Forced Subtitles in Blu-Ray 1080p format?

[carnage6]

Is it possible to add forced subtitles to a Blu-Ray 1080p project? I see the option to add subtitles in the project window but I do not know if these are forced or not? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[Claire]

Hello,

Yes you can, see the settings, section Subtitles, and check "add an additional subtitle track with forced subtitles"

[carnage6]

Thanks for the info. So does that mean when that is checked any subtitle I add to the project window will be forced? I don't have to add it in a different section of the program to make it forced?

[carnage6]

Ok I tried and checked the box and the subtitles are not hardcoded or forced on the Blu-Ray after conversion. What am I doing wrong? I am converting a 1080p MKV file to 1080p Blu-Ray. I add the subtitle track but have to select it whenever I start the movie. Does the forced subtitle thing not work with Blu-Ray output? Please help. I did as you instructed and clicked the box but final conversion is not forced subtitles. Here is the log:

06:07:06.043 ------------ ********vsoVideoConverter.exe:8440 Log session stop after 3 hour(s) 47 minute(s) 45 second(s) 831 millisecond(s)********
02:42:22.278 Info Starting to burn converted files...
02:42:22.276 Info Total converted files size: 2.94 Gb.
02:42:21.457 Info Menu built successfully
02:41:43.304 Info Building TITLE menu
22:58:25.537 Info [ ] Loop playback
22:58:25.536 Info [x] Play titles one after the other
22:58:25.535 Info [ ] Don't create title menu for single video
22:58:25.535 Info [x] Return to title menu after titleset playback
22:58:25.534 Info [ ] Skip root menu initially
22:58:25.533 Info [x] Auto-start playback
22:58:25.533 Info Template: Black Mirror with video in top 1/3 of screen in root menu, contains 4 page(s)
22:58:25.533 Group Blu-ray/AVCHD menu options
22:58:25.532 Info Output target size : BD-25 (23000 MB)
22:58:25.531 Info Number of core(s) used for encoding : 8
22:58:25.531 Info Number of core(s) used for decoding : 8
22:58:25.530 Info [ ] Use 2 pass encoding
22:58:25.530 Info [ ] Use best video quality settings
22:58:25.529 Info [ ] Use hardware encoding (if possible)
22:58:25.529 Info [x] Use hardware decoding (if possible)
22:58:25.528 Info Max simultaneous conversions: 8
22:58:25.528 Group Advanced encoding options
02:41:43.225 ------------ *****************************************File encoded successfully: 00000.m2ts******************************************
02:32:19.780 Info Menu built successfully
^^^Repeated 9 Times in 9 minute(s) 23 second(s) 439 millisecond(s)^^^
02:30:48.768 Info Building ROOTCHAPTERS & SETTINGS menus using template: Black Mirror with video in top 1/3 of screen in root menu
^^^Repeated 2 Times in 1 millisecond(s)^^^
02:30:48.679 Info subtitle #4 - Encoded subtitles frames: 1732
02:30:48.678 Info subtitle #3 - Encoded subtitles frames: 256
02:30:48.668 Info video #1 - Processed video frames: 187900 (187897 frames encoded, 2 frames dropped, 0 frames duplicated)
22:58:26.023 Info h264: using hardware decoder adapter #0 - ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series , vendor 0x1002 (ATI), device 0x9440, revision 0
22:58:25.640 ------------ +--> [subtitle #4 - hdmv_pgs_subtitle subtitle, 1920x1080 (forced only) [English]]
+-[subtitle #2 - subrip subtitle]
+--> [subtitle #3 - hdmv_pgs_subtitle subtitle, 1920x1080 [un]]
+-[subtitle #0 - srt subtitle]
+--> [audio #2 - RAW copy]
+-[audio [eng] ac3 main audio 6 Ch., 48000 Hz, 384 Kbps]
+--> [video #1 - h264 video, 1920x1080, yuv420p, 16x9, 23.98Fps, 23870 Kbps [en]]
+-[video dxva2 [eng] h264 1916x1034 63:34 yuv420p, 23.98 fps, 0 Kbps]
Output file: C:\Users\Paul\Documents\VSO Video Converter\Dawn.Of.The.Planet.of.The.Apes.2014.1080p.WEB-DL.DD51\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts (Blu-ray structure)
Input file: C:\Users\Paul\Videos\Dawn.Of.The.Planet.of.The.Apes.2014.1080p.WEB-DL.DD51.H264-RARBG.mkv
Video filters used:
- Output pixel format: YUV420P
- DeInterlace filter: FFmpeg
- Scale filter: linear (vso). Fit method: automatic (Padding: top: 12, bottom: 12, left: 0, right: 0. Cropping: top: 0, bottom: 0, left: 20, right: 20)
22:58:25.639 Info Chapters to generate: 40
22:58:25.522 Info Added in conversion queue list...
22:58:25.504 Warning Reached font size limit, text truncated from "Dawn.Of.The.Planet.of.The.Apes.2014.1080p.WEB-DL.DD51.H264-RARBG" to "SNAP_MM_CLUSTER_TAG"
22:58:25.503 Info Menu fit: Text size reduced from 26.00 to 20.00 in style "caption"
22:58:25.393 Info Menu fit: Text size reduced from 36.00 to 27.00 in style "title"
22:58:25.101 Group ******************** Titleset #1 - ~130 min. File: "Dawn.Of.The.Planet.of.The.Apes.2014.1080p.WEB-DL.DD5" -> 00000.m2ts - Blu-ray structure ********************|GK_TITLESET|
22:58:25.087 Info Encoding options: Short Projects (Automatic)
22:58:25.070 Info Target size: 22.85 Gb.
22:58:22.342 Group Conversion to "HD structures Blu-ray 1080p" started at 10:58:25 PM: 1 sequence(s) to encode|GK_CONVERT_SESSION|
02:42:24.306 Info No disc in drive.
02:42:22.286 Info Compatible media for write : DVD-R, DVD-RW Seq., DVD-RW RO, DVDRAM, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD-R, CD-RW, DL DVD+R, DL DVD-R, Blu-Ray-R, Blu-Ray-RE (V1), Blu-Ray-RE (V2)
02:42:22.286 Info Drive has Serial ATA physical interface
02:42:22.285 Info New Drive selected : 0 - HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH10LS30 1.00 [D:]
22:54:38.512 ------------ ************************vsoVideoConverter.exe:8440 Log session start 2014-10-28 at 22:54:38.475*************************

[Claire]

Hello,

By default subtitles when using the Blu-ray structure conversion profile are soft subtitles,
create a custom profile and make it just like the Blu-ray structure but select embed subtitles in the last step and that should solve the problem.