# Embedded (VobSub) not in output

**URL:** https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/embedded-vobsub-not-in-output/4340
**Category:** Subtitles / Closed Captions
**Tags:** subtitles
**Created:** [June 12, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/embedded-vobsub-not-in-output/4340 "2021-06-12T13:02:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author: ![SystemIdleProcess](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/user_avatar/discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/systemidleprocess/32/2560_2.png) [@SystemIdleProcess](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/SystemIdleProcess)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/embedded-vobsub-not-in-output/4340/1 "2021-06-12T13:02:03Z")

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I have an mp4 were the forced subtitles are embedded in VobSub format but also has an external SRT file. The SRT is brought over find but the VobSub isn’t extracted even though I installed the [tessdata](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/how-to-enable-dvb-and-image-subtitle-extraction/154).  
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Log and files have been uploaded.

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### Author: ![Goose](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Goose](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Goose)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/embedded-vobsub-not-in-output/4340/2 "2021-06-15T16:42:36Z")

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Probably because there’s already an SRT file along with the source video so MCEBuddy will use that and won’t try to extract anything.

> INFORMATION\> 2021-06-11T22:06:30 MCEBuddy.Engine.ConversionJob → Found existing SRT file \NAS\Video\Temp\MCEBuddy\In\Default\MKV-Stream\Bright (2017).eng.srt with language eng and saved it

If you remove the source SRT it’ll try to extract any embedded closed caption. This is a fail safe option so that folks can provide their own SRT files instead of having MCEBuddy extract it from the file and then embed the provided file into the final (converted) file.

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### Author: ![SystemIdleProcess](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/user_avatar/discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/systemidleprocess/32/2560_2.png) [@SystemIdleProcess](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/SystemIdleProcess)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/embedded-vobsub-not-in-output/4340/3 "2021-06-15T16:43:36Z")

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Ahh…well I guess that makes sense.

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### Author: ![SystemIdleProcess](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/user_avatar/discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/systemidleprocess/32/2560_2.png) [@SystemIdleProcess](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/SystemIdleProcess)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2021, 11:18pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/embedded-vobsub-not-in-output/4340/4 "2021-06-15T23:18:25Z")

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Removed external SRT and reprocessed. Still doesn’t seem to extract it.  
[Bright (2017).mp4-HEVC-MKV-00-Default-Stream-2021-06-15T16-45-00.log](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/uploads/short-url/sw9rEX3PIRqxhlj2H3yyxq8j7Oe.log) (5.1 MB)

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### Author: ![Goose](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Goose](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Goose)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/embedded-vobsub-not-in-output/4340/5 "2021-06-16T17:01:14Z")

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It can’t find any dvb image subtitles. If you can upload the original video to our server I can take a look at it: [Welcome to MCEBuddy - README BEFORE POSTING](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/welcome-to-mcebuddy-readme-before-posting/8)

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### Author: ![SystemIdleProcess](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/user_avatar/discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/systemidleprocess/32/2560_2.png) [@SystemIdleProcess](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/SystemIdleProcess)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/embedded-vobsub-not-in-output/4340/6 "2021-06-16T17:07:17Z")

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It should be there already.

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### Author: ![SystemIdleProcess](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/user_avatar/discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/systemidleprocess/32/2560_2.png) [@SystemIdleProcess](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/SystemIdleProcess)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/embedded-vobsub-not-in-output/4340/8 "2021-06-18T15:45:48Z")

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That’s so strange. VLC played it for me.  
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### Author: ![Goose](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Goose](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Goose)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/embedded-vobsub-not-in-output/4340/9 "2021-06-18T15:50:46Z")

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Thanks, yeah I got that. It looks like ccextractor isnt’ able to process it correctly. Looking into it.

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### Author: ![SystemIdleProcess](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/user_avatar/discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/systemidleprocess/32/2560_2.png) [@SystemIdleProcess](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/SystemIdleProcess)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/embedded-vobsub-not-in-output/4340/10 "2021-06-18T15:58:08Z")

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Sorry, was confused by what you said. lol  
Appreciate you taking a look.
