New DVB subtitle filter (TsReader based) (3 Viewers)

[Seidelin]

Hi

I been installing MediaPortalserver, SQL, and finally every thing working, only Subtitles isnt working. Think it is the unreg of TSReader.ax.

This i what i did so far.
Copied the 2 files from "Version6" to c:\DVBtest dir. placed the empty file in c:\ and edited the mediaportal.xml. Then i did a seach to find current TSReader.ax..

Where is the TSReader.ax file located ? and is it correct that i can find two, one in Mediaportalserver and the other in mediaportal. and ofcource a third file in DVBtest dir.

which files do i unreg with "regsvr32 /u" ?

Best regards Kim

The TsReader.ax I unregister is located in "MediaPortal" dir.
If you provide logs there might be some hints in those as to what you forgot to set correctly.

Regards
Seidelin

 

[tourettes]

Hi

I been installing MediaPortalserver, SQL, and finally every thing working, only Subtitles isnt working. Think it is the unreg of TSReader.ax.

This i what i did so far.
Copied the 2 files from "Version6" to c:\DVBtest dir. placed the empty file in c:\ and edited the mediaportal.xml. Then i did a seach to find current TSReader.ax..

Where is the TSReader.ax file located ? and is it correct that i can find two, one in Mediaportalserver and the other in mediaportal. and ofcource a third file in DVBtest dir.

which files do i unreg with "regsvr32 /u" ?

It's safe to unregister all other TsReader.ax filters. Then you can use GraphEdit application to check if the filter is actually used. The directshow graph should contain atleast following filters:

- TsReader (as source)
- Audio codec + renderer
- Video codec + renderer
- MediaPortal DVBSub2

Link for GraphEdit download: http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/showsoftware_graphedit_141.html

It's also possible that your broadcaster is using teletext based DVB subtitles. Those aren't currently supported by the MediaPortal filter (but the support is already been worked on by Ziphnor).

 

[tourettes]

But there is one new issue, unfortunately.

Before when watching a 4:3 show the subtitles would be stretched to be too large. This is fixed now.
However, now, when watching a 16:9 show the subtitles are too narrow.

The 1280x720 screenshots are with v5 of the filter/MP, and the 1920x1200 screenshots are done with v6.
Edit: On my CRT (720x576) both 4:3 and 16:9 shows look perfect (AR=Stretch and adjusted between 4:3 and 16:9 on TV).

Ah, I see that in 16:9 displays the subtitles are actually too narrow, but at least on my beamer it's much better to have "incorrectly sized" subtitles as I don't have to "pan" my head when reading those (in Finland the subtitles are really HUGE on even normal sized tvs).

Also currently the subtitle is not streched according the video area. I think the whole subtitle scaling code should be rewritten as it's currently much too complicate. This will most likely happen when the all other issues have been solved

 

[pmcguire]

Yep, the YLE subtitles with this version look much better Perhaps if/when there is a tab for setup and configuring subtitles it will be possible to select your font and size.

No worries though, just happy to have them working

 

[tourettes]

Yep, the YLE subtitles with this version look much better Perhaps if/when there is a tab for setup and configuring subtitles it will be possible to select your font and size.

Well that I would also like to have But unfortunately the subtitles are send as a bitmap -> I would need to write / user some OCR code to be able to transfer those to a text and then render those...

 

[KimBOlesen]

Hi

tourettes and Seidelin:
Late last night i tried to register the TSreader and DVBSub2, and got subtitles only problem is that they freeze after a few minutes. I will try unreg both of the wrong TSReader files later today, an make a new reg on the correct TSReader... Hope this will make it work . DVB-T subs at last

Best regards Kim

 

[tourettes]

Hi

@tourettes and @Seidelin:
Late last night i tried to register the TSreader and DVBSub2, and got subtitles only problem is that they freeze after a few minutes. I will try unreg both of the wrong TSReader files later today, an make a new reg on the correct TSReader... Hope this will make it work . DVB-T subs at last

How big the timeshifting buffer is on the TVE3? As there is known issue with TsReader and rollover of the TS buffers that causes the subtitles either to freeze or to disapear.

 

[Seidelin]

Yep, the YLE subtitles with this version look much better Perhaps if/when there is a tab for setup and configuring subtitles it will be possible to select your font and size.

Well that I would also like to have But unfortunately the subtitles are send as a bitmap -> I would need to write / user some OCR code to be able to transfer those to a text and then render those...

Actually, the size could be modified by scaling the bitmap. This could result in somewhat degraded quality, but if it lessens neck injuries when using the home cinema it might be worth it

Regards
Seidelin

 

[tourettes]

Yep, the YLE subtitles with this version look much better Perhaps if/when there is a tab for setup and configuring subtitles it will be possible to select your font and size.

Well that I would also like to have But unfortunately the subtitles are send as a bitmap -> I would need to write / user some OCR code to be able to transfer those to a text and then render those...

Actually, the size could be modified by scaling the bitmap. This could result in somewhat degraded quality, but if it lessens neck injuries when using the home cinema it might be worth it

Scaling the height is not possible. Some times the subtitles are displayed at the top of the screen (some names etc.). In that case the scaling would bring the subtitles in the center of the screen.

 

[KimBOlesen]

Hi

Now the subtitles is working without freezing I tried unreg both of the TSReader files and reg'ed the new one again. Super

Best regards Kim