Phreack 1 Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 (edited) On the latest Emby version, LG B8 with the latest firmware, sometimes MKV videos suddenly stopped showing any subtitles for a few seconds (embedded, ASS format) and I realized it was usually when signs were showing. I tracked it down and it looks like the problem occurs when the `fad()` effect was being applied. A sample line looks like this Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.61,0:00:56.28,volley-show-title-top,,0,0,0,,{\fad(600,1)}Haikyu!! with the headers being Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text It works correctly when played on VLC and the web player. Could it be an issue with the library for parsing subtitles on WebOS? I'd rather not have fade as a quick fix and allow the subs to show since it sometimes skips dialogue when this happens. Edited June 28, 2022 by Phreack Formatting as code Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamES 888 Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Yes, I've seen this issue before. The fade() effect doesn't work well on LG (or Samsung) TV's. Part of it is a limitation of the ass library that we use, but the TV's also have fairly limited processing power so app based animations aren't quite as smooth as you would get in a browser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phreack 1 Posted June 29, 2022 Author Share Posted June 29, 2022 Is the library you mention open source? I could try and help out with it if possible as I can't seem to find a quick script or tool to remove all fade effects from the .ass subtitle quickly and I'd rather fix the problem than spend time working around it. It's a big problem with shows that tend to have lots of fading signs - the spoken dialogue's subtitle is skipped for seconds at a time in many instances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamES 888 Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 It is open source, but there is a lot of work going on with it at the moment. We need to wait for that to wrap up, then see we'll see if it still even works on your TV, and if it already fixes the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phreack 1 Posted June 29, 2022 Author Share Posted June 29, 2022 Could you tell me which library it is by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36990 Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Sometimes libjass and sometimes javascriptsubtitlesoctopus. It depends on the device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phreack 1 Posted June 30, 2022 Author Share Posted June 30, 2022 Got it, I'll go check if there's a way to work around the problem by ignoring effects in the meantime, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36990 Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 Emby for LG TV's 1.0.37 has been released. Stay tuned to the blog for the release announcement. Can you please try out the new update and let us know how it compares? Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phreack 1 Posted December 26, 2022 Author Share Posted December 26, 2022 Hi! It's a bit better now in that the fad()'d effects don't just stop rendering of all subtitles on screen, instead only the text with fade effects isn't rendered. This helps because dialogue text doesn't tend to have fade effects and it's rendered now when something else is trying to fade, but things like translated sound effects (which typically have visual effects too like fade) are not rendered. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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