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I read through some of the longer threads about subtitles, and i still can't get mine to work.

The Subs are in a RAR; I tried loading the RAR, and extracting them with no luck.

files are: movie-cd1.idx movie-cd1.sub movie-cd2.idx movie-cd1.sub movie-subs.sfv

The option for subtitles shows up with the avi if I load it with the .idx, but no text shows up.

If I load the .sub I get 3 track choices for subtitles, but the problem is the video isn't loaded. :p

Forgot to add:
OS: Win2k VLC: 0.8.0-test1

VLC dosen't play VOBSUB ( IDX/SUB ) in MKV,RAR or in MP4 (created with NeroRecode2) .

Xine can play VOBSUB in MKV.

Does Xine work on Win2k?

Does Xine work on Win2k?

Not well I think. There is some development but never test it.

VLC can play VOBSUB in MKV or MP4 but doesn't support them in RAR.

I've got the exact same problem under OSX running .80 test 1

if I just run the file (movie.avi) it doesn't auto detect the subs, so the menu's greyed out. If I load with the .idx it shows the subtitle track, but doesn't display the subs, if I load it with the .sub, the subs still don't show up :/ (although the video does play in my case)

anyone have any suggestions ? (filetype is xvid)

This has only been supported since after 0.8.0-test1, so it isn't that strange.....

Sorry, I was under the impression that it was supported as of .80 test 1 - not as of after .80 test 1

I must have misread the docs... sorry

I tried an .idx subtitle file in VLC 0.7.2 (Mac10.3.5) along with an xvid movie, and it worked.. sort of.

the subtitles showed up, but in an all over the screen distorted acid trip kind of way..

Why so little support for subtitle files in VLC?? Are there any subtitle file types that it CAN play? If so, I found an OSX app that may be able to convert sub files called TitleLAB, so there is a glimmer of hope..

As stated above. Vobsub subtitles are only supported in 0.8.0-test2 and up (actually i would recommend the final version, since there are still some bugs in test2 concerining Vobsub).

And VLC can only do as much as we program it to do, and we do this in our free time with a very small group. Something which a lot of people don't seem to understand......

^^I did not know that.

I had previously tried .idx file in 0.8.0t2, and I got an error saying it didn't recognize file type. I just now tried it again, same thing happened, but this time I let it play and it actuallly did show the subtitles!

Excellent!

And to the developers of VLC, great job! VLC 0.7.2 has been my default player since it came out

I don't know if this is specific to the OS or player or codec or what, but I never had an issue with vobsub on windows.

Each white letter has a thick black outline. VERY easy to read. A+++++

Subtitles in Mac OS X (vlc) are white letters with a very thin black outline. VERY difficult to read if the video background is not dark. F----- I couldn't even stand to watch.

It's stuff like this that makes me think, I should just stay with windows even though it sucks. Subtitle readability is a critical issue.

I guess I should be happy that anything is supported at all...

The difference is vobsub (image subtitles with fixed outlines) vs. Text subtitles (artificially created outline, currently only 1pixel wide). Usually that is enough, but the higher the resolution of the video, how smaller the 1px outline relatively becomes. This is something we intend to fix in time though.

anyway. it's not a windows vs. mac, but image vx. text
just a matter of coincidence for you I guess.