Play with Subtitles

I'm trying to create a simple menu with two buttons: Play Movie and Play with Subtitles. I can't figure out how to select which audio and subtitle tracks will be used with a specific button. Anyone care to point me in the right direction? Thanks!

Select the button, then go to the extended options button from the link panel. These options are not in the main UI, but in the sub-dialog.
Mylenium

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I have downloaded a video with subtitle. When playing the edited video, the subtitle does not show up in the entire video. The subtitle comes and goes in the video.I have tried with my Mac Pro and Mac Air, with the same result. I have downloaded movie with subtitle before and never had this problem. Please advise.

I'm not very knowledgable on this but subtitles are sometimes on a separate track from the main movie. Try opening the downloaded video in Quicktime Player and saving it - you may be asked if you want to "flatten movie". Choose to do this. The resulting movie will probably now work OK. Others may be able to supply more comprehensive instructions.
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Airplay only plays audio - video is black screen with subtitles

On my 5th generation IPOD Touch, after downloading a movie from Itunes, I only see audio. The video is all black, with subtitls only.
After many attemts to fix this - i.e. reboot Apple TV, Reboot TV, Reboot IPod touch, Reboot WIFI Router, I still saw this problem.
This is with IOS 7.01. Has anyone seen this problem? So annoying and frustrating!

I suspect you are out of luck based on this:
Can I play my rental on more than one device?
If you download a rented movie on your computer: You can transfer it to a device such as your Apple TV (1st generation), iPhone, iPad, or iPod if it’s a standard-definition film (movies in HD can only be watched on your computer, iPad, iPhone 4 or later, iPod touch (4th generation or later), or Apple TV). Once you move the movie from your computer to a device, the movie will disappear from your computer's iTunes library. You can move the movie between devices as many times as you wish during the rental period, but the movie can only exist on one device at a time.
If you download a rented movie on your iPhone 4 or later, iPad, iPod touch (4th generation or later), or Apple TV: It is not transferable to any other device or computer.

Movies which are played with itunes are missing 2nd line of subtitles therefore apple tv 2 misses these also. How so?

Movies converted from MKV via Handbrake which are played with itunes are missing 2nd line of subtitles therefore apple tv 2 misses these also. Funny is that Quicktime and Ipad 2 handles subtitles correctly on the same moviefile.
(please note that the subtitles are not burned into movie)
What can be the problem?
Has anyone suggestions?
Thanks in advance
Kr
KJS

i am experiencing this issue as well...
any tips or resolution would be greatly appreciated...
thanking you kindly...

Playing movie with subtitles and without

Total newbie at making a film with subtitles and at using DVD Studio Pro
The person creating the subtitles did it in FCP and I just opened her project and then laid it on my video. Question is - how can I burn the DVD with the options of English only or with subtitles.
Do I need to have two movies imported into DVD Studio, one with subtitles another not (it's only a 30 minute video, so that's not a problem to fit on a DVD).
Or is there another way to handle it in DVD Studio?
thanks

Typically you would NOT have subs on your footage, but would add them to DVDSP as a separate file. You can create subtitles inside DVDSP but if you do there is no flexibility in manipulating them later.
Workflow is to create the footage in FCP, then to use that in a subtitler app to spot the speech and create the subs, then import the footage and the subs file into DVDSP.
As for setting it up in DVDSP, have a look here:
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/dvd_sp2subtitles.html
and here for slightly more complexity:
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/dvd_setup_andresume.html
and finally here for more of the same:
http://digitalproducer.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=32345&aft erinter=true

Blackout with subtitles on Leopard. FR or Perian problem?

I can't watch .avi files with .srt subtitle files on front row anymore. The screen goes black as the first subtitle appears. On Quicktime they run fine (thanks to Perian plug in), and they did run fine on Tiger Front Row. I first thought it was because FR is now a standalone app that can't handle this kind of file, but then, why can I still see the subtitles in those screenshots inside Front Row, and why doesn't the app just ignore the srt file? Looks like it's a problem with FR alpha channel rendering (that should take care of the subtitles) or something.
Does anyone know how FR works now? If it is completely sepparated from Quick Time, how come it can display the subtitles in the preview screenshots and play regular .avi files that can only be played with Perian?
Is there a way to configure this "little QT" inside FR?

I have further information. Looks like Front Row is having trouble dealing with multi video track files. .srt subtitles are treated as a separeted video track. That's why not only subtitled video isn't working with FR.
So, Apple, looks like it's not a perian issue after all. I think that's not a very difficult problem to solve, how about a little upgrade?

Rip a DVD with subtitles (owned by me)

Hi all. The quick background:
My company made a series of films (before i joined them) which was delivered on DVD some time ago and since then some of the original projects have been lost (Don't ask how this was allowed to happen!). Our client has asked if i can supply them with two of the sections from the disc as quicktimes for them to use in a presentation.
I have used Mpeg streamclip to rip one of the sections and the result is perfect. The problem is the second section which has subtitles on it.
How do i rip the file and keep the subtitles?
Thanks in advance
GK

If you have an A/D converter or can use your camcorder as such you can use this roundabout method.
1. Connect DVD player's AV outputs to converter which is connected to Mac.
2. Open FCP and change Easy Setup to Converter.
3. Play DVD with subtitles switched on and capture into FCP.
4. Once in FCP export as a QuickTime Movie.

MEncoder: DVD to avi with subtitles results in screen flicker

I'm trying to make an avi-file using mencoder with subtitles. Playing the DVD, or the VOB-file in mplayer works and encoding it without subs in mencoder works, but as soon as I include the subs, the avi-movie starts to flicker like crazy after the first subtitle appears.
The command I use to encode.
mencoder dvd://1 \
-ss 00:10:00 -endpos 00:01:00 \
-oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=96:vol=3 \
-ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:cmp=2:subcmp=2:autoaspect \
-vf crop=704:544:8:16 \
-sid 5 -aid 130 \
-o movie.avi
I've tried this on several movies, and the same result on all of them, so I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

I've tried using xvid (before I ran into the subtitle-trouble), but found it was a bit slower, (maybe because the default bit rate was higher?), and most of the mencoder tutorials talked about using lavc with mpeg4; plus x264 was too slow, on my 1 GHz machine when I tried it.
The important thing is that I can play it on my (rather cheap) DVD-player, and include the subtitle in the video ("hard code it"), since my dvd-player can't read .srt or .sub-files, and I don't want to watch my backed up movies from the computer, but from the DVD-player, just as I would I do with the originals.
At first I assumed the trouble had to do with the encryption of the discs, but since it works without subs, I assume these are the culprits. I'm new at using mencoder, so I assumed I was missing something, and google just tells me a lot of people are having problems with "motion flicker" but I could not find anything related to subs.
Are you suggesting I do something like:
-ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=-700000 \
instead?

Please help with subtitles on Adobe encore 1.5

Hello,
I have a problem with subtitles. After I insert them to movie timeline preview shows two lines i.e.:
"Now, that's a roar Boog." (subs)
"12 00:01:24:00 Now, that's a roar Boog." (Don't know what's that)
And that thing remains on DVD. Second line remains even if I turn subtitles off on DVD. Can anybody help me with this problem?
Thanks
Aciu (lithuanian)

Some notes/ideas here that may help
To
Burn Error Proof DVDs (Well, close to error proof!)
Use the SLOWEST possible burn option your burner will allow in Encore, since it is much better to take a bit more time burning the disc than it is to burn "fast" and have a disc that won't play
Set the VIDEO portion of the transcoding options to a Maximum of 7,000 so your burned disc will have a better chance at playing in desktop players (which support burned discs, if at all, only as an "after thought" of the DVD specification)
Use AC3 or PCM audio transcode settings for best player compatibility (some discussion of MPEG audio not being supported by all players, especially for NTSC discs)
Buy and use Taiyo Yuden (or Verbatim?) brand blank discs
Read this
ENTIRE message
Concerning Replication
And this one
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Discussion of
Peak Bitrate
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Some encoded files with subtitle and other are not

I just encoded a few videos files with Nokia Video Manager. and all files b4 encoding are with subtitles(*.smi) in one same folder. I played encoded files and some results are with subtitles. (I didn't set up the video manager program to inserted the subtitles into final encoded files. also there is no option I can make insert subtitles in). and rest of files are not with subtitles. now I wanna make all files with subtitles. how make all files with subtitles?

Short answer is I don't know.
The way I get files with Subtitles is by Ripping the DVD with ImTOO DVD ripper, in the selections I select the audio track and Subtitle from the DVD to be used during the encoding. Then the resulting video has the subtitles built in.
I can't get Nokia Video Manager to work reliably for me so I don't use it.
640K Should be enough for everybody
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Watching movies with subtitles Apple TV

I've been searching for a post like this for ages so I decided to make one myself to help other users with the same issue I've had:
Watching movies with subtitles in Apple TV WITHOUT the awfull darkening, shadow or whatever blurry effect showed by itunes player when streaming via airplay.
As many apple fanboys, i just cannot get whyy apple has done such a poor job with apple tv regarding to subtitled videos: the darkening of the lower part of the screen where the subtitles are displayed is simply unbereable and, because of it, I've found myself being forced to hardcode (because muxing is not gonna work, you need to hardcode) subtitles into movies with mp4tools or other similar software, which takes AGES of processing. Bt after buying and ipad i've found a brand new -and incredibily efficient- way to do it: VLC STREAMER
With an Ipad and VCL Streamer, you'll be able to airplay any of your video files of any kind (forget about endless hours converting to mp4) and, what is most important about this thread: TO AIRPLAY MOVIES WITH SUBTITLES not the awfull way apple tv does it, but in a clean, beautiful and regular way.
You need to purchase it cause the free version doesn't support airplay streaming. It is under 2$ or so and it's the best 2$ I've spent in the apple store. Ever.
After having purchased it, you only need to run it in your computer, save any subtitle file (usually .srt) in the same folder with the video file it belongs to and (important) with the same name, just with the extension changed. Then you can either stream it via Wi-Fi or load it and save it in your ipad and, anytime you hit "apple tv airplay", you'll watch it on your tv amazingly as it should be, and not with the ******** darkening of the lower part of the screen that apple tv usually displays.
I know it's not an useful solution for everybody cause it needs an ipad to work but, if you are lucky enough to have one, VLC streamer is an app that will allow you to watch your subtitled movies in your tv easy and clear.
PS: Sorry for bad english!

Not always, but generally this is a network issue.
It also depends if you are playing across the LAN from iTunes (Computers icon using Home Sharing of iTunes) or playing purchases from the cloud under the main Movies/TV Shows/Music (iTunes Match) categories.
Audio will require less speed on either the LAN or internet to work well, whereas video, especially HD is more demanding. If it starts up quickly then stops to rebuffer I would consider interference on the LAN if uisng wifi (eg microwaves, neighbouring networks).
Also, to clarify, you are not talking about Airplay from a device to AppleTV (which will be worse with poor connections).
Test your internet speed at speedtest.net if playing from the internet.
SD needs 2.5 Mbps to play quickly, HD 6-8 Mbps for 720 or 1080p.
If playing across the LAN, if feasible (even for testing) connect as many device to the router by ethernet as possible to see if it's the wifi.
Occasionally when AppleTV behaves oddly it can help to unpower it completely and restart - may or may not help but quick and free. Same goes for restarting the router/Itunes when things go bad.
AC

Best way to handle two tracks with subtitles?

Greetings All,
I'm starting a new thread from a previous discussion on mixed 16:9 and 4:3 footage since I've hit a new somewhat separate issue. Mixing footage requires the use of two tracks sao that proper display modes can be set for each aspect ratio. However, I will ulitmately have two subtitle tracks as well on this project. I'm not too concerned about switching between the two subtitle streams; that seems straightforward enough. But I am at a loss as to how to allow two tracks to use the same subtitle stream.
This is not like a multi-angle situation where two tracks are actually refernceing the same exact subtitles. The subtitles for the 16:9 clips will be different from the subtitles for the 4:3 clips. If I was using one track, I would be all set as I could just lay the clips out one after the other and then drop the subtitles in sequentially as well.
But with two tracks, clips on each track occupy the same timecode at the same time, so I'm unsure how to program things so that the proper subtitles play at all times. Am I making sense?
Just to simplify things: if I have one 16:9 clip on track 1 and a 4:3 clip on track 2 and they each have associated English subtitles that must reside in stream 1 (and also Spanish subs in stream 2), as far as I can tell they overlap timecode which creates a problem for subtitles.
Do I need to use scripting? Any pointers in the right direcftion would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
Todd Nocera

Todd, are we to understand that you have the subtitle files already? That is, files complete with timecode?
If your question is about how to make sure that, once the user has selected English subtitles prior to (or during) playback of Track A, Track B also plays English subtitles, that's part of the DVD video spec. Subtitles are a system stream so once a stream has been activated, that stream should continue to play for all tracks. Unless there is something odd going on.
But, again, please detail what exactly the issue is.

Vimeo version with subtitle stream included?

Using DVD Studio Pro, I've made a DVD with three subtitle streams (French, Spanish, and German). Now I need to post the German version to Vimeo. How can select that subtitle stream, and make a compressed version of the film for upload? Any help greatly appreciated.

If I understand what you are doing, you should have had 3 QUICKTIME files in DVD studio pro with 3 Tracks and the person chooses from a menu to play with French, Spanish or English subtitles? If that is correct, you will then need to take the quicktime that you used to import into DVD Studio pro that is the GERMAN file and run it through compressor. In compressor you can pick the format you need based on VIMEOs requirements - should be H.264 version. Then upload the file to vimeo.

Make a new DVD with subtitles from original DVD

Hello, i am trying to make a new DVD with subtitles from an original DVD a friend has sent to me in order to add the .*** file with the titles done with Jubler. My question is : I am converting the video ts folder of the original DVD with MPEG Streamclip to get a format that is possible to import with iDVD. so which is the best conversion for iDVD?

My recollection is a bit fuzzy, but I think an older version of Quicktime (6?) still supported text tracks with transparent backgrounds. You might have to dig around to verify that, and it's an option, but here's a whole different approach...
What do you think about using software like SnapZ Pro to record the version playing on your screen? It is taking video screen shots, so it won't be confused by the additional video layer (of text).
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Jumpy playback with subtitles ?!

Hi There,
I'm experiencing jittery / jumpy playback of my track with subtitles. My project has a coupe of tracks but only one has subtitles. I burned a test disk and found that on my Powerbook and DVD&TV set, they all play fine, but on a PC the subtitled track plays jittery (the others are fine).
In DVDSP simulation mode I get the same result. It's almost as if the track hesitates then jumps just before a new subtitle... especially if there is a lot of movement in the image. Playing the track from the DVDSP timeline does the same thing, but not as bad.
Any suggestions or solutions? Please?
Peter

hi peter
the problem of jittering happens most of times when we dont give
any stroke or outline to the texts.
so try these values for your subtitles
text colour white- opacity 15
outline 1-black-opacity 15
outline 2-black-opacity 15
try also with bold fonts and with bigger size .
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