Configure MediaPortal to Play Video Files with Subs AND Video Files without Subs (1 Viewer)

[tgxiii]

I am having problems configuring MediaPortal to have the ability to play both video files with soft-subs and video files without subs.

Going into the Movies portion of the Configuration, under Subtitles tab, I have the "Show subtitles" option checked. This does not display the subs.

I tried adding DirectVobSub into the Activated filters under Movies Post Processing, and although this displayed the soft subs, MediaPortal can no longer play video files without soft-subs.

I don't want to have to keep changing the configuration each time I want to switch from a video file with soft-subs to a video file without soft-subs, so how do I configure MediaPortal so that it's able to play both?

 

[tgxiii]

Everything I could find on my own says that DirectVobSub needs to be activated in order to display subs. But like I mentioned above, doing this causes MediaPortal to not play video files without subtitles in them.

 

[carmenm]

Personnaly i have no problems with any videos file, subtitles being embedded, external, or just no present. I do not use MP for that, i only use FFDshow and it works like a charm! You even can turn it on and off from your remote control.

 

[damaster]

Are you using Haali Media Splitter? If so, go to it's configuration and tell it to "Autoload VsFilter". Then remove the DirectVobSub filter from your post-processing options in MediaPortal Configuration -> Movies.

Keep in mind though that using subtitles breaks hardware acceleration if you are currently doing any GPU hardware acceleration.

 

[tgxiii]

damaster: Yes, Haali is installed and configured to auto load VSFilter. Still no luck... =(

carmenm: I'm not sure I understand what you mean. Do you mean that you're using FFDshow to display the subtitles?

 

[tgxiii]

Well, I just reinstalled MediaPortal. It's working now.

 

[Statick]

i have also experienced this problem. enabling directsubvob subtitles means i can only play videos that have a suitable SRT file, attempting to play a video which doesn't, fails. this happens even if i have subtitles turned off (with the plugin running, so i could turn them on with my remote).

any ideas?