Philips 642 Subs

[Afterlife]

I finally got dual layer audio avi files to play in this player, and now im trying to get subs to work.

I have tried muxing in .srt files and then it wont play the file, tho I am using AVI-MUX GUI to do it, as I have no other way of muxing in. VDub seems not to mux it in properly as when I mux it in then check the streams its not there.

Has anyone successfully got subs working with this player? If so some help would be great.

[handyguy]

Sure.

I just use a SRT file of the same name. Must use a short file name. I don't think it can play SRT files over a certain size however.

That's why I bought a 5960, it plays all sorts of SUB formats.

You're supposed to load the subs first from the menu by pushing the subtitle button & then you load the film. Then you can use the sub button when playing a film.

[Afterlife]

Do they HAVE to be the same name?

I have a srt file seperate from the file but when I click the sub file in the menu I get the "STOP" hand in the top left

[Krispy Kritter]

Yes, they need to be the exact same name.

In the menu, highlight the srt file and press the subtitle button. You should get a message "subititle file loaded" or similar. Then highlight the movie and press play.

[Afterlife]

Ok ill give it a try when im home, anyway of embedding the subs in the avi container as a selectable stream?

[Squash]

@Afterlife:
Try AviSub (I haven't used it myself but it looks like it might work for adding the sub stream to the AVI file):
http://www.trustfm.net/divx/SoftwareAviSub.html

And it's free.

Good luck

[Afterlife]

Squash thanks for the link, but that program doesnt seem to actually add the sub file as a stream layer, but actually produces a .divx file which is nothing more than a subtitle file used in conjunction with a avi file, just bypasses the need to select the sub on divx6 players, mine isnt and I dont think there is a firmware upgrade to support divx6 on my player.

Ah well.

[handyguy]

No, thats why they make those 5960s they are divx6 certified. Load multilanguage subs automatically.