Subtitles disappear 10-15 minutes into the movie VLC Player

[gurjota]

Hi,

I believe I have a very unique problem. Recently bought a Sony KDL HX750 which doesn't support sub-titles in mp4 format.

Watching a 3D Movie makes it even more complicated. For watching a 3D Movie I convert the subtitles using SRT2ASS....and connect my laptop via HDMI to the TV.

However 10-15 minutes into the movie the subtitles start getting blurred & then suddenly disappear.......happened 3-4 times now.

Movie Format : mp4
Subtitle Format : SRT to ASS back to SRT
Using VLC Player....tried KM Player but the movie didn't even display on the TV.

I don't want to go through the pain of hard-coding them. I'm just confused as to why they disappear!

Please help.

[jman98]

I am puzzled as to why you would convert from SRT to ASS to SRT. Could you not just use the original SRT file?

Did you do any conversion or editing on a Linux or Mac PC? Those can introduce different end of line characters into files and Windows may have problems with that. Also, I am assuming that your laptop runs Windows, so please let us know if that is not the case.

[gurjota]

I'm talking about a 3D HSBS file. The subtitles need to be converted in such a way that they are displayed on both halves of the screen. Otherwise they aren't displayed properly.

I did convert them back into .srt to stream via PS3 Media Server(it recognizes .srt/.sub) but the video stuttered too much. Therefore, using a HDMI cable now. However I'll just use the .ass file now and get back with the results.

No conversion on Linux or Mac. Yes I'm using Windows.

[jman98]

I'm talking about a 3D HSBS file. The subtitles need to be converted in such a way that they are displayed on both halves of the screen. Otherwise they aren't displayed properly.

I understand now. However, your question is now really a 3D subs question more than anything else and I can't help with that. Likely something in the conversion process generated a weird character that is causing problems. You might make note of the last line that works and look at the end of that line the subtitle file for any weird characters or something else out of the ordinary. You may possibly need to use a binary editor to see if anything weird got put there that you can't see in a text editor.

[gurjota]

Thanks for your replies.

But I've re-started watching the movie from every point they disappear. They keep disappearing every 10-15 mins of playback. Then I just gave up and watched it without them :/

I'm thinking VLC or my processor issues.