Video player with external subtitles support
 

Is there any video player with external subtitles support? I mean subtitles in stand-alone SUB or SRT files next to video files..

Re: Video player with external subtitles support
 

Not yet in extras, but there are some in extras-devel (and maybe -testing?), such as Mplayer and Vlc.

If you're not an experienced Linux user, it is advised to wait until stable versions are released.

Re: Video player with external subtitles support
 

I didn't try yet but people say if you use the same name for video and srt files, mplayer sill show subtitles

post:
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=301213&postcount=4

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Just give the srt the same name as the avi sans avi extension and mplayer will pick it up automatically. Been watching 3 seasons of Dexter with subs doing it like this.
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Mplayer is name of the embedded video player in N900? I tested it yet, but subtitles with same name didn't work. For example Dexter.avi and Dexter.srt.

EDIT: No, I see it yet - http://mplayer.garage.maemo.org/

Re: Video player with external subtitles support
 

No... mplayer should be installed from Extras-devel. The default player uses gstreamer which has nothing to do with mplayer

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mplayer has no GUI. What frontends (smplayer, gmplayer, kmplayer) are available at the moment?

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I must confirm it now, the external subtitles work. There is KMPlayer GUI in N900 catalogue.

There is still an issue with subtitles charaters coding, but I'll solve it I hope.

Re: Video player with external subtitles support
 

Thanks for this clarification!

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Thanks. Please keep us posted with the progress, I would like to view movies on the Nokia N900 with subtitles too.

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I installed mplayer, but what command I have to use to play movie with external subs??
EDIT:
I installed KMplayer and subtitles works.

Re: Video player with external subtitles support
 

What's the difference between mplayer and KMplayer? When will both be available on the Extras library? Would like the bug free versions when available. Thanks.

Re: Video player with external subtitles support
 

Also feel free to vote for https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6464 by clicking "Vote for this bug".

Re: Video player with external subtitles support
 

mplayer is the real media player, but it comes without a GUI (Graphical User Interface), so if you want to use it, you have to use XTerm and command it (STOP, PLAY, FF, REW) through keyboard key. This is not user friendly of course, therefore there is some frontend that allow you to ignore the Xterm-way and use a more user friendly interface. One of this is KMplayer which is originally written for KDE using the QT.
Hope this is clear... if not, ask more ;-)

Re: Video player with external subtitles support
 

I can read subtitles with kmplayer front-end using same name than avi file, and with mplayer as video output

mplayer 1.0rc1maemo29
kmplayer 0.9.5-2

And Mplayer in CLI (command line) shows subtitles even without parameters

#mplayer /media/mmc2/myvideo.avi

for different file names...

#mplayer /media/mmc2/myvideo.avi -sub /media/mmc2/mysubtitle.srt

my old message:

I think we should specify the version number of apps in our comments, in these case the version of mplayer and kmplayer
I think this is more useful than to speak about repositories, because repositories aren live environments.

Re: Video player with external subtitles support
 

Ok, I just downloaded the kmplayer version 0.10.2-3, hoping that this player will support subtitles on video files. There are two files, the video file is .avi and the subtitle file is named the same as the video file but with extension .srt. How do I get the kmplayer to show the subtitles while i am watching the respective video file? Right now the video file plays, but the subtitles do no show up while the video is playing. What do I need to do?

Thanks.

Re: Video player with external subtitles support
 

kmplayer have few menus but you can be configure which video output will be used (i think options are oss or mplayer), you must specify mplayer.

Re: Video player with external subtitles support
 

I thought kmplayer was capable of playing the video files and subtiles files without the need of mplayer, no? Well, I did not download mplayer because I only trust apps in the Extras repository. I haven't ventured out to the Extras -Testing. Any idea how I can play video files with separate subtitle (.srt) files on kmplayer? I checked/changed the menu settings, but nothing seems to make a difference.

Re: Video player with external subtitles support
 

I think mplayer does it automatically (as in it'll look for an .srt file with the same name as the video your watching).

KMPlayer is just a front-end, it uses gstreamer (default in the N900, same as the regular media player) or mplayer (an alternate player) as a backend.

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Ok, I see what you're saying then. Do you know when or if mplayer will ever be released in Extras?

Thanks.

Re: Video player with external subtitles support
 

Hi mates

Try installing SIB (it's the program name). it's reads srt automatically when it's got the same name as the avi file.

E.g.:

dexter.avi
dexter.srt

it works fine for me!!! :)

Re: Video player with external subtitles support
 

Download and install "Subtitles Support" from App. manager. Reboot after installation. You can configure it from the Settings app (look at the bottom of the displayed list of settings, in the Extras section, where it places itself).

NOTE: I have problems with subtitles using accented characters (spanish) and Sib. They are displayed fine within the standard Media Player, but you have less control of position and sync.

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! Solution! Movies -.avi, xvid, divix, mp4,mpeg, audio AC3 codec with subtitles: From Application Manager instal KMPlayer. (add maemo-extras catalogue if kmplayer is not present in the list). For now .avi will work without sound and sub. Now: install from App. Mng. MPlayer (command line only). Close App.Mng. Open KMPlayer (Menu>More>KMPayer). Select the region between the battery icon and x (close ). A menu will appear. choose "select player" and than "mplayer" (kmplayer will use the mplayer codec now). From the bottom choose the "folder" icon. go to your "movie.avi" already saved on your memory (internal- recommended - or microSD). The subtitle will be loaded automatically if is renamed exactly like the movie (Avatar.avi / Avatar.srt). The KMPlayer should play the movie with sound and subtitles because it's using the mplayer codec. But still don't know to change .sub language encoding...sorry!

Catalogues:

Application manager --> Application catalogs --> New
Catalog name: maemo.org
Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras/
Distribution: fremantle
Components: free non-free

Maemo Extras-Testing

Application manager –> Application catalogs –> New
Catalog name: maemo.org extras-testing
Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-testing
Distribution: fremantle
Components: free non-free

Maemo Extras-Devel !!! Antention only for expert users! !!

Application manager –> Application catalogs –> New
Catalog name: Maemo Extras-devel
Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel
Distribution: fremantle
Components: free non-free

When you install the applications (KMPlayer and Mplayer) if an error message appears ("Unable to instal....conflict with applicaton packages") Go to catalogues, disable the "devel" catalogue and maybe nokia update catalogue too. See if you you have a duplicate catalogue!

Re: Video player with external subtitles support
 

why KMPlayer doesn't play subtitles in srt with the same name as video file?

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Start KMPlayer > open KMPlayer's menu (tap on top of screen, right from battery indicator) > select "Select Player" > select "mplayer"

Now check if video displays subtitles.

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I did it but without any changes :(

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Try if the subtitles are displayed, when you run mplayer from xterminal.

Open xterminal and go with "cd" command to the location where you have video and subtitles file then run this:

If these files have name with space between two or more words (something like "video name.srt" and "video name.avi"), use File Manager to rename them, so they don't have space any more.