Forced subtitles... once again
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2015 12:18 pm
Although there are dozens of forum posts for forced subtitles and how they are not working, I have yet to find one that actually helps getting a MKV stream with flagged forced subtitles to display subtitles when streamed to a PS3.
I basically did everything like outlined at https://code.google.com/p/pms-exsport/wiki/FAQ ... but it doesn't work.
I am trying to play a Bluray mkv with 7 PGS subtitle tracks, 3 of which are forced and only show in foreign language parts.
The subtitle language priority I set is ger,off;*,ger;*,und as suggested everywhere.
Basically, the "ger,off" part always turns off ALL subtitles (also forced subtitle tracks) for german. Any other settings that enable subtitles enable the first subtitle track that is not forced.
I also tried de and deu instead of ger but it all seems to be exchangable. Also, with "eng, off; *,eng; *,und" it does not work either.
I checked and re-set the forced flag for the forced subtitle tracks using mkvpropedit without success. VLC media player automatically switches the forced subtitle on that matches the audio language.
The only workaround for me now is to enable the #TRANSCODE# folders and pick the right audio/sub combination, but this is tedious and frustrating.
I have also read a thread by someone who claimed it worked for him after he turned off remuxing with tsMuxeR, but that didn't make any difference for me.
Also, I have tried all available video files engines, but it didn't change anything subtitle-wise.
My full subtitle transcoding settings are:
Subtitles language priority: ger,eng
Forced language: ger
Forced tags: forced
Audio/subtitles language priority: ger,off;*,ger;*,und
This problem occurs in both the current version of UMS and PMS, so either I am too stupid to configure it correctly or the core functionality is broken...?
I am currently using UMS V4.3.1 (build date 2014-12-12) and the PMS I tried was 1.90.1 (build 3a4304c72, 2013-08-17).
Thanks for your time, any help is appreciated!
I basically did everything like outlined at https://code.google.com/p/pms-exsport/wiki/FAQ ... but it doesn't work.
I am trying to play a Bluray mkv with 7 PGS subtitle tracks, 3 of which are forced and only show in foreign language parts.
The subtitle language priority I set is ger,off;*,ger;*,und as suggested everywhere.
Basically, the "ger,off" part always turns off ALL subtitles (also forced subtitle tracks) for german. Any other settings that enable subtitles enable the first subtitle track that is not forced.
I also tried de and deu instead of ger but it all seems to be exchangable. Also, with "eng, off; *,eng; *,und" it does not work either.
I checked and re-set the forced flag for the forced subtitle tracks using mkvpropedit without success. VLC media player automatically switches the forced subtitle on that matches the audio language.
The only workaround for me now is to enable the #TRANSCODE# folders and pick the right audio/sub combination, but this is tedious and frustrating.
I have also read a thread by someone who claimed it worked for him after he turned off remuxing with tsMuxeR, but that didn't make any difference for me.
Also, I have tried all available video files engines, but it didn't change anything subtitle-wise.
My full subtitle transcoding settings are:
Subtitles language priority: ger,eng
Forced language: ger
Forced tags: forced
Audio/subtitles language priority: ger,off;*,ger;*,und
This problem occurs in both the current version of UMS and PMS, so either I am too stupid to configure it correctly or the core functionality is broken...?
I am currently using UMS V4.3.1 (build date 2014-12-12) and the PMS I tried was 1.90.1 (build 3a4304c72, 2013-08-17).
Thanks for your time, any help is appreciated!