crusher11 854 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 I would suggest that implementing a way to do it ahead of time would be a good idea. I got 10 minutes into Shoah before the subs started working. And at least there I know it worked because the whole thing is subtitled, whereas for something like Mission:Impossible it's a 4K file with forced subs in the opening scene and no subs the rest of the way, so how am I to know if I've played it for long enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjtech 4283 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 (edited) Consider extracting the subs to an external .srt file. This is what I always do and I don't have any issues playing any subs on my LG TV.. An iterative ffmpeg script should easily be able to do this - there may be something in the tools section .. Alternatively .. something like Bazaar can grab forced subs and add them as external files. I don't think the sub grabber within emby can just grab forced subs .. Edited December 2, 2020 by rbjtech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 854 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 I dislike having external files, because it's harder to name them and have them be consistent. I can have things tagged as forced, for various languages, and labeled as "SDH" or "Director Commentary" or whatever much easier if it's muxed in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 854 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Is there a way to know when the extraction is complete? For example if I'm watching something with a couple of lines of subtitled foreign dialog, so simply watching it until subs show up isn't as easy as it would be for an entirely-subtitled film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjtech 4283 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 On 02/12/2020 at 20:31, crusher11 said: I dislike having external files, because it's harder to name them and have them be consistent. I can have things tagged as forced, for various languages, and labeled as "SDH" or "Director Commentary" or whatever much easier if it's muxed in. You can do all that in external too by simply naming the extension correctly - .forced, .en, .sdh, etc - https://support.emby.media/support/solutions/articles/44001159160-subtitles Internal is ultimately neater I agree, but it's far less compatible as you are finding out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 854 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 No, you can't, I've tried it. Spaces aren't allowed, and it treats the language code as part of the name rather than as a language designation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37094 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 4 minutes ago, crusher11 said: No, you can't, I've tried it. Spaces aren't allowed, and it treats the language code as part of the name rather than as a language designation. spaces aren't allowed where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 854 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 In named SRT files. For example, "Die Hard (1988).en.Director Commentary.srt" would show up in Emby as "Director". The "Director Commentary" portion causes it to ignore the language flag, and it's truncated at the space. I believe. It's been a while since I did it, but it either truncates after a space or removes the space so it lists as "DirectorCommentary" or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjtech 4283 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 All perfectly possible with a bit of knowledge .. Use ALT 255 for 'space' (accepted by Emby) and put the language as part of the text. Yes, messy and not as good as embedded subtitles with tags but possible as I said. File name in my case is "Die Hard (1988) - HD 720p AC3.Directors Commentary (English)" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 854 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Is there a way to know which VTT file relates to which movie/which movie relates to which VTT file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 854 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 I cannot seem to get subs to show up for Batman Forever. Tried twice, didn't work either time. embyserver.txt embyserver-63744425283.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 854 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Same with Tenet. And these are all the first time playing these films with subtitles, so it's not an issue with the cache or anything like that. The extraction just isn't working. Not sure about Batman Forever because I'm not sure how to pick out the right VTT file but I paid attention to that folder when I started Tenet and it created a file, but it never got above 1KB and Subtitle Edit says it's empty, even after playing the film for over half an hour. embyserver.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 854 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 And Blade Runner 2049. Blade Runner extracted subs in a touch over four minutes, 2049 has been running for half an hour. No subs. What's going on here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 854 Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 @Luke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 854 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 I just played through Gandhi in its entirety - over three hours - and the subtitle extraction did not complete. It's just sitting there as a 1KB VTT with no data in it. embyserver.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 854 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Additional question: is the subtitle cache cleared on any sort of schedule? Is there any way to prevent it if so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 854 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Originally posted in the LG section but I suspect it's a server thing not an app thing, I have several films where the subs simply won't extract: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37094 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 I've merged the topics. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 854 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 That's all well and good, but can I get some actual answers here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostByte 5052 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 On 12/10/2020 at 12:47 PM, rbjtech said: All perfectly possible with a bit of knowledge .. Use ALT 255 for 'space' (accepted by Emby) and put the language as part of the text. Yes, messy and not as good as embedded subtitles with tags but possible as I said. File name in my case is "Die Hard (1988) - HD 720p AC3.Directors Commentary (English)" Wow, thanks. I was playing around with external subtitle titles and the whole space thing not working was bugging me. Now I don't need to use dashes (-) anymore between words @cayars can this be added to the KB, under Other Names https://support.emby.media/support/solutions/articles/44001159160-subtitles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4330 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 I added a NOTE section to that page with this tip! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmack3000 84 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Unrelated to this particular topic, but similar to alt 255, is there also a code to add a ":" to a file name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostByte 5052 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 3 hours ago, cayars said: I added a NOTE section to that page with this tip! Thank you Sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 854 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Does anyone have a solution to my problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4330 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 42 minutes ago, Bigmack3000 said: Unrelated to this particular topic, but similar to alt 255, is there also a code to add a ":" to a file name? Just use the 3 digit ASCII code for it. Check out this page:http://www.asciitable.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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