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Author Topic: IDX+SUB subtitle files are not available in the Subtitles -> Browse dialog  (Read 603 times)

bogdanbz

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To reproduce:
- use Windows Explorer, and make sure you don't have idx+sub files with the same filename as the video file you are about to play
- launch a video file with a double click in Windows Explorer
- right click on the video surface to display the context menu and in there pick Subtitles -> Browse. In the File Open dialog, it's not possible to select a idx+sub subtitle found at another location; you can pick the "sub" file, but it's not the same thing, I think MC believes it's a txt subtitle file format

IDX+Sub files are supported however, as if you do it this way, then they're visible:
- use Windows Explorer and place idx and sub files with the same file name as the video file name
- double-click on the video file
- you can see the subtitles are used, they show up in the Subtitles menu and are rendered on screen

Attached a idx + sub subtitle.
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zybex

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Re: IDX+SUB subtitle files are not available in the Subtitles -> Browse dialog
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2022, 05:16:28 pm »

Like most other players (with some exceptions), MC only loads subtitles that have the same name as the main video file. That is by design, as MC allows having a folder with many video files/episodes on it, and it would be wrong to display all subtitles on all episodes.
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Hendrik

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Re: IDX+SUB subtitle files are not available in the Subtitles -> Browse dialog
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2022, 01:12:51 am »

IDX files should be selectable in the Browse dialog in MC30
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bogdanbz

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Re: IDX+SUB subtitle files are not available in the Subtitles -> Browse dialog
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2022, 04:22:37 am »

zybex, you can load subtitle files with any file name while a video is playing using Subtitles -> Browse in the video player context menu.

Hendrik, thank you!
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zybex

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Re: IDX+SUB subtitle files are not available in the Subtitles -> Browse dialog
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2022, 08:25:21 am »

Yes, I meant auto-load.
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bogdanbz

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Re: IDX+SUB subtitle files are not available in the Subtitles -> Browse dialog
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2022, 02:10:48 pm »

Well, the issue I reported was with the Subtitles -> Browse feature. The auto-load works with idx/sub files, as I've mentioned in the original post.
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zybex

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Re: IDX+SUB subtitle files are not available in the Subtitles -> Browse dialog
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2022, 02:17:42 pm »

Auto-load works only with the same filename as the video. I missed you were talking about the browse only.
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