[Video] Subtitles on linux not shown with mkv? about ps3mediaserver HOT 13 CLOSED

"mencoder_disablesubs=true" will not help :)
set this to false

if this still doesn't work , you can also play with mencoder_ass
and/or mencoder_fontconfig

well,
i tried that too now, and doublechecked that libass was there too..

when using Mplayer in gnome it all looks ok, with subs, so i wonder why those 
are 
not shown with memcoder..

Try disabling ass subtitles in the mencoder config in PMS.

That has been tried too, as i thought maybe a compile bug in application, but 
not.

this is command started when running it, ive tested DVD playback with subs 
right 
after, and those works fine.

mencoder -ss 0 -quiet /movie/themovie.mkv -quiet -quiet -oac lavc -of mpeg 
-mpegopts 
format=mpeg2:muxrate=500000:vbuf_size=1194:abuf_size=64 -ovc lavc -channels 6 -
lavdopts debug=0:threads=2 -psprobe 10000 -lavcopts 
vcodec=mpeg2video:acodec=ac3:abitrate=384:threads=2:keyint=1:vqscale=1:vqmin=2 -
alang jpn,eng -aid 0 -sid 2 -quiet -quiet -ofps 24000/1001 -quiet -quiet -mc 0 -
noskip -o /tmp/javaps3media/mencoder1229818956570

have tried to add a .srt file to the mkv and same result, no subs.

Issue 82 has been merged into this issue.

Issue 96 has been merged into this issue.

will be reopened if others subs issues on Linux appears

Here is something interesting I've noticed on the two Fedora linux systems I'm
running at home.  I have a p4 2.4GHz running Fedora 9 (32 bit) with kernel
2.6.27.9-73.fc9-i686 which will play mkv files and display the subtitles with
transcoding. However, it will not use the embedded fonts, and always places the
subtitles at the bottom of the screen.  Even if the file wants the subtitles
displayed else where.  The second comp is a q6600 running Fedora 10 (64 bit) 
with
kernel 2.6.27.9-159.fc10.x86_64.  This comp for the most part will not display 
any
subtitles, except for a few exceptions.  I have one mkv file which it does 
display
the subtitles.  That file uses video Codec_ID: V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC and audio 
Codec_ID:
A_AAC, with subtitle using codec_id: S_TEXT/ASS.  And like the P4 comp, the 
subtitles
are not using the embedded subtitle fonts, and always displays the subtitles at 
the
bottom of the screen.  An interesting thing that I've found while trying to use 
PMS
on the 64 bit Fedora 10, was that I need to have both the ASS/SSA and the 
Fontconfig
options check or the subtitles will not show.  Having only one or the other 
check
will not display the subtitles.  But having both checked will.  I know that this
topic is under "WontFix" status, but I hope that what ever information I can 
provide
will help some.  Thanks for the great program.

Can't go into much detail as its very late been tinkering with this trying to 
get it
to work for ages.

My prob to sum up is playing subtitles in mkv files using 1.0.3 of PMS on 
Ubuntu 8.10.

Any mkv that contained subtitles would return the "file corrupt" message, 
finally
tried the "definatly disable subtitles" option under common settings in PMS and 
that
worked and the videos played, except that I still couldn't understand the 
program
(Naruto) hehe

Just tried turning subs back on and under MEncoder settings disabled, ASS/SSA 
and
suddenly subs work.

Worth saying incase it helps someone else sat up late wondering why it doesn't 
play.

With PMS 1.03 the subtitles in MKV container, works!!!
I have openSuse 11.1 with menconder from packman repositories.
I disable ASS subtitles plugin for mencoder and enabled force/embedded subs. and
select specific font in fontconfig.
Last config no subs for my language in Audio/subs preferences: spa,off
But now I have another problem:
- PMS shows one file more than one time, and ramdomly (another issue)

Thanks for your great app.

Ivanvega 2k8

One more thing.
I put a link to arial truetype font in ~./mplayer folder with name "subfont.ttf"
and in my /usr/share/fonts/truetype folder i create a link to arial.ttf with 
name
"Arial.ttf"
I dont know if this is useful for this issue.

In my case I just unset Subtitles ASS/SSA and checked the Auto *.str. I changed 
to cp1252 too, It was Windows Wstern Europe. I am running:

Linux Desktop 2.6.38-1-amd64 #1 SMP Wed Mar 16 17:38:02 UTC 2011 x86_64 
GNU/Linux
java version "1.6.0_24"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_24-b07)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 19.1-b02, mixed mode)
PS3 Media Server 1.21.1

I have tried all of these tips to get the subtitles working for a mkv file with 
embedded subtitles and I can't get it working. I tried disabling ASS/SSA 
subtitles, set subtitles codepage to cp1252 and nothing. Also tried to 
"definitely disable subtitles" with no luck either. mkvinfo correclty shows the 
embedded sutitles inside the mkv file:

 + Track number: 3
|  + Track UID: 2538420446
|  + Track type: subtitles
|  + Enabled: 1
|  + Default flag: 1
|  + Forced flag: 0
|  + Lacing flag: 0
|  + MinCache: 0
|  + Timecode scale: 1
|  + Max BlockAddition ID: 0
|  + Codec ID: S_TEXT/UTF8
|  + Codec decode all: 1
|  + Language: eng


I'm running:

Linux 2.6.36.2-desktop-2mnb #1 SMP Wed Dec 22 16:47:21 UTC 2010 x86_64 x86_64 
x86_64 GNU/Linux
OS: Mandriva 2010.2
java version "1.6.0_18"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.8.7) (mandriva-7.b18.5mdv2010.2-x86_64)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 14.0-b16, mixed mode)
PS3 Media Server 1.21.1