.srt The subtitle module in the autoProcess.ini I currently have as: [Subtitle] codec = mov_text codec-image-based = languages = eng default-language = eng first-stream-of-language = False encoding = burn-subtitles = True burn-dispositions = forced embed-subs = True embed-image-subs = False embed-only-internal-subs = False filename-dispositions = forced ignore-embedded-subs = True ignored-dispositions = unique-dispositions = False attachment-codec =
The above setting actually embeds my external source.srt *In Plex, this is workable as I just have to set the client to play the external or set it permanently in the Subtitle settings
The ultimate goal is to have the subs burned in so additional client settings are unneeded.
In the above module, if I change to "codec = srt" & change to "embed-subs = False", this log line error is produced (can supply entire log if needed): Scanned for external subtitles and found 1 results in your approved languages. Skipping external subtitle file Test.forced.eng.srt, no appropriate codecs found or embed disabled. No valid subtitle stream candidates found to be burned into video stream [burn-subtitles].
This is where I get stuck and have tried multitude of variations within the Subtitle module. All to no avail. The best I can get is to get the external srt file to be embedded into the converted mp4 file thus forcing the video client to select the subtitle.
I've read a multitude of articles pertaining to mov_text/srt files when it comes to mp4 containers. Admittedly, I still don't have my head completely wrapped around it.
If any other info is needed, I'll certainly do my best to provide what's asked. If you'd be able to provide any assistance in getting me nudged in the right direction, I'd greatly appreciate it.
*Apologies if I've linked or sourced anything in an incorrect format. This is my first time posting anything on github.