Getting subtitles to appear on standalone DVD player.

[Floob]

Hi,

I have an LG DN100H and am trying to get subs working.
I created a folder on a DVD+RW and put 2 .avi files in it as well as 2 .idx and .sub files.

When I play the dvd I cannot get the unit to see any subtitles at all.

Any idea what I may be doing wrong?

Floob.

[Baldrick]

and they are named like video.avi video.idx video.sub ?
and you tried press the subtitle button some times?

or maybe it doesn't support sub/idx image subtitles. You can try Sub2DivX and make a .divx(you can rename it to avi and it will also probably work fine) with built in subs from the sub/idx.

[mats.hogberg]

...or OCR the sub/idx'es to .srt with subrip if your player (like mine) only supports .srt subtitles.

/Mats

[Floob]

...or OCR the sub/idx'es to .srt with subrip if your player (like mine) only supports .srt subtitles.

/Mats

That sounds possible - although the manual says it supports srt/smi/sub

hmm, although it does say sub/txt - so does this mean I should rename the idx to txt?

All my files are named the same, so I dont think thats the prob. And I would like to keep the subs and movie files separate.

Floob.

[mats.hogberg]

Nope. There are 2 .sub subtitle formats, one text based .sub (you can open it in notepad and read it), and one image based (can't be read as text), that comes together with a .idx file. Obviously your player supports the former, not the latter.

/Mats

[Floob]

Nope. There are 2 .sub subtitle formats, one text based .sub (you can open it in notepad and read it), and one image based (can't be read as text), that comes together with a .idx file. Obviously your player supports the former, not the latter.

/Mats

Ah - I see thanks. For clarification I'll type what the manual says.

Playable Subtitle Format
SubRip(*.srt/*.txt)
SAMI(*.smi)
SubStation Alpha(*.ssa/*.txt)
MicroDVD(*.sub/*.txt)
SubViewer 1.0(*.sub)
SubViewer 2.0 (*.sub/*.txt)
TMPlayer(*.txt)

So does this mean that if I receive the sub/idx files there is no point me using then, and I should find a site that offers me sub/txt combination? (I guess I cant convert sub/idx to sub/txt?)

Thanks

Floob.

[mats.hogberg]

So does this mean that if I receive the sub/idx files there is no point me using then

No, not for your standalone player.

I should find a site that offers me sub/txt combination?

Yes, even if .srt is the most common text based subtitle format.

I guess I cant convert sub/idx to sub/txt?

No, but you can convert it to .srt with SubRip

/Mats

[manono]

And if you can't find the subs for your movie in SRT format, then OCR the ones you have in IDX/SUB format, to SRT. Takes only 10-15 minutes.

Edit: mats edited his, to make mine redundant.

[bruga]

I own a dvp720sa (Philips), and I recently found out that it can read idx/sub subtitles.
and maybe your standalone can too.
[it works, but the colors are off, I'll explain why later]
there is a condition, though, for this to work: you must put, in the same folder as the movie and the subs, an ifo file. something like this:
moviename.avi
moviename.idx
moviename.ifo
moviename.sub

the presence of the ifo file is mandatory. (take the one associated with the movie in the VIDEO_TS folder of the DVD)
try it out and let me know if it works for you

now for the bad news: I think the hexa values are RGB, while the standalone players seem to use YUV for idx/sub files associated with divx files.
why RGB for DVD and YUV for divx is mind boggling to me

[mats.hogberg]

What's boggling to me, is how an IFO (a Video DVD related file) can have anything to do with the playback of not Video DVD related files?!? Weird indeed!

/Mats

[datpdichvn]

and they are named like video.avi video.idx video.sub ?
and you tried press the subtitle button some times?

or maybe it doesn't support sub/idx image subtitles. You can try Sub2DivX and make a .divx(you can rename it to avi and it will also probably work fine) with built in subs from the sub/idx.

You can use avisub or sub2divx to mux sub to avi

[mats.hogberg]

Unfortunately, the standalone support for internal (muxed) subtitles is rather limited, compared to external.

/Mats