PGS Subs in MKV not working (1 Viewer)

[jasonwc]

MediaPortal Version: 1.1.0 RC6
MediaPortal Skin: StreamedMP
Windows Version: Windows 7 Professional x86
CPU Type: Core i7 860 @ 2.8 Ghz
HDD: Intel X-25M Gen2 160 GB SSD
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Motherboard: Asus P755D-E PRO
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The latest build of MKVMerge (4.1.0) supports merging PGS subs. eac3to has supported extracting PGS subs from MKV for a while. Recent MPC-HC builds also support decoding PGS subs within MKV. However, PGS subs do not appear in the subtitle list for selection in Mediaportal. I assume this is because Mediaportal comes with DLLs from an older version of MPC-HC. Is there any way to update these DLLs to get the new features offered by the MPC-HC subtitle engine?

 

[jasonwc]

I just noticed that any MKV with a PGS sub will not display any other subtitles, even if they are of a supported type (SRT, ASS, SUB/IDX).

 

[Helios61]

AW: PGS Subs in MKV not working

i can confirm this issue!

 

[jasonwc]

I've attached logs to confirm the issue. The file I played back has the following attributes-

General
Complete name : L:\Movies\Cars 2006 1080p BluRay AVC FLAC-Remux\Cars 2006 1080p BluRay AVC FLAC-Remux.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 19.2 GiB
Duration : 1h 56mn
Overall bit rate : 23.6 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-07-08 16:08:20
Writing application : mkvmerge v4.1.0 ('Boiling Point') built on Jul 1 2010 14:37:28
Writing library : libebml v1.0.0 + libmatroska v1.0.0

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@0.0
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 56mn
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Title : AVC 1080p24 @ 21.6 Mbps

Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : FLAC
Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec
Codec ID : A_FLAC
Duration : 1h 56mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Title : FLAC 5.1 @ 1587 Kbps
Writing library : libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)

Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1h 56mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 160 MiB (1%)
Title : Commentary #1 (Director)

Audio #3
ID : 4
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1h 56mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 160 MiB (1%)
Title : Commentary #2 (Artistic Direction)

Text #1
ID : 5
Format : PGS
Codec ID : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info : The same subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Title : English

Text #2
ID : 6
Format : VobSub
Codec ID : S_VOBSUB
Codec ID/Info : The same subtitle format used on DVDs
Title : English

Text #3
ID : 7
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Title : English

. . .

Mediaportal can see the subtitles in the stream:

2010-07-09 11:47:47.595552 [Debug][MPMain(1)]: VideoPlayer: FoundStreams: Type=Unknown; Name=A: FLAC 5.1 @ 1587 Kbps [English], Filter=ffdshow Video Decoder, Id=0, PDWGroup=1
2010-07-09 11:47:47.602552 [Debug][(3)]: PlaneScene: PresentImage() dispose surfaces
2010-07-09 11:47:47.609553 [Debug][MPMain(1)]: VideoPlayer: FoundStreams: Type=Unknown; Name=A: Commentary #1 (Director) [English], Filter=ffdshow Video Decoder, Id=1, PDWGroup=1
2010-07-09 11:47:47.617553 [Debug][MPMain(1)]: VideoPlayer: FoundStreams: Type=Unknown; Name=A: Commentary #2 (Artistic Direction) [English], Filter=ffdshow Video Decoder, Id=2, PDWGroup=1
2010-07-09 11:47:47.627554 [Debug][MPMain(1)]: VideoPlayer: FoundStreams: Type=Unknown; Name=S: English [English], Filter=ffdshow Video Decoder, Id=3, PDWGroup=2
2010-07-09 11:47:47.640554 [Debug][MPMain(1)]: VideoPlayer: FoundStreams: Type=Unknown; Name=S: English [English], Filter=ffdshow Video Decoder, Id=4, PDWGroup=2
2010-07-09 11:47:47.650555 [Debug][MPMain(1)]: VideoPlayer: FoundStreams: Type=Unknown; Name=S: English [English], Filter=ffdshow Video Decoder, Id=5, PDWGroup=2

However, Mediaportal still says there are no subtitles to display:

2010-07-09 11:47:51.814793 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: GUIVideoFullscreen toggle subtitle: no subtitle streams available!

 

[jasonwc]

Sebastiii kindly compiled an updated mpcSubs.dll which adds PGS support to Mediaportal. You can find it here - https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...rt-mpc-splitters-78935/index5.html#post637289

 

[Acteo]

Hello,
For me, still not working in MP 1.11.
Can anybody confirm ?

 

[Stéphane Lenclud]

PGS were somewhat working for me but DVDFab has issues with encoding them apparently so some would get cut or not displayed at all depending of the player (MP, VLC...). Therefore I'm still using SUB/IDX.

 

[Sebastiii]

Hi,

It's working on my side :

Ok it comes from .m2ts

Let's try a mkv :

Working too

 

[Helios61]

but DVDFab has issues with encoding them

Can confirm this DVDFab issue. Some weeks ago another member reported the same issue in german forum!

It's working on my side :

PGS subs are working fine here with the same settings as Sebastiii. I think, it should also be possible to disable subs in MediaPortal and enable subs in LAV Splitter.

 

[Acteo]

i tried:
- same settings as Sebastiii : doesn't work
- enabling subs in LAV splitter : doesn't work
... still trying