[SOLVED] Avidemux doesn't show subtitle filters.

TheNutCase · 01-16-2021, 04:43 PM

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).

Didier Spaier · 01-16-2021, 05:49 PM

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.

TheNutCase · 01-16-2021, 06:07 PM

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

bassmadrigal · 01-16-2021, 06:11 PM

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:

Code:

sed -i 's|0.19|1.0|' avidemux_plugins/ADM_videoFilters6/ass/CMakeLists.txt || exit 1

bassmadrigal · 01-16-2021, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheNutCase

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

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...

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheNutCase

What is the correct procedure for upgrading glibc in Slackware 14.2 (64-bit)? I need to do that in order to enable the "Subtitle" filters in Avidemux.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheNutCase

I found out that Avidemux (a video editing software package that I use sometimes) needs it to allow me to add subtitles to video files, and I need it to update Tumbler (to create video thumbnails for use in Thunar).

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

TheNutCase · 01-16-2021, 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bassmadrigal

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:

Code:

sed -i 's|0.19|1.0|' avidemux_plugins/ADM_videoFilters6/ass/CMakeLists.txt || exit 1

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

ponce · 01-17-2021, 01:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bassmadrigal

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:

Code:

sed -i 's|0.19|1.0|' avidemux_plugins/ADM_videoFilters6/ass/CMakeLists.txt || exit 1

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...

kgha · 01-17-2021, 05:48 AM

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?

bassmadrigal · 01-17-2021, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kgha

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.