

An MKV file can contain tracks of audio, video, subtitles and other information like chapter markers. MKV is a media container created by Matroska. Here are a few definitions to help you read this article. And also how to merge separate subtitles into a media file, thereby turning them into soft subtitles. In this article I will be showing you how to extract soft subtitles into a separate file, for editing.

The subtitles are in a separate file - these can be turned on/off, removed or modified The subtitles are in the media file as a separate track - these can be turned on/off, removed or modified The subtitles are burned onto the actual video frames - these cannot be modified or removed
