PGS, VOBSUBs don't needing transcoding anymore?

[Ronstang 294]

I cannot remember which thread I read this in a while back but one of the Devs was discussing how PGS and VOBSUBs where now being handled differently than before.  I usually either OCR them and make SRT files or find and SRT file to prevent transcoding but I remembered this discussion and just checked a bunch of DVDs I was imaging and it appears that VOBSUBs and PGS no longer transcode.  I pulled up Stats for Nerds and tried several DVDs and Blu-Rays and selected the VOBSUB or PGS sub stream and not a one transcoded and there was zero resource hit on my server.

I'm not questioning this I would just like to have this explained so I understand it because if I don't have to waste time making SRTs I won't....except for those that just look bad and reformatting makes them look better.

[Luke 42083]

HI, it really depends on what app you're playing from. Some apps never did need transcoding for those.

[Ronstang 294]

The TV in my office is a Sony with Google TV and it is the one I use for testing everything as it's on the wall right in front of me above my computer monitor and there was no transcoding at all and I specifically remember them needing it before....but I also remember but can't find where Softwokz or someone discussed how these subs where being handled differently now so I was just wondering.

I just checked the TV in the den which uses a firestick as do most of the people that connect to my server and VOBSUB and PGS do not require transcoding but DVDSUB do require it but now I see a transcoding percentage that I do not remember?  

[ebr 16187]

Hi.  The Fire/Android TV app has pretty much always supported those graphic formats as long as they were embedded in the media.

Probably what is occurring is that some other factor used to cause a remux or transcode and, once that is done, then the graphic subs will have to burn in.  Perhaps something in either settings or setup has eliminated this other factor for you.

[Ronstang 294]

It appears that I am the cause, now I don't remember why I did it this way but I extracted all the subs from the DVDs and made them external and then got rid of the ones inside the MKV.  All new DVD and Blu-Ray rips I leave the subs in and add an SRT if I prefer the look.  At the time I must have for some reason thought I needed the subs external.  Luckily, this is all my own content and I am in the process of re-ripping it because I encode things differently now.....and I will leave the subs inside the MKV.