subtitle support (.sub and .idx)

guest · Postby **guest** » 23 Jan 2004 00:26

Would be really nice if it's added in upcoming versions.. Seems they are becoming the most "popular" subs..

Dnumgis · Postby **Dnumgis** » 28 Jan 2004 12:50

Support is getting real close now

) Perhaps it will be working in the next release.

The DJ · Postby **The DJ** » 29 Jan 2004 17:14

Vobsub is actually working now for one track. You can only get subtitle track 0 atm. For more tracks to be supported, we need to wait one more release so some low level things can be changed to allow for this.

Also, the subtitles aren't scaled yet, which mostly results in them being rendered outside the picture. Since most movies are of a lower resolution than the original DVD. This is gonna take some more time though. scaling SPU seems to be quite a difficult task, i'm not sure

Guest · Postby **Guest** » 18 May 2006 22:41

bumping this because it's very important to me

Guest · Postby **Guest** » 18 May 2006 22:41

wow this thread is 2 years old and support still hasn't been added!?

The DJ · Postby **The DJ** » 19 May 2006 16:34

Dude, this has been working for years now.

line noise · Postby **line noise** » 30 Jun 2006 11:34

VLC still can't play sub's if they are the .idx .sub combo.
I am using MacOS. Is there aney way to watch this movie tonight.
is there a walkaround or fix out there on the net somewhere?
is there a converter to turn .idx & .sub into a usfull subtitle file?

Guest · Postby **Guest** » 30 Jun 2006 16:35

Choose .idx as subtitle and check that correct language is chosen from Video -> subtitles track
(if it doesn't work please paste View -> messages from VLC)

You can also use mplayer to display movie.
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html

And you can convert those subtitles to text wit AVIdemux Tools -> OCR

Xymor · Postby **Xymor** » 02 Jul 2006 05:28

Also, it would be nice to have some more support for the style formatting of ass/ssa subtitles. Currently vlc only uses the default style/font.

The DJ · Postby **The DJ** » 09 Jul 2006 01:40

Also, it would be nice to have some more support for the style formatting of --please stay polite--/ssa subtitles. Currently vlc only uses the default style/font.

Then you are using the wrong version of VLC.

Guest · Postby **Guest** » 15 Jul 2006 00:44

Also, it would be nice to have some more support for the style formatting of --please stay polite--/ssa subtitles. Currently vlc only uses the default style/font.
Then you are using the wrong version of VLC.

so, are you saying it can apply colours and more to ssa subtitles? using 0.8.5 here but i can't

Guest · Postby **Guest** » 15 Jul 2006 18:19

Please upload SSA sample to somewhere.

Guest · Postby **Guest** » 29 Jul 2006 11:15

Also, it would be nice to have some more support for the style formatting of --please stay polite--/ssa subtitles. Currently vlc only uses the default style/font.
Then you are using the wrong version of VLC.

So VLC supports SSA? So, I should be able to see all the bells and whistles then, like karaoke subtitles, embedded fonts, colours, screen positioning, fading out.

All I get at the moment is the user selected font and horrible overlapping subtitles.

I am an OS X user and the only way I have been able to see SSA subtitles properly is on MPlayer compiled with the SSA patch. It is a lot different to anything I have seen in VLC.

Could you please explain how to get SSA subtitles to work properly.

The DJ · Postby **The DJ** » 31 Jul 2006 21:45

vlc supports: color, size and positioning.

except for in-senctence styling. This is where for one subtitle a part of the subtitle gets a different position, color whatever.

http://veda.student.utwente.nl/~hartman/ssa.png
http://veda.student.utwente.nl/~hartman/ssa2.png

See the ssa2.png picture, where one subtitle should change the position of some of the words, which is not yet supported. However the line placement is correct.

guest24 · Postby **guest24** » 01 Aug 2006 14:39

I want to watch a movie with subtitles in the format .idx. The idx file is located in the same folder as the avi is. There is no .sub file in the same folder, it didnt come with the download at all. IDX and SUB are only working together, right? as long as there is no .sub in the same folder, i will always get the same errormessage, saying:

main: no suitable access module for `/Users/tiger/Movies/anime:manga:trick/Grave of the Fireflies/GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES_ENG_SUBS.sub'
vobsub: couldn't open .sub Vobsub file: /Users/tiger/Movies/anime:manga:trick/Grave of the Fireflies/GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES_ENG_SUBS.sub
subtitle: failed to recognize subtitle type
main: no suitable demux module for `/subtitle:///Users/tiger/Movies/anime:manga:trick/Grave of the Fireflies/GRAVE_OF_THE_FIREFLIES_ENG_SUBS.idx'"

thank you for your help

Guest · Postby **Guest** » 02 Aug 2006 17:16

Yep, you need sub file for idx file, it is usually in RAR file, if you dl scene stuff.

Tanaka · Postby **Tanaka** » 13 Aug 2006 03:51

Well I have *.idx and *.sub. The subs do show upn when I load the *idx file. Problem is they are completely asynchron. Like they are 10 seconds to late. Has anyone a idea what could cause this?
The subs are right though.

Guest · Postby **Guest** » 13 Aug 2006 15:36

You can try Ctrl + h and Ctrl + j to sync subtitles.

Guest · Postby **Guest** » 15 Aug 2006 21:58

just wanna say thats for the help on this thread,

LostRkive · Postby **LostRkive** » 06 Sep 2006 19:04

course what do you do when the bloody thing just refuses to play.... I love this message:

main: no suitable access module for `/Users/LostRkive/Anime:Manga/Ghost in the Shell (Special Edition) (1996) - DVDRIP.XVID.DragonRipper624/Ghost in The Shell.sub'
vobsub: couldn't open .sub Vobsub file: /Users/LostRkive/Anime:Manga/Ghost in the Shell (Special Edition) (1996) - DVDRIP.XVID.DragonRipper624/Ghost in The Shell.sub
subtitle: failed to recognize subtitle type
main: no suitable demux module for `/subtitle:///Users/LostRkive/Anime:Manga/Ghost in the Shell (Special Edition) (1996) - DVDRIP.XVID.DragonRipper624/Ghost in The Shell.idx'
macosx: Error: Unrecognized format for '/Users/LostRkive/Anime:Manga/Ghost in the Shell (Special Edition) (1996) - DVDRIP.XVID.DragonRipper624/Ghost in The Shell.idx'

I already renamed the .sub file to the same as the .avi .idx file, and make sure it was in the proper directory) but it seems to just get stuck reading the .idx or recognizing the vobsub (which is odd, never had a problem before)...... I'm starting to think that perhaps the file itself is corrupted but I thought i'd ask around first, any suggestions?

The DJ · Postby **The DJ** » 06 Sep 2006 22:36

I'm guessing this: "Anime:Manga" is the problem.

You are using the / character, which is an illegal character on OSX filesystems and instead the OS writes :. However this character is also used in OS 9 systems for certain purposes, so I think it might be that we ignore that for safety as well.

Discerptor · Postby **Discerptor** » 13 Sep 2006 13:34

I was wondering if anyone has gotten softsubs in MKV's to work, such as those in za-warudo's H.264 releases of .hack//sign.

aka D · Postby **aka D** » 14 Oct 2006 01:47

I get

Unrecognized format for 'C:\Documents and Settings\Leandro\My Documents\My Videos\Movies\The Cat Returns\VTS_01_0.sub'
Unrecognized format for 'C:\Documents and Settings\Leandro\My Documents\My Videos\Movies\The Cat Returns\The Cat Returns.idx'

loading both the idx and the sub file.

Help is much appreciated

Postby **VLC_help** » 14 Oct 2006 16:50

Can you but same same for .idx and .sub file?
Like
subtitle.sub
subtitle.idx

noizy · Postby **noizy** » 25 Oct 2006 00:01

I too have tried to play subtitles when they are in the same directory than the avi. Here are two tricks:

- You drag and drop the subtitles on VLC. Nothing really happens as VLC can't play a subtitle. Then drag and drop the video on VLC. The subtitle should be loaded. (Not a great method, but it works).

- The other method is to fill in the path in Settings > Preference > Video > Subtitles/OSD... rather tedious, hence option 1 is better.

But, if you go in the advanced option, you should be able to fill in .\ as the default path... I say SHOULD because it doesn't work. Anyone knows how to set the "root" as the default path for subs?

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