srt subtitles not rendered

[sfievet]

Hi all,

I can't manage to make VLC render SRT encoded subtitles. For a reason i can't
understand it loads then unloads the "XML" module repeatedely each time it tries
to display the current subtitle on the video.

below is the part of the log exhibiting this behaviour :

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... [snip] [00000330] main private debug: looking for text renderer module: 1 candidate [00000330] freetype private debug: using fontsize: 23 [00000330] main private debug: using text renderer module "freetype" [00000333] main private debug: looking for xml module: 2 candidates [00000333] main private debug: using xml module "xml" [00000333] main private debug: removing module "xml" [00000336] main private debug: looking for xml module: 2 candidates [00000336] main private debug: using xml module "xml" [00000336] main private debug: removing module "xml" [00000338] main private debug: looking for xml module: 2 candidates [00000338] main private debug: using xml module "xml" [00000338] main private debug: removing module "xml" ... endlessly [00000474] main private debug: looking for xml module: 2 candidates [00000474] main private debug: using xml module "xml" [00000474] main private debug: removing module "xml" [snip] ... then i press the stop button... [00000236] main playlist debug: incoming request - stopping current input [00000236] main playlist debug: dying input [00000248] main input debug: control type=0 [00000248] main input debug: control: stopping input ... and it stops gracefully.

The video plays just fine. DVD subtitles work like a charm.
It happens with every nightly snapshot i tried , as well as with v0.8.6c

I am running :
- kernel-2.6.21.4
- libc-2.4,
- libxml-2.6.26,
- gcc-4.2.1

Thanks for helping!
Regards, Seb.

[dionoea]

Could you paste the first 10 lines from that subs file? (Note that advanced subtilitles support, with HTML formating and a bunch of other fancy feature has been added in the developement version)

[sfievet]

here you are :

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1 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:09,934 <i>( theme music playing )</i> 2 00:02:01,767 --> 00:02:03,734 IS THAT SOME SORT OF A LETTER, MARSHAL? 3 00:02:05,267 --> 00:02:07,467 - JOURNAL. - JOURNAL.

BTW i was wondering if the fact that the file name contains white spaces could confuse the VLC...
I currently test every new nightly snapshot as soon as it is available, but without any success so far.
Thanks for your help!

[sfievet]

... still no luck at this point. I tried different srt files obtained from different sources, in english or french languages, but none are rendered.

Could you paste the first 10 lines from that subs file? (Note that advanced subtilitles support, with HTML formating and a bunch of other fancy feature has been added in the developement version)

=> dionoea, is there something else i can try to help you identify the problem? Is this advanced subtilitles support included in the nighty snapshots, or do i have to check out a specific SVN branch for that?

Thank you,
Seb.

[dionoea]

You should try contacting our new subtitles person (he did most of the enhancements in the development version), since I'm kind of clueless here :/ I'll send you his e-mail by PM.