I am trying to rip some of my older Anime DVDs, but use external subs (since the DVD subs are awful).

There are 3-4 episodes per disc, and are all contained within one title but spread across multiple chapters. IE 27 total chapters for 3 episodes (1 is 1 - 9, 2 is 10 to 17 and 3 is 18 to 26 etc).

I can set up Handbrake to rip episode 1 on the DVD, with external subs, no issue. I add the next two episodes in individually based on chapters, but with their own subtitles files and those subs don't show up. The first episodes subs do.

I think I know what is happening, as I have noticed that at the start of episode 2 the subs display the text from the preview of episode 3 (from the end of episode 2), which indicates to me that even though I am ripping these individually, because it is one long track, when you do the rip, Handbrake knows the time code of the video and adds the subtitles in based on their time code. IE the end of the sub file is where the chapter starts in Handbrake.

Subs added externally to the middle of a DVD rip seem to get added based on the time of the content being ripped, not just being put at the start of the rip.

If I run the file with an external sub file, they show up fine.

I have tried adding an offset to the subtitles based on the start time of the chapter, but this hasn't helped.

Can I fix this in Handbrake or should I add the subs separately after ripping the files?