Subtitles won't show!

echo · Postby **echo** » 06 Aug 2005 12:48

Well, I'm just another anime fan with subtitle-problems I suppose.

I'm using OS X 10.4.1 and I've got these series in avi, with double sets of subtitles for each episode in the folder. The subtitle files ends with: ".tc.ssa" and ".sc.ssa".
When I play the files I get an error message like this:

subtitle: failed to recognize subtitle type
main: no suitable demux module for `-=the name of the file=-.sc.ssa'
subtitle: failed to recognize subtitle type
main: no suitable demux module for `-=the name of the file=-.tc.ssa'

P.S. It doesn't work on MPlayer either, if that's any help.

Postby **fkuehne** » 06 Aug 2005 14:11

I guess that this subtitle-format is not supported. I've never heard about it in the past 2 and a half years.

echo · Postby **echo** » 06 Aug 2005 15:23

I see...

I find all of this subtitle stuff rather confusing,

But I don't suppose I have any options like... converting them into supported subtitles? Or maybe finding them in some other formate?

I hope I'm not asking anything stupid.

I'd just prefer not to watch them in japanese.

The DJ · Postby **The DJ** » 06 Aug 2005 17:04

I have said time and again in the forums, that if someone has issues with subtitles, they should put them online so we can download them.

echo · Postby **echo** » 06 Aug 2005 18:41

Subtitles episode 1:

http://dl3.rapidshare.de/files/3715607/ ... 01_.sc.ssa

Like that?

The DJ · Postby **The DJ** » 07 Aug 2005 22:29

I'll look into it.

The DJ · Postby **The DJ** » 08 Aug 2005 15:16

These subtitles are UTF-16 encoded and VLC currently does not support this. You can use an advanced texteditor to resave the file in the UTF-8 text encoding.

echo · Postby **echo** » 10 Aug 2005 16:17

Yup, that did the trick!

Well, at least I can see them now, though I can't really read them.

They're looking like this: §°°&=, etc – with some other strange symbols.
Though I suspect the reason is the program I used; "Textedit" (preinstalled in mac) does that sometimes. I'll try with another program and hope for the best.

Anyway, thx for the help!

Postby **clevy.clev** » 02 Mar 2011 19:00

I am having the same issue. I try to load this subtitle file for Collateral. It's a .mp4 file. I get a message from VLC saying that it can't recognize the input's format. Subtitle is downloadable here.......... http://titles.box.sk/index.php?pid=subt2&p=i&rid=217221

I would like to figure this out soon, because I wanna watch this movie with my girlfriend, who is Japanese

She speaks good enough English, but Collateral is not necessarily the easiest movies around to grasp, especially for someone whose native language is not English. So I want her to be able to watch it with Japanese subs.

Thanks, guys.

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