Subtitle problem in Xine

jimtrenton · 04-09-2008, 12:02 AM

Hello.
I've got a problem with loading subtitles when playing films with Xine. When I chose from the menu "open/subtitles" it shows files but after selecting one nothing happens. Well to be exact the film restarts but still no subs. I have no idea if it is a problem with the format of the sub file or with Xine. I use Slackware 12, xine-ui 0.99.5 and xine-lib 1.1.7. Any help will be much appreciated (can't understand chinese nor japanese but love asian films).
Thanks very much.

ludist · 04-09-2008, 09:20 AM

Not a delicate solution. Open the video with

Code:

xine file.avi::file.srt

jimtrenton · 04-10-2008, 12:10 AM

Hi.
Nope, sorry, this solution doesn't work. There are no errors in the console but in Xine logs I found:

Quote:

xine: couldn't find demux for > file.srt
or xine: couldn't find demux for > file.txt

I'm not really sure if this means what I think so if anyone could ensure me that would be great.
I already patched xine-lib to version 1.1.11.1 from the slackware site and have the Mplayer essential codecs pack in a dir where Xine can find it.
Is there anything else I should do to see the subs or what.
Thank you.

1veedo · 07-05-2009, 03:01 PM

Hm the double colon (::) thing didn't work but I use gxine.

This worked though:

Code:

gxine file.avi file.srt

If memory serves, I have been able to drag subtitle files directly into a playing video but I figure they were of a different format or something.

s1im · 06-04-2010, 06:29 PM

This syntax worked for me:

Code:

xine videoFileName.avi#subtitle:subtitleFileName.srt

I'm running xine version 0.99.6 under UBUNTU 9.10 on an AMD64 processor.

I ran across this syntax specification at the home page for the Totem player (I would post the URL, but the forum won't let me since this is my first post). I tried the same syntax for xine and it worked.

The double-colon delimiter ludist recommended worked for me too. The space-delimited version that 1veedo used did not work for me, but I'm using xine, and don't have gxine installed.