subtitle help

[antz123]

Hi all,

Might come across as noob question so apologies, also might come across as a question which many might have answered before. just requesting guide me in right direction.

I have these japanese anime series. it is both in AVI or Mkv formats.

When I watch it on my PC it has hard encoded or pre-set subs already there in Englsih. However when I play them on WD TV Live, i cannot see subtitles.

I already have by default subtitles to be on. But when i play the file on LEFT on corner "Subtitle OFF" comes. and as much as i press on subtitle button nothing happens.

Is there a way out? 

Thank you

Anant

[ecchi]

I don't know bout the MKVs but If the AVI already got hardsubbed subtitles I have no idea why the subs won't show up. Are you sure those AVIs are hardsubbed?

[antz123]

Hi

I also felt may be some MKV trouble. So  i converted my MKV to AVI on my pc. Then transferred them back again n still the hard coded subs are missing. Rest Video/Audio plays perfectly fine.

Just wondering why on top Left hand i get Subtitleff, even when by default its on.

[ecchi]

Are you sure the subs were hardsubbed when you converted the MKV to AVI? Have you tried it on a PC?

Sorry can't be of much help. I'm using the older WD TV Live (not the current one in the wdtv live page) and it's remote doesn't have a subtitle button. Anyways mine doesn't have problems with subs on MKVs aside from it treats the **bleep**/SSA subs in MKVs like SRTs. Which is why i avoid playing MKVs and instead use hardsubbed MP4s.

[antz123]

i have played mkv, avi etc with SRT files and with no issues

only this Anime am facing problem. More over yeah i checked on PC the subs are there both in MKV and AVI. so kinda facing blank wall.

[ecchi]

Ah thats really weird... the AVI thats hardsubbed but not displaying the subtitles.

Sorry can't really help Maybe a firmware update? I myself haven't tried it since i don't have any problems and the added features i don't really need.

What are you watching anyway?

[Techflaws]

The subs can't be hardsubbed, otherwise they would show up on the LIVE and in any converted file. So the question remains: what is the original container and what format are the subs?

[antz123]

hi sorry had work took time to reply.

Ok problem bit solved but still on.

See this anime had 8 episodes. out of which Ep1,2,7 & 8 are Mkv and others are AVI.

First there is no extra subtitle file. As in its just the video file. On PC i dont have option to choose subtitle in VLC player. They are already there in english.

Now, the first time when i played this series on my WD TV LIVE, i faced error on Episode 1 n 2 and i got irritated n stopped. I thought must be MKV issue. So i converted all files to AVI, and recopied on a pen drive.

Still when Ep1 n2 which are now AVI i faced issue, i came to the forum. Now yesterday for no reason I tried episode 3 on my WD, and it worked with Subtitles. And i have not pressed any settings etc. This time too on top Left corner it said "subtitles off" .  Then I went to Ep 7 and again no subtitles were displayed..

So its bascially issue of MKV or Converted MKV files on which the subtitles are not displayed. Does this help ?

[antz123]

Original container  of Subs? could you be bit more elaborate, Thank You

[ecchi]

What is this error you faced with ep1-2? What app did you use to convert it to AVI? Are you sure those converted ep1-2 AVIs got subs when you try it on VLC?

Ep3-6 which are originally in AVI should have no problem displaying subs like you said.

And like i said what anime are you watching? If you can't tell, just email it to me geass999@gmail.com