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Title: showing external subtitles
Post by: Two Wire on October 18, 2011, 08:11:44 pm

How do I get external srt subtitles to show? Right clicking on the screen shows subtitles to be disabled, but I can't find where to turn this option on. The srt file is located in the same folder that contains the video files(vob, ifo, etc.).

Title: Re: showing external subtitles
Post by: Matt on October 18, 2011, 08:50:30 pm

Double-check the subtitle naming to make sure it's next to the video and has the same filename.

More on the rules Media Center uses here:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=65418.0

Title: Re: showing external subtitles
Post by: Two Wire on October 18, 2011, 10:12:09 pm

Thanks, Matt

I read those threads before I posted, as well as doing a search for additional threads relating to external subtitles, however, nothing seemed  to aply to my particular problem. Maybe the answer was there, but I was too unknowledgeable to recognize it.

The srt file is titled the same as the video file (I did a copy and paste) and is in the VIDEO_TS folder. So, this is what I have: Title\VIDEO_TS\Title.srt. I really don't know what I am looking for, other than a check box to enable subtitles. Is there more to deal with?

What I do know is that I get subtitles to show using VLC Media Player, which I don't like.

Any help is appreciated.

Title: Re: showing external subtitles
Post by: Matt on October 18, 2011, 10:19:35 pm

I haven't tested external subtitles with a ripped DVD.  Let me follow-up tomorrow after doing some testing.

Thanks.

Title: Re: showing external subtitles
Post by: Matt on October 19, 2011, 02:25:00 pm

It looks like sidecar subtitles aren't currently supported with DVD.  This is because DVD uses a custom subtitle system that funnels through the DVD Navigator filter.

I'm looking into allowing both the DVD Navigator and the external subtitle engines to coexist.

Title: Re: showing external subtitles
Post by: Two Wire on October 19, 2011, 07:25:33 pm

Thanks, for the feedback.

Title: Re: showing external subtitles
Post by: Matt on October 31, 2011, 11:45:06 am

Media Center 17 adds support for sidecar subtitles for DVD.  I don't think the feature will be ported back to v16.