Postby ryann » 26 Oct 2008 15:16
I can't say for other systems, but concerning MacOS X,
I can only confirm the request and insure that drag'n'dropping a .srt file on the VLC program icon does not make it use that subtitles...
- First of all, drag'n'drog anything directly to the movie window seems to be ignored under MacOS X (what a pity!)
- Second, concerning dra'n'drop to the program icon, when you drag'n'drop a movie file (.avi for instance) the file is loaded into the playlist (and can even start immediately if the settings say so): perfect!
On the other hand, drag'n'drop of a subtitle file (during a moving playing or not) only adds this .srt file to the playlist where it has no effect at all, not being able to be read alone.
Then I think the problem isn't a consequence of different implementation of the drag'n'drop on the different OS,
(since the file seems to be correctly received by the program) but a problem of handling the .srt files when added to the playlist:
1) => "playing" a .srt file should make VLC automatically search for the corresponding movie file
(as it can already do the opposite: search for the subtitle file when playing a movie file)
2) => even better, when a movie is playing (or in pause), drag'n'dropping a subtitile file to VLC application icon (or the movie window) should automatically activate this subtitle file for the running movie.
Hoping this could come true!