Closed captions uk

[a1blues]

The subtitle button in the web player for uk tv programs is not working.
It cannot enable or disable subtitles.
Would it be possible to fix this please,, I have asked a long while back for the fix, it would be really useful to me.
Thanks.

[mvallevand]

Transcoding with graphic DVB subtitles is a coding challenge, and it is not clear the web player even supports it. Given sub has already posted to you twice that it isn't implemented yet, I guess you can continue to watch the release announcements and until then use a direct play client, or continue to work on ffmpeg options that pass subtitles to the output stream.

Martin

[sub]

Since you're using windows, as a work around you can run the included nextpvr.exe. It'll let you view the subtitles.

[a1blues]

Since you're using windows, as a work around you can run the included nextpvr.exe. It'll let you view the subtitles.

Thanks I will try that. I also use ffmpeg which can do it although it crashes transcoding if there isn't any subs. 
As Martin mentioned I will await a future update hopefully.
Thanks

[a1blues]

Transcoding with graphic DVB subtitles is a coding challenge, and it is not clear the web player even supports it.  Given sub has already posted to you twice that it isn't implemented yet, I guess you can continue to watch the release announcements and until then use a direct play client, or continue to work on ffmpeg options that pass subtitles to the output stream.

Martin

I replied to sub as well. I got it working with ffmpeg but only works if subs are present. That's why the Web button would be ideal.

[mvallevand]

I replied to sub as well. I got it working with ffmpeg but only works if subs are present. That's why the Web button would be ideal.

I think you can use a ? on the parameter you are using to avoid it failing iff subs aren't present.  Perhaps share your solution so sub can look at it.

Martin

[a1blues]

I replied to sub as well. I got it working with ffmpeg but only works if subs are present. That's why the Web button would be ideal.

I think you can use a ? on the parameter you are using to avoid it failing iff subs aren't present.  Perhaps share your solution so sub can look at it.

Martin

Well it was just the transcode hls line i added to the config.xml file. This works good for graphical subs and positions them slightly higher up the screen deliberately so they are not cut off on the web player which doesn't scale the video in full screen correct to the phones aspect ratio.
If the line could be fixed so it doesn't fail when subs are present then this would be great and maybe could be added by sub.
The only downside is that the subs are hard overlayed so will be displayed always.
Below is one whole line to add in the config.sys file.

    <TranscodeHLS>-y -analyzeduration 10M [SEEK] -i [SOURCE] -map_metadata -1 -threads [THREADS] -ignore_unknown -codec:v libx264 -b:v [BITRATE] -maxrate [BITRATE] -bufsize [BUFSIZE] -vsync vfr -profile:v high -codec:a:0 aac -c:s copy -strict experimental -c:a aac -ac 2 -ab 128k -hls_time [SEGMENT_DURATION] -start_number 0 -hls_list_size [SEGMENT_COUNT] -y -filter_complex "[0:s]scale=w=iw*1.1:h=ih/1.3[sub];[0:v][sub]overlay[v]" -map "[v]" -map 0:a:0? [TARGET]</TranscodeHLS>

[mvallevand]

Thanks fro sharing, that might help someone.

Martin

[boringgit]

If you use Kodi on a PC to view NPVR recordings, DVB subtitles work well.

Kodi on a Firestick (v2) is a buffering nightmare.

Not the question you asked, but perhaps of use?

[a1blues]

If you use Kodi on a PC to view NPVR recordings, DVB subtitles work well.

Kodi on a Firestick (v2) is a buffering nightmare.

Not the question you asked, but perhaps of use?

Yeah that is a good suggestion, I will try that, thanks for that.