[mythtv-users] Subtitle sync

Ben Healy melben1001 at yahoo.com.au
Thu Mar 10 06:22:39 UTC 2016


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> From: Mike Holden <mikeholden99+mythtv at gmail.com>
>To: Ben Healy <melben1001 at yahoo.com.au>; Discussion about MythTV <mythtv-users at mythtv.org> 
>Sent: Thursday, 10 March 2016, 15:16
>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Subtitle sync
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>On 10 March 2016 at 13:39, Ben Healy <melben1001 at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
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>Hi All
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>>I was using myth 0.27.6, now upgraded to 0.28 from mythbuntu ppa on an ASUS celeron chromebox with intel graphics.
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>>I'm in Australia recording DVB which uses Teletext subtitles.
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>>The issue I'm facing is the Teletext subtitles are appearing slightly ahead of the video/audio, so on a scene with a lot of quick dialogue the subtitles have been and gone before the person speaks.
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>>I am seeing this issue with 0.27 and 0.28. I setup another frontend on a PC with better specs and an nvidia card and saw the same issue.
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>>I see reference to a TOGGLESUBDELAY action in the wiki and it's referenced in the menu_playback.xml file, but when subtitles are enabled that menu item doesn't appear. I also can't find it in the frontend playback keybindings. I presume I could fix my issue with this if I could find this setting.
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>>Does anyone in Australia see the same issue of Teletext subtitles on DVB transmissions being out of sync?
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>>Can anyone tell me if the TOGGLESUBDELAY action is still there or should be still there?
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>Hey Ben,
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>Can't say I've ever noticed an issue.
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>I don't use subtitles too often, but when I do, they always seem to be timed correctly.
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>Which channel and location are you referring to? Maybe it's specific to a certain station or location?
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>-- 
>Mike Holden
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I'm in Melbourne and it appears to be consistent, but I'll do some more testing of all networks and report back.

Ben


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