Subtitles with \an8 tag not displaying corretly

[Bazzu85 22]

Hi all,

 

as title I have some files (mkv with srt inside in my case) with subs with "\an8" tag inside wich means to place the text on top of the screen..

 

here's an example:

26

00:01:26,941 --> 00:01:28,149

{\an8}12 ORE PRIMA

 

I tried it with:

-emby for fire tv: the subs are displayed like this: "{\an8}12 ORE PRIMA" in the bottom

-browser: "12 ORE PRIMA" in the bottom

 

here's another similar discussion:

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/35465-positioned-srt-subtitles-not-displaying-at-correct-position/?hl=an8

 

I think there's something to fix..

[Luke 42078]

Hi there, let's go over an example. Please attach the information requested in how to report a media playback issue. thanks !

[Bazzu85 22]

here's the log,

 

thx

Log 20190310.2129.txt

Edited March 10, 2019 by Bazzu85

[Bazzu85 22]

here's two screenshot

[Luke 42078]

Can you provide a sample video for testing? Thanks.

[Bazzu85 22]

Can you provide a sample video for testing? Thanks.

 

the issue is easly reproducible..

 

just make a .srt file with this inside:

 

01
00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:10,000
{\an8}UPPER SUB TEST

 

and attach to a video..

[Luke 42078]

What Emby app are you testing with?

[Bazzu85 22]

What Emby app are you testing with?

 

I tested it with:

-Emby for android

-Emby from web browser (chrome)

-Emby for fire stick

[Carlo 4561]

I don't think Emby is respecting this tag properly as I just tested this using an external SRT I modified.

[Luke 42078]

The problem is that browsers do not support SRT subtitles, they support webvtt. We use ffmpeg to convert the subtitles from srt to vtt and during this process the positioning is lost.

 

webvtt does support positioning, so the ffmpeg conversion process would need to be improved in order to accomplish this.

[Bazzu85 22]

The problem is that browsers do not support SRT subtitles, they support webvtt. We use ffmpeg to convert the subtitles from srt to vtt and during this process the positioning is lost.

 

webvtt does support positioning, so the ffmpeg conversion process would need to be improved in order to accomplish this.

ok, this is for browsers..

 

what about apps? same results?

[Luke 42078]

It will vary per app, it just depends on what the video player supports. What apps are you curious about?

 

With android, iOS and Emby Theater desktop i would expect this will be supported.

[Bazzu85 22]

It will vary per app, it just depends on what the video player supports. What apps are you curious about?

 

With android, iOS and Emby Theater desktop i would expect this will be supported.

 

Hi, I use mostly android based app (fire stick and android mobile)..

 

tell me when this will be implemented!

[Luke 42078]

This should work on both already.

[Bazzu85 22]

This should work on both already.

 

I tried on android mobile and it works! thx!