Extract subtitles from mp4 file

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Identify which track contains the subtitles:

$ ffmpeg -i video.mp4
...
    Stream #0:1(und): Audio: [...]
    Stream #0:2(eng): Subtitle: mov_text (tx3g / 0x67337874), 0 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : SubtitleHandler
    Stream #0:3: Video:  [...]

Then, replacing -codec:s:X.Y with the actual stream channel found in the output above:

ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -vn -an -codec:s:0.2 srt video.srt

With newer versions of ffmpeg the parameters are simplified to -codec:s:Y, so with the output from above it is:

ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -vn -an -codec:s:2 srt video.srt