No subtitles web player

[mvallevand]

You know have the command line so you can work on it. I don't know enough about m3u8 files and subtitles anyway.

Martin

[a1blues]

You know have the command line so you can work on it.  I don't know enough about m3u8 files and subtitles anyway.

Martin

Actually the filter complex part I googled and this does work when converting files but I cant get it to work on the fly with the web player but I am trying..
Thanks for your help anyhow, it gives me a starting ground to work from.

[a1blues]

You know have the command line so you can work on it.  I don't know enough about m3u8 files and subtitles anyway.

Martin

Just to let you know I managed to hardcode the subs into the picture.
It works great on the web player and your kodi addon.
Only problem is if there is no subtitles the player crashes out because of errors with ffmpeg not finding them.
Not sure how to fix that part but luckily most tv live or recorded does have subtitles.

[Jim_J]

Any ideas on this..

On playback I can get subtitles from NPVR recorded video (Australia) using potplayer but I don't get any using the web client (Firefox) or in the NPVR native player. 
Enabling them on the web-client has no effect.
Enabling the NPVR-client decoders disables the Play button on the highlighted video.

The web client is the main one used, not the NPVR-client
NPVR 6.1.4 (230625), Firefox & win10 up to date.

Thanks.

[mvallevand]

I don't think that sub as added DVB-T to the web player yet. Sub might need a sample to see why NextPVR.exe doesn't support them.

My experience is yauiclient is better at subtitles and closed captioning then NextPVR.exe if you want the NextPVR GUI. The key is different G to cycle through them as explained via the wiki.

Martin

[sub]

Any ideas on this..

On playback I can get subtitles from NPVR recorded video (Australia) using potplayer but I don't get any using the web client (Firefox) or in the NPVR native player. 
Enabling them on the web-client has no effect.
Enabling the NPVR-client decoders disables the Play button on the highlighted video.

The web client is the main one used, not the NPVR-client
NPVR 6.1.4 (230625), Firefox & win10 up to date.

Thanks.

Assuming you're meaning subtitles carried on your local DVB-T broadcasts, the situation is as follows:

- They should work in the NextPVR Desktop Client (nextpvr.exe)
- They do not work in the web client

If you're not getting them in nextpvr.exe, please supply a sample recordings and I'll take a look for you. You'd need to put the recordings somewhere like onedrive/googledrive and let me know the download link.

[Jim_J]

Sample recording --
https://drive.proton.me/urls/DPF1WWCNT4#fZuw4t4tuauU (password not required)
Video is short, subtitles start about 01:15

[a1blues]

Any ideas on this..

On playback I can get subtitles from NPVR recorded video (Australia) using potplayer but I don't get any using the web client (Firefox) or in the NPVR native player. 
Enabling them on the web-client has no effect.
Enabling the NPVR-client decoders disables the Play button on the highlighted video.

The web client is the main one used, not the NPVR-client
NPVR 6.1.4 (230625), Firefox & win10 up to date.

Thanks.

Assuming you're meaning subtitles carried on your local DVB-T broadcasts, the situation is as follows:

- They should work in the NextPVR Desktop Client (nextpvr.exe)
- They do not work in the web client

If you're not getting them in nextpvr.exe, please supply a sample recordings and I'll take a look for you. You'd need to put the recordings somewhere like onedrive/googledrive and let me know the download link.

I know you said previously that you was not planning on implementing dvb-t subs in the web player.
However, I ask again if you can reconsider as I realize in Australia these types of subs are not used, however here in the uk they are the main type and therefore would be a big update for people on this side of the pond.
This is the only feature that as always been missing and it would be a great addition should you reconsider.
Thanks.

[mvallevand]

Graphic subtitles are a challenge for a all streaming services so I expect unless sub was to license (and then support) OCR this is not an easily solution nothing to do with sub being in the NZ.

Before text converted graphic subtitles can be added, sub would likely need to support external subs like srt and web vtt in the browser and other clients

Sub could also in theory use the thumbnail style approach to deliver the images but that would take some major core development plus a fast enough machine to do this especially for Live TV and when skipping to avoid sync issues.

For those that absolutely need them in the web browser they can be burnt in at the source but then they can't be disabled. Again the server needs to be fast enough to do this and you need to create some complicated ffmpeg command lines. Since many UI clients, NextPVR.exe and Kodi all support DVB subs at least there are options.

Martin

[a1blues]

Graphic subtitles are a challenge for a all streaming services so I expect unless sub was to license (and then support) OCR this is not an easily solution nothing to do with sub being in the NZ.

Before text converted graphic subtitles can be added, sub would likely need to support external subs like srt and web vtt in the browser and other clients

Sub could also in theory use the thumbnail style approach to deliver the images but that would take some major core development plus a fast enough machine to do this especially for Live TV and when skipping to avoid sync issues.

For those that absolutely need them in the web browser they can be burnt in at the source but then they can't be disabled.  Again the server needs to be fast enough to do this and you need to create some complicated ffmpeg command lines.  Since many UI clients, NextPVR.exe and Kodi all support DVB subs at least there are options.

Martin

I didn't realize the complexity involved, just thought it was because there not used in Australia and therefore wasn't a priority.
Yeah i guess there is workarounds or other apps that can do the job.
Guess would be a nice feature if it can be implemented in future however.