What are "soft" and "hard" subs?

[Zu Ra]

Originally Posted by Mentar

Depends on the codec+container used - if the mkv contained a normal avi (e.g. xvid), you can easily demux it using the mkvtoolnix package (google for it), if it's a h264 encode, you can only extract it raw - and that won't help you much.

However, the whole point is that you can simply turn the softsubs off during playback. In this case the .mkv acts like a normal raw. Much better than demuxing.

Thanx for the help I wanted raws from .Mkv to make Dynamic Gifs / Avtars mkvtoolnix is a great help