[MPlayer-users] cannot convince mplayer to display dvd subtitles

[Jozef Riha]

thank you. i have tried both, unfortunately neither works :-( btw xine
can also display subtitles (though they are titled as "???").

regards, joe

On 11/13/06, Giacomo Comes <comes at naic.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 12:12:54AM +0100, Jozef Riha wrote:
> > hello,
> >
> > i have got quite a few dvd movies for which mplayer lists the
> > subtitles present but it simply does not show them. i have tried vlc
> > and hey, it works there. tho there is a strange thing - the subtitles
> > are coupled like this.
> >
> > - czech subtitles
> > - english subtitles
> > - subtitles 3
> > - subtitles 4
> >
> > actually, only choosing subtitles3 and 4 works (3 corresponds to
> > czech, 4 to english). also, i dont know if it matters but streams look
> > like this:
> >
> > stream 0 - spu - subtitles (czech)
> > stream 1 - spu - subtitles (english)
> > general - duration
> > stream 2 - mpgv - video
> > stream 3 - spu - subtitles ()
> > stream 4 - spu - subtitles ()
> > stream 5 - a52 - audio (english)
> >
> > i have tried -sid in mplayer w/ this number but this did not help.
> > mplayer insists on just two sids - maybe thats why.
> >
> > these files might be interesting:
> >
> > MPlayer 1.0rc
> > http://phpfi.com/173977 (mplayer -vvv log)
> > http://phpfi.com/173975 (vlc verbose mode log)
> >
> > i would truly appreciate any help on this.
> >
> > thank you.
> >
> > cheers,
>
> The ifo file says that your dvd has two subtitles:
> audio stream: 0 format: ac3 (stereo) language: en aid: 128.
> number of audio channels on disk: 1.
> subtitle ( sid ): 0 language: cs
> subtitle ( sid ): 1 language: en
> number of subtitles on disk: 2
>
> -sid 0 or -sid 1 may or may not work.
>
> But in order to find the true sid of the subtitles you should
> add the option -v to mplayer and look in the output for:
>
> ==> Found subtitle: 2
> ==> Found subtitle: 24
>
> In this case -sid 2 or -sid 24 should work.
>
>
> Giacomo
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