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<blockquote data-quote="malakudi" data-source="post: 127473" data-attributes="member: 30226"><p>Hello all,</p><p></p><p>I have followed this thread from the beginning and also searched for similar information in other threads, but I still can't find a definitive answer on how subtitles, either embedded or external, are supported in mediaportal. I will list my findings on the subject and I would be very glad if any developer of mediaportal would answer my questions. Sure, I know it's open source and since I am a developer myself I could dig inside the source to find my answers, but something that will take me hours or days will be a matter of minutes for a mediaportal developer to answer.</p><p></p><p>By using latest haali media splitter and vsfilter 2.37 (also known as directvobsub) I have managed the following:</p><p>1. mkv files with embedded subtitles show up in mediaportal and can be controlled from either OSD or the L key</p><p>2. mkv files with external (srt,idx/sub etc) subtitles show up in mediaportal but they cannot be controlled from either OSD or the L key</p><p>3. avi files with embedded subtitles show up in mediaportal and can be controlled from either OSD or the L key</p><p>4. avi files with external (srt,idx/sub etc) subtitles show up in mediaportal but they cannot be controlled from either OSD or the L key</p><p>5. mpeg-ts files with .ts extention with external (srt,idx/sub etc) subtitles do not show up in mediaportal at all. If renamed to mpg extention, subtitles do show up but they cannot be controlled from either OSD or the L key</p><p>6. mpeg-ps files with .mpg extention with external (srt, idx/sub etc) subtitles show up in mediaportal but they cannot be controlled from either OSD or the L key.</p><p></p><p>As it seems to me, only embedded subtitles can be controlled. External subtitles cannot. Some people have posted in this thread that they can control external subtitles with the subtitle button of their microsoft remote. I don't have such a remote, but maybe they are controlling VSfilter directly and not mediaportal's feature? mediaportal's subtitle change/hide is done with either OSD (if skin supports it) or the L key in full screen video.</p><p></p><p>Can a developer comment on the above findings and answer the following questions:</p><p></p><p>1. What functionality has the checkbox "Show subtitles" in mediaportal configuration? It doesn't seem to effect anything</p><p>2. Is the font selected for subtitles in mediaportal configuration used anywhere, and if it does, where? vsfilter seems to always use it's own font.</p><p>3. Is it possible to clean up all this subtitle mess and do internal subtitle management, as in media player classic? or somehow "control" vsfilter's functionality from inside mediaportal for external subtitles just like it is controlled for embedded subtitles?</p><p></p><p>Looking forward for your comments,</p><p></p><p>malakudi</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="malakudi, post: 127473, member: 30226"] Hello all, I have followed this thread from the beginning and also searched for similar information in other threads, but I still can't find a definitive answer on how subtitles, either embedded or external, are supported in mediaportal. I will list my findings on the subject and I would be very glad if any developer of mediaportal would answer my questions. Sure, I know it's open source and since I am a developer myself I could dig inside the source to find my answers, but something that will take me hours or days will be a matter of minutes for a mediaportal developer to answer. By using latest haali media splitter and vsfilter 2.37 (also known as directvobsub) I have managed the following: 1. mkv files with embedded subtitles show up in mediaportal and can be controlled from either OSD or the L key 2. mkv files with external (srt,idx/sub etc) subtitles show up in mediaportal but they cannot be controlled from either OSD or the L key 3. avi files with embedded subtitles show up in mediaportal and can be controlled from either OSD or the L key 4. avi files with external (srt,idx/sub etc) subtitles show up in mediaportal but they cannot be controlled from either OSD or the L key 5. mpeg-ts files with .ts extention with external (srt,idx/sub etc) subtitles do not show up in mediaportal at all. If renamed to mpg extention, subtitles do show up but they cannot be controlled from either OSD or the L key 6. mpeg-ps files with .mpg extention with external (srt, idx/sub etc) subtitles show up in mediaportal but they cannot be controlled from either OSD or the L key. As it seems to me, only embedded subtitles can be controlled. External subtitles cannot. Some people have posted in this thread that they can control external subtitles with the subtitle button of their microsoft remote. I don't have such a remote, but maybe they are controlling VSfilter directly and not mediaportal's feature? mediaportal's subtitle change/hide is done with either OSD (if skin supports it) or the L key in full screen video. Can a developer comment on the above findings and answer the following questions: 1. What functionality has the checkbox "Show subtitles" in mediaportal configuration? It doesn't seem to effect anything 2. Is the font selected for subtitles in mediaportal configuration used anywhere, and if it does, where? vsfilter seems to always use it's own font. 3. Is it possible to clean up all this subtitle mess and do internal subtitle management, as in media player classic? or somehow "control" vsfilter's functionality from inside mediaportal for external subtitles just like it is controlled for embedded subtitles? Looking forward for your comments, malakudi [/QUOTE]
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