Continuing from this post http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...post487777
Before in NPVR 3.3.8, Subtitles for MKV's were handled by Directshow (I presume)
I had lav splitter, xy-vobsub & lav video (copyback dxva) set up so that if the language was other than English and there were English subtitles they would show automatically - also if there were subtitles flagged as forced they would also show.
In NPVR 3.4.8 If there are separate srt subtitles (with the same name as the MKV) they can be called from the on screen menu or yellow button, and use NPVR's built in renderer. (I think)
If the subtitles are embedded srt
The on screen menu and yellow button menu have no effect, even though the subtitles are listed, they do not play.
With the standalone srt files I have noticed there is a lot of lag in the rendering of the subtitles which was one of the reasons that I started using xy-vobsub in the first place - with a single syllable language (Chinese) spoken very fast, there is a huge amount of English Translation to show in a very short time.
Aside from trying to get (my) subtitle playback fixed, would it be possible to have a setting to disable NPVR's internal subtitle renderer in config.xml e.g. (<UseNPVRSubtitleFilter>false</UseNPVRSubtitleFilter>) - so that Directshow solutions can be used. (I disable the internal filter in MPC-HC to use xy-vobsub)
Font settings for the internal filter would be useful as well.
Before in NPVR 3.3.8, Subtitles for MKV's were handled by Directshow (I presume)
I had lav splitter, xy-vobsub & lav video (copyback dxva) set up so that if the language was other than English and there were English subtitles they would show automatically - also if there were subtitles flagged as forced they would also show.
In NPVR 3.4.8 If there are separate srt subtitles (with the same name as the MKV) they can be called from the on screen menu or yellow button, and use NPVR's built in renderer. (I think)
If the subtitles are embedded srt
Code:
Title : DTS-CORE 1536K Mandarin
Language : Chinese
Default : Yes
Forced : No
[B]Text
ID : 3
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Title : Subtiles English
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No[/B]
Menu
00:00:00.000 : en:Chapter 01
00:09:40.288 : en:Chapter 02The on screen menu and yellow button menu have no effect, even though the subtitles are listed, they do not play.
With the standalone srt files I have noticed there is a lot of lag in the rendering of the subtitles which was one of the reasons that I started using xy-vobsub in the first place - with a single syllable language (Chinese) spoken very fast, there is a huge amount of English Translation to show in a very short time.
Aside from trying to get (my) subtitle playback fixed, would it be possible to have a setting to disable NPVR's internal subtitle renderer in config.xml e.g. (<UseNPVRSubtitleFilter>false</UseNPVRSubtitleFilter>) - so that Directshow solutions can be used. (I disable the internal filter in MPC-HC to use xy-vobsub)
Font settings for the internal filter would be useful as well.
It's not an overly complicated system - it's more - overly simple operatives 
