YKEmbyMedia 1 Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Hi, External ASS file has embedded fonts but they are not used while playback. I tested on both latest versions of Windows and Synology servers with playback via web (Chrome), and Android devices (samsung s23 smartphone and nvidia shield). For testing you can use attached file. Note: I used a workaroung when subtitles file was muxed into mkv file and font files were added as attachment. That worked. Grace and Frankie - S07E01 - The Roomies - Web-DL-SDR.netflix.ukr.forced.ass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visproduction 123 Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Related: https://nikse.dk/subtitleedit/formats/assa https://github.com/wyzdwdz/assfonts/blob/main/README.md Forum entry of interest: https://www.reddit.com/r/jellyfin/comments/yr2kr5/ass_subtitle_issues/ Quote mrjoermungandr •1y ago So i myself use ass subtitles and on web browser they work great. Be sure you set a resolution on them in for example subtitle edit otherwise they wont show up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwhodges 1532 Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Although embedding fonts in an ass file is in the specification, it is rarely used or supported, it seems to me. For instance, MKVToolnix will read the fonts when merging and add them as attachments, but when extracting ass subs from a merged file the fonts are ignored. Since merging them fixes the issue, is there a reason not to? Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YKEmbyMedia 1 Posted April 20 Author Share Posted April 20 (edited) 9 minutes ago, pwhodges said: Although embedding fonts in an ass file is in the specification, it is rarely used or supported, it seems to me. For instance, MKVToolnix will read the fonts when merging and add them as attachments, but when extracting ass subs from a merged file the fonts are ignored. Since merging them fixes the issue, is there a reason not to? Paul Yes, I ofen find some errors in text or need to change a style a bit. And when it comes to hundreds of episodes, remuxing would takes ages. Unlike external subtitles files which I update in batch using a script. Edited April 20 by YKEmbyMedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37102 Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Quote Note: I used a workaroung when subtitles file was muxed into mkv file and font files were added as attachment. That worked. Hi, so you're saying this works for you on android? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YKEmbyMedia 1 Posted April 25 Author Share Posted April 25 1 minute ago, Luke said: Hi, so you're saying this works for you on android? Yes, it does when subtitles are muxed into mkv file and fonts are added as attachment. But when subtitles files are external with embedded fonts, it does not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37102 Posted Tuesday at 05:04 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:04 AM Quote But when subtitles files are external with embedded fonts, it does not. Is this a common pattern? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwhodges 1532 Posted Tuesday at 02:49 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:49 PM (edited) I have never seen this in real life - I know it's possible (and how to do it), but don't know how widely it's supported. In over ten years collecting anime I've only seen a handful with ASS fonts presented separately, and these did not have embedded fonts - the fonts were presented in a folder alongside, or not at all. I had to mux them into an mkv and, if the fonts were not provided, find them myself. Paul Edited Tuesday at 02:50 PM by pwhodges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YKEmbyMedia 1 Posted Tuesday at 02:53 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 02:53 PM I found a quick way to remux fiiles with updated subtitles files using custom scripts for mkvtoolmix. No need to support that) Thanks, anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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