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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!

Hello,

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

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?

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*************************

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.