[mythtv-users] 0.22fixes: mkv subtitles in internal player not working?

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Thu Jan 28 20:25:29 UTC 2010


On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 5:57 AM, Darren Black <lists.drdaz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 2:47 AM, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Has anyone else noticed that subtitles in mkv files are not working in
>>>> the internal player for MythVideo?
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know if external subtitle files work?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>  I'm not sure that integrated subs in mkv files have ever worked in
>>> Internal... But extract the subs and name them properly and they will work.
>>
>> I'd swear at some point it did work. oh well, thanks for confirming
>> extracting the subtitle file will work!
>
> well, I tried extracting the subtitle file, and named as the original
> video with either .sub or .srt and MythVideo still doesn't work with
> it or even seem to look for it according to the log output.

Maybe its the naming issue bug. There can be one and one only . in the
subtitle filename, and thats immediately before the mkv extension. so:

the.shining.srt will NOT work

the_shining.srt WILL work.

Of course you may then need to rename the .mkv file to match.


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