Subtitles appear black with ffdshow+DirectVobSub (embedded subtitles mp4 AVC)

[nondrun]

b]MediaPortal Version[/b]: 0.2.3.0
Windows Version: Windows XP Pro SP2
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 64 4000

Memory: 2048 MB
Video Card: ATI Radeon X1800 XT
Video Card Driver: Catalyst 8.4

Hi!

Im using ffdshow (rev 1685) as video codec and vobsub (vsfilter 2.37) to display subtitles. VobSub is added as a post processing filter in Media Portal, subtitles in Media Portal itself and ffdshow are disabled.

I use nero 8 (nero recode) to encode my movies (btw had the same problems with nero 7 before) in mpeg4 avc.

Now in general, subtitles work fine. However, for some movies they appear in black --> unreadable. Ive tried to change colors in vobsub, without any effect though.

Playing the affected movies in nero show time, the subtitles appear normal (white).

Any suggestions?

Thx!

Nondrun

ps: sry for double posting, got the wrong forum initially

[Paranoid Delusion]

Have deleted your other post.

Having Nero installed on the same m\c as running MP not a great idea, there are to many system changes that nero does, that screw up other programs\codecs.

a quick search on the internet will show this, that's why i dropped it and for encoding now use TMPenc xpress.

You could try selecting the Nero codec for your movie player.

[nondrun]

unfortunately i cant select the nero codec in MP for .h264 videos.

concerning nero in general, i find it to work perfectly with mp installed. only thing in need to solve is that small subtitles issue..

[Paranoid Delusion]

Have you got the Haali media splitter installed, make sure VS is enabled, may help.

[nondrun]

you mean compatibility --> autoload vsfilter?

tried yes and no, doesnt make any difference...

btw: i just checked out the trial of tmpg xpress.

is there no way to create 2 audio tracks when encoding from a dvd?
it also gives me a new subtitle problem --> cant turn subtitles on/off from within MP...

[Paranoid Delusion]

you mean compatibility --> autoload vsfilter

Thats the one.

Possibly not the best person to give advice on subs, as only have 2 Movies with, and one of them is KungFu Hustle which you cannot take seriously

I take it you want a seperate .srt\sub file so it can be switched on\off, and not embedded in movie file.

I'm sure someone else will be able to give you a better answer, just hope you do not have to wait to long.

[YoMaMmA]

I have the same problem when playing mkv files?

In MP subtitles is black
In Mediaplayer Classic they look just fine (White)

[Arn01805]

For me too, i've black subtitles, but only in MKV containers. srt files with avi shows white subs.. Anyone found a solution yet?