AdrianW 1052 Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 (edited) I have a few subtitle files that contain the tag {\an8} at the beginning of some lines. This tells subtitle renderers to position that line at the top middle of the screen. Playing a video with subtitles containing these tags with MPC-HC (with MadVR and XySubFilter) displays the subs correctly (at the top of the screen). Playing the same video with the same subtitles containing these tags with Emby Theatre (also with MadVR and XySubFilter) displays the subs at the bottom of the screen - which messes up the subs when multiple lines appear at the same time. If I open the XySubFilter dialog via the green arrow icon in the tray, shows that MPC-HC and ET are both using the same version of XySubFilter. There's on obvious difference on the "Main" tab - the filename in the top field is the video file when playing in MPC-HC, but it is the temporary copy of the SRT file when playing in ET. I wonder if this is the cause of the issue. You can test this by using these few lines of subs with any video file (just name the file the same as the video with an extension of ".srt"): 1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:10,000 These subs are at the bottom 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:11,000 {\an8}These subs should appear at the top Edited June 5, 2016 by AdrianW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daedalus 430 Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 here it's working as it should XySubFilter: 3.1.0.746 ET: 2.3.8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianW 1052 Posted June 1, 2016 Author Share Posted June 1, 2016 I'm on the same version of both as well. I thought it may be caused by the MadVR setting: " move subtitles: ...to bottom of the screen/window" - but I've unchecked that, and it made no difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianW 1052 Posted June 1, 2016 Author Share Posted June 1, 2016 (edited) I've tested this with some more files - and it works with some and not others. Seems to be file type and/or codec related. (It always works correctly in MPC-HC though). Edited June 1, 2016 by AdrianW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianW 1052 Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share Posted June 2, 2016 So, after more testing - it's not caused my file types or extensions. It's caused by ET's strange behaviour of copying the subtitles over to the cache folder. If I drop some SRT subs in along with various different videos and the play them in ET, the subs playback perfectly. ET isn't aware that the subs exist and so doesn't copy them over to the cache folder. If I then perform a library scan so Emby Server knows about the subs, at playback ET copies them over to the cache folder and the subs no longer work as expected. There's another side-effect of copying the subs to the local cache folder - any edits done to the original are not picked up until restarting the video. Not a show stopper, but can be annoying if you're trying to fix subs on-the-fly. @@Luke - any chance of getting ET to just use the external subs from their original location instead of moving them? Or is there some other way we can fix the positioned subs issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36880 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 that has nothing to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianW 1052 Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share Posted June 2, 2016 Well, ET being aware that the subs are there and doing something different with them has something to do with it. Put the subs in the folder - play with ET - positioning works. Perform a scan - play with ET - positioning doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianW 1052 Posted June 5, 2016 Author Share Posted June 5, 2016 that has nothing to do with it. OK, it's not the fact that the subs are in a different location - BUT - when the subs are copied to cache/temp - the special positioning tags are being removed! Please change ET to leave the subs exactly as they are - don't alter them at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianW 1052 Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 ET 3.4.2: SRT tags of the form {\an8} are still being removed from the subtitles when they're copied over to the cache/temp folder. Can this please be fixed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianW 1052 Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 Bump. When recently testing external ass subs and seeing that the ass file gets copied intact to the Cache/temp folder - I decided to check external srt subs again. And for some reason the tags are still being removed. If ET has to copy external subtitles to a local folder PLEASE don't change the content of the file. But, wouldn't it be better to just use the original file that exists alongside the video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36880 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 I just tested and it seems to be downloading the original srt from the server. do you have a sample for testing? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianW 1052 Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 Sample in the first post. Just copy and paste into a new file then rename to the same name as the video with an "srt" extension. Make sure to compete a scan before playback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36880 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 It's resolved for the next release of Emby Server, thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianW 1052 Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 It's resolved for the next release of Emby Server, thanks. Great - thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guilty57 3 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Which version? Cause it doesnt work on v4.5.4.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36880 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 3 hours ago, guilty57 said: Which version? Cause it doesnt work on v4.5.4.0 Hi there, what exactly are you having a problem with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guilty57 3 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 (edited) On 16/02/2017 at 08:54, Luke said: It's resolved for the next release of Emby Server, thanks. I'm havig trouble with .srt files containing {/an8} on version v4.5.4.0 Latest client app on Shield TV Pro 2019. Edited March 29, 2021 by guilty57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36880 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 On 3/29/2021 at 5:15 AM, guilty57 said: I'm havig trouble with .srt files containing {/an8} on version v4.5.4.0 Latest client app on Shield TV Pro 2019. Hi there, can you please describe the problem that you're having? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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