So far so good, however now I want to convert the DVD image with the subtitles. As far as I know the MKV format supports subtitles, so it seems an obvious choice. Alternatively I might use any other format with hard subtitles (subtitles as part of the video image).
My VOB file has eight subtitle channels and two audio channels. The Ubuntu video app does not show any subtitles, and only the first audio channel seems to be working, do the DVD image might be broken.
Originally, I planned to answer how to do this with avconv because (a) that answer is still missing and (b) avconv seems to be the default on ubuntu systems today. However it seems it's currently too buggy to accomplish this - at least for my testcases.
Since you ask for either avconv or ffmpeg, and I just learned that avconv is a fork of ffmpeg (see this answer for a discussion), I downloaded a current version of ffmpeg from this site as the aforementioned answer explains. Windows builds are also available. For a typical current 64bit Linux build the direct link would be to this page. It contains daily builds. So scroll down until you see the latest and greatest, download, and unpack with e.g. tar xzvf ffmpeg.static.64bit.2014-02-14.tar.gz. The advantage of a static build is that it has less, if no, dependencies. Unpacking the tarfile created two new executables ffmpeg and ffprobe in the current dir.
This is very typical behaviour when processing .vob files and is covered in the ffmpeg FAQ. Video container filetypes such as .avi or .mp4 or .mkv have headers (data at the start of a file) listing all content of the file. This makes it easy for players and conversion tools to know what kind of data to expect. .vob files do not have such an explicit header. So when ffmpeg or avconv start, they look at the first couple thousand bytes. In vob files, the subtitles may start very late. In my testcase the first subtitle appears after several seconds, so the tools do not see it during startup. Here's typical example output during coding in these situations:
Title says it all. I'd like to know what is the best way to cast from my PC to my TV being able to cast subtitles as well. I was using SODA Player but it stopped working recently and now I need something else.
By removing format=rgb24: the background can even be made green [#008800] (along with saving some percentage of CPU usage).However, implementing an arbitrary-colored background is kind of problematic.For instance, one can do it by feeding the color bytes through a pipe:
The first one is that the TV supports the playing of the subtitles, in which case it will request the subtitles from the DLNA and display it (usually, there's a button on a tv remote to turn on the subtitles explicitly - on Sony there's a button with four dots inside the square (....) that turns on the subtitles). Usually, the subtitles have to be in the same folder where the video is, and with the exact same title. But, not all subtitle formats are usually supported (e.g. srt, etc), and this varies from vendor to vendor.
The other option is for the DLNA to send the subtitles along inside the video image. For this, you need transcoding. Transcoding is usually used when the TV doesn't have support for the source video format and the DLNA transcodes it to a format TV can play, but in the case of subtitles, the DLNA has to transcode just so it can insert the subtitles into the movie image. Some DLNA servers usually have an option to 'always transcode when subtitles found'.
No, DLNA currently does not support subtitles per se. Samsung supports SRT subtitles as a proprietary extension to DLNA, but only samsung readers can benefit from it. DLNA engineers did a terrible job on the specifications. I hope they fix this on a new revision. DLNA is one of the lamest specifications I've seen so far.
Based on this site, I ended up using Serviio DLNA server. It installs as a service on Windows (nobody has to be logged in on the PC), supports subtitles on my LG TV (LG 55SJ810V, webOS 3.5), and it automatically scans the shared directories for updated content, although I had to check Use the poller mechanism for monitoring this folder option: in the shared directory settings, and I have to turn the TV off and on to pick up the content changes.
Yes, but it probably depends on which hardware/software your are using!Normally it should work just by placing subtitles in the same folder as the video file, but perhaps some setting to always transcode (even if the target device knows the format) could help if you have problems.
The problem is that, there is NO OFFICIAL info about these implementations, what BRANDS / TV MODELS support it, etc etc... Even the KODI community has no real answers to this: _does_kodi_send_subtitles_through_dlna/
I did a presentation for patients in my practice, and they all have hearing loss. They are not on Microsoft Teams. Do you know I can get them a link to view the video and the transcripts without them having to download anything?
We're sorry to hear about this. Have you tried resetting app preferences to isolate any preference corruption issue that might be causing the app to misbehave? Also, are you experiencing this issue specifically with subtitles or is it happening with other caption tracks as well?
I am on a project that has a lot subtitles (30 mins TRT) and we need the subtiles to stay with the shots as we make edits (we are non native speakers of the foreign language). The behavior that I find daunting is the contant beach balling as I use the zoom key or use the slider in the sequence.
Thank you for this comment. I assuem you are saing that 1) based on deleting media cache, this improved performance on sequences with about 100 captions. And 2) that a sequence with 500 captions still has slow performance.
Thank you for so much for your input. I am using the pancake method (i never heard of that term until today). I have settled on deleting the cache before I start working . I also exported a ref file with burn in subtitles and timecode to work with from. I probably won't use this workflow with larger projects with multiple people. I am the only one managing the premiere project that this time.
I've been monitoring my GPU history lately. I noticed that the levels are very high when I play down my timeline with the subtitles enabled. You can see when start I playing the levels are high (the thicker chunk of lines) and when I stopped playing the levels are low. No other applications were open during playback.
I also read that MacOS Catalina is recommended for PR2021. I may have to upgrade my MacOS for better results. Just thinking out loud here. I will probably have to upgrade anyway because the egpu and graphic cards I am considering only works with MacOS Catalina.
Is this really a problem that has to do with individual machine performance or messed up preferences / cache / whatever, or is the subtitle tool just a piece of badly written, ill-conceived code that does not hold up to the otherwise mostly fine performance of this complex software?
Is there anyone who has this modul running fine and working without problems?
On all the machines we tested it, it's just ridiculously slow and buggy. The longer you work, the worse it get's. It often (!) even does delete changes we made 10-20 minutes earlier leaving but a blank subtitle-clip. It's sadly unusable. Which is a horror, because I'm working on a polish film with a polish directress and subtitles are crucial to the editing process.
After deleting media cache with all projects closed, try a new project in the new version released today and let us know if you experience the same problem. There are some bug fixes that may help. Hope so!
4. At either the top or bottom of the screen, select Audio & Subtitles . On TVs, language options may appear at the bottom without the icon. You can choose from the languages shown or select Other to see all language options.
Recently, I was looking for a way to watch a video with subtitles. I downloaded HandBrake and now I can merge the files but that way I need to wait around an hour or even more to watch a 40-minute episode, for example. Is there a less time-consuming way?
When watching a show in Netflix / crunchyroll with subtitles, the brightness flicks up when subs are on the screen and then back down again when the subtitles disappear. It is particularly bad if it is a dark scene. With subtitles turned off this obviously doesn't occur
It appears that subtitles are overlaid over the motion picture as a second top layer, which seems to conflict with the contrast of the first layer. Therefore, if a screenshot or screen recording was attempted, only the subtitles would be captured and not the motion picture.
You might think of subtitles as an accessibility tool that transcribes or translates dialogue and sounds, but this tool has gone mainstream. Recent data has shown that younger generations overwhelmingly prefer to watch content with subtitles on.
From the rise of streaming services to an increase of screens in the home, we wanted to explore the reasons behind the obsession with subtitles in the United States and how it relates to how we consume content today. To find out, we surveyed 1,200 Americans on their use of the feature.
While 50% of respondents indicated that they watch TV with subtitles most of the time, members of Gen Z were much more likely to be frequent users (70%). Millennials are also more likely to use the feature than the average respondent, at 53%. Older respondents, such as Gen X and Baby Boomers, were actually the groups least likely to be frequent subtitles users.
With the overall preference for using subtitles growing, some Americans think they should be used by default, instead of having to opt in. Of our respondents, 32% think subtitles should be the default on streaming services and cable TVs, while 26% think they should be the default at movie theaters.
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