read_subtitles_mkv: Extract subtitles embedded in MKV files

In fkeck/subtools: Read and Manipulate Video Subtitles

Description

This function uses mkvextract to extract subtitles from an MKV file. You must have mkvmerge and mkvextract installed on your computer.

Usage

read_subtitles_mkv(file, id = 2, mkvextract.exec = "mkvextract",
  mkvmerge.exec = "mkvmerge")

Arguments

file	a character string giving the path to the MKV file.
id	An integer giving the ID of the tracks to be extracted. Can be a vector of length > 1 to extract several tracks. If NA (default), the default subtitle tracks will be extracted
mkvextract.exec	a character string giving the path to the mkvextract executable.
mkvmerge.exec	character string giving the path to the mkvmerge executable.

Details

The function get_mkv_info is a simple way to identify the ID of subtitles tracks from a MKV file.

Not all the subtitle formats supported by mkvextract can be read by subtools. See read_subtitles for the list of formats currently supported.

Value

An object of class subtitles (see subtitles). If several tracks are requested (via id), an object of class multisubtitles; i.e. a list of subtitles objects.

References

https://mkvtoolnix.download/downloads.html

fkeck/subtools documentation built on Dec. 2, 2019, 3:19 a.m.