T4 - Cant get subtitles working on media

[mattgrechie]

Hi

i have a t4, and i can get subtitles working on TV no problems, but when i try it on any media it doesnt work. i get subtitles not available for this kind of media. somtimes i can get the subtitle to load, but it appears as though im looking at a txt file, not sure how to make this display as normal subtitles do.

i have looked through teh forums, but im not really understanding what is being discussed that well. i have also looked in the manual, but the options appear to be out of date as i cant seem to follow some steps from the manual.

is there a document which outlines my options for displaying subtitles please ? id really like to understand what options are out there and see which one works for me.

happy to setup a plex or xbmc server if this is one of them.

Kind regards

Matt

[MrQuade]

The media player software in the Beyonwiz T series only understands the .srt style subtitles, and cannot interpret .sub/.idx style subtitles.

It may be that your media files use the image-based (from DVD) .sub/.idx style subtitles.

This is discussed most recently in this thread, along with some potential solutions for you.

[mattgrechie]

Hi

i have tried srt files as well. this is how i was able to get the srt file to display on the screen. i dont know how to make it display like a normal subtitle, instead of having the entire srt file displayed.

cheers

[MrQuade]

i have tried srt files as well. this is how i was able to get the srt file to display on the screen. i dont know how to make it display like a normal subtitle, instead of having the entire srt file displayed.

Your .srt file must have been corrupted or something. A properly formatted one should work as expected.
As long as the external .srt file has *exactly* the same name as the media file, it will be detected by the media player. Internal .srt type subtitles will work too. You can then press AUDIO to toggle between the various subtitle tracks, or long-press AUDIO to get the audio menu.

Can you maybe provide a sample of the .srt file you have?

[Grumpy_Geoff]

i have tried srt files as well. this is how i was able to get the srt file to display on the screen. i dont know how to make it display like a normal subtitle, instead of having the entire srt file displayed.

Don't play the .srt file, play the media file. As long as the .srt file is named the same as the media file it'll be picked up.

[mattgrechie]

Hi

thanks so much for your help. the name was all good, there was some weird characters in the srt file so i downloaded another one and it worked.

its weird though as i tried this on many different media files. either way, its working now, so thanks again.

Kind regards

Matt

[netmask]

If you preview the SRT in Notepad++ and go to encoding select Convert to ANSI and that should fix any odd characters from a different character set.
You may possibly lose music symbols if there happens to be lyrics to a song, generally replaced at the beginning of the lyrics with a # rather than a note etc. If the subs are SDH for hard of hearing SRT and you just need the words rather than a description you can easily get rid of them in Subtitle Workshop and press Control I and it will highlight the descriptions and then just select FIX and save.

[mattgrechie]

ahh cool ill give that ago, will be much better than redownloading the ones i do have.

your awesome