Avidemux doesn't show subtitle filters.
 

How do I get Avidemux to show subtitle filters (yes, I have installed libass)? It functions in every other way except for that. My operating system is Slackware 14.2 (64-bit).

That's the third time you post the same issue, albeit not with the same title. Previous threads:

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...-a-4175688574/
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ib-4175688372/

And you never tried the solution ponce gave you in the first thread.

Please cease wasting our time.

Excuse me, but what does glib have to do with this thread?

I finally had a chance to look into this while I was at my computer.

The answer is simple, but not easy to find when you create posts thinking you need to modify system libraries.

Simply comment out or remove line 78 in the avidemux.SlackBuild. It seems that sed command prevents the subtitle filter to be created.

This is the command that needs to be removed/commented out:

You are the one who brought up needing to update glib (which was actually glib2... then you thought glibc needed to be upgraded) in those previous posts to enable subtitles in avidemux.

In case you forgot...

(And Tumbler definitely doesn't need avidemux as it is sitting in -current right now without avidemux being a part of -current.)

SUCCESS!!! I am now able to use subtitles (when needed). So thank you.

and in the end it was actually my fault, sorry, because that was a fix meant for current that slipped into the script for stable...

The solution surprised me slightly, since I've had no problems with the subtitle filters on avidemux built with ponce's SBo script for -current which includes that sed line. But alas, that's on current - maybe there are some crucial differences to 14.2 that explains it?

It's meant to adjust the version it checks for fribidi, likely because the version used in -current is newer than the one on 14.2.