Toggle Subtitles

[saajan4u 79]

is there a quick and easy way to toggle subtitles in wmc without needing any other software. I know there mediacentreplus remote, but that hit miss for me.

so how do you guys toggle without using a mouse !

cheers

[saajan4u 79]

I guess none then

[Starkadius 219]

Yeah there is no way of toggling the subtitles in WMC without needing external software. The option I am currently using is Media Control and assigning the audio/subtitle toggle command to any key or button. There is an old article about it here. The only issue with this tool is it requires FFDshow to work so it will not work with LAV filter.

[buddyweiser 105]

Yeah there is no way of toggling the subtitles in WMC without needing external software. The option I am currently using is Media Control and assigning the audio/subtitle toggle command to any key or button. There is an old article about it here. The only issue with this tool is it requires FFDshow to work so it will not work with LAV filter.

I've recently built a gaming htpc, and it's really irritating me that WMC does not support fast-forward or rewind. I've found various sites and threads insinuating that Media Control provides this feature, and I need it! However all the sites reference FFDShow tryouts. I found this forum http://mediabrowser.tv/community/index.php?/topic/1096-setting-up-codecs-using-ffdshow/ but the first 3 links seem to be dead Can I just download FFDShow tryouts which seems to be actively developed?

[AdrianW 1058]

I've recently built a gaming htpc, and it's really irritating me that WMC does not support fast-forward or rewind. I've found various sites and threads insinuating that Media Control provides this feature, and I need it! 

 

But why do you need it? There are so many quicker ways of navigating within Media Center.

[hedgehogg 104]

>AdrianW - Not too good on a remote tho'

 

/HoGG Appologises to AdrianW for not reading his thread properly ................ Then slinks slowly back into the corner curls in a ball and sleeps )))))))))))))))))))))

Edited January 19, 2015 by hedgehogg

[AdrianW 1058]

>AdrianW - Not too good on a remote tho'

 

Huh? That's exactly what those tips are for!

[buddyweiser 105]

I have no problem navigating in WMC and MBC. I have my 360 controller with xpadder mapping all of the appropriate controls to the controller buttons. But there is no fastforward or rewind. I also have the bumpers mapped to "Page Up"+"Enter" and "Page Down"+"Enter" so that they automatically skip to next chapters.

 

Edit: I'm also looking for a solution for subtitles. Most of the forced subs are burned into the videos, but for the few that are not, I'd like the subs marked as forced to automatically be displayed.

Edited January 19, 2015 by buddyweiser

[AdrianW 1058]

Edit: I'm also looking for a solution for subtitles. Most of the forced subs are burned into the videos, but for the few that are not, I'd like the subs marked as forced to automatically be displayed.

 

Are these external subs or soft subs inside mkv files?

 

If they're in mkv files then you can use the header editor which is an option in mkvmerge (which comes with mkvtoolnix) to set the "default" flag to "yes".

 

External subs with mkv videos should normally play, but I've had some issues with external subs with mp4 videos. I used to just remux mp4's into mkv (using mkvmerge) and then the subs would always display.

 

These days I use MPC-HC as an external player and all subs play with all file types without issue.