In XMedia-Recode, I set video and audio to 'copy', and on the 'subtitle' tab, all the subtitles show on the left (eg, 1. This works great (the remux only takes seconds) and the video plays well in iTunes/on the Apple TV. I've used Xmedia-Recode to remux the MKV movies into MP4 movies (also tried MOV, same results). I rip the subtitles in such a way that they are selectable that is, I don't 'burn' them into the video I can turn them off/on at will and I believe the correct term is, they are an 'overlay'.īut now I have an Apple TV and want to play my movies on it, 'streaming' from iTunes on my MacBook.

When I rip using Handbrake, I make sure to get all the subtitle tracks over, and they are fully functional in the MKV file when I play them in VLC, and in various other tools (including Western Digital LiveTV player). My partner is deaf and we rely heavily on subtitles.

I have a huge library of movies originally ripped to MKV using Handbrake. Hello everyone - it's been a while since I was here!