MPEG4 subtitles - even quicktime supports them...

[thommyfilm]

hello

I really like VLC and use it a lot. We depend heavily on subtitles and I am a fan of soft subtitles. I know there are many formats that are supported by VLC. I think the best solution is a standard compliant MPEG4 file. Subtitles are fully integrated into the mpeg4 file so you dont't have to care about a separate subtitle file. In quicktime/iTunes and even on the iPhone you can select such a subtitle track via View>Subtitles.

But: This part of MPEG4 seems not to be supported by VLC? Why not???

You can find a testfile with working subtitles here:
diagonal.com/mp4/

I would also like to see a possebility to select different audiostreams/versions encapsulated in mpeg4 (also supported by qt)

cu t.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Add a trac request.
VLC_help, can you check that this is done ?

[VLC_help]

Mediainfo or Media Player Classic doesn't show/know those subtitles either. I will do the trac ticket later, when I figure out some needed details.
EDIT: Luckily MP4box enlightenment showed me the path. They are tx3g subtitles (aka MPEG-4 Timed Text) according to MP4box but if that would be true, they should work in Media Player Classic (and also in VLC). Also if I try to extract the subtitles, MP4box complains Track ID 6 is not a 3GPP text track. So I assume Apple software doesn't cooperate with specifications.

trac opened:
http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/2376

[thommyfilm]

I've used MUXO to create the example file.

MUXO: http://forum.entropicgarden.com/
example file: diagonal.com/mp4/

the subtitles are fully supported by qt player and itunes but not on VLC.

[VLC_help]

iTunes uses QuickTime components. That is why you have to download and install them both if you want to use iTunes. I am just wondering why Apple doesn't want to support MPEG-4 Part 17 subtitles.

[VLC_help]

http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/v ... 54566.html
should be in nightlies soon.