Bug 488217

Summary:	Allow importing of embedded subtitles
Product:	[Applications] kdenlive	Reporter:	jez9999
Component:	Title Clips & Subtitles	Assignee:	Ron <kdenlive-bugs>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	jot.s.gam, kdenlive-bugs
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Other
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Description jez9999 2024-06-08 16:27:40 UTC

MP4 and MKV containers can contain multiple subtitle streams which are basically the same principle as SRTs.  As you can import SRTs with kdenlive, it makes sense that you should be able to pull out the subtitles from an MP4/MKV that you drag/drop into the project bin.  Perhaps if embedded subtitles are detected in the file, subtitles tracks could automatically be added to the timeline when the file is drag/dropped into the timeline.

Comment 1 jot.s.gam 2024-10-03 22:02:58 UTC

+1 
I would also like to see this feature implemented. 

IDK if this should be marked as feature request or not.

Comment 2 Ron 2025-05-21 17:02:11 UTC

It's possible to do this manually, if you extract the subtitle stream kdenlive will let you import it,
but I agree it would be nice to have the ability/option to somehow do that automatically.

It's a little bit tricky because subtitle files aren't bin objects like clips are - they exist as tracks on
the timeline.  So where to place them on the timeline when importing is going to depend on
where you place the clip they were embedded in and/or which parts of it you actually use in
the timeline.

But I'll give this some though about what we might sanely do.