[solved ]Forced Subs are not displayed

[123helge]

Hi,

first of all i have to say that the ps3 media server is such a great tool!thanks for that!
but there is still one thing bothering me... maybe i'm to stupid
i have a video with forced subs. with vlc the subs are displayed fine... but if i'm streaming the video to the ps3 no subs are displayed.
i tried a few options like:
de,de;ger,ger;en,de;eng,ger;en,en;eng,eng;en,off;eng,off;*,off

nothing works

media info says:

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Format                           : Matroska
File size                        : 4.37 GiB
Duration                         : 1h 33mn
Overall bit rate                 : 6 702 Kbps
Encoded date                     : UTC 2009-02-08 09:33:26
Writing application              : mkvmerge v2.0.0 ('After The Rain Has Fallen') built on Jan 13 2007 19:58:56
Writing library                  : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.0

Video
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC           : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames        : 5 frames
Muxing mode                      : Container profile=Unknown@4.1
Codec ID                         : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                         : 1h 33mn
Bit rate                         : 5 659 Kbps
Nominal bit rate                 : 5 931 Kbps
Width                            : 1 280 pixels
Height                           : 544 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 2.35
Frame rate                       : 23.976 fps
Resolution                       : 24 bits
Colorimetry                      : 4:2:0
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.339
Title                            : 96 Hours
Writing library                  : x264 core 66 r1101M b69548a
Encoding settings                : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40(pre) / rc=2pass / bitrate=5931 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=1:1.00

Audio
ID                               : 2
Format                           : DTS
Format/Info                      : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID                         : A_DTS
Duration                         : 1h 33mn
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 768 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 6 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Resolution                       : 24 bits
Title                            : DTS
Language                         : German

Text
ID                               : 3
Format                           : UTF-8
Codec ID                         : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info                    : UTF-8 Plain Text
Title                            : Forced subs
Language                         : German


i'm using PS3 Media Server v1.09.1
many thanks in advance
helge

[shagrath]

you mean IDX/SUB (or VobSub) subtitles ? that's not supported in mencoder alone, you have to use AviSynth/Mencoder

[123helge]

many thanks for your reply...

you mean IDX/SUB (or VobSub) subtitles ? that's not supported in mencoder alone, you have to use AviSynth/Mencoder

how can i find out which subtitles are in the video? how do i use avisynth/mencoder? i used this howto: http://otmanix.de/2009/01/30/howto-ps3-media-server-auf-windows-xp/comment-page-1/ it's in german but as you can see i installed avisynth ...

[shagrath]

well, it should work "out of the box", minus some bugs
to debug the problem

- try to launch with avisynth/mencoder
- when the unsupported data message appears on the ps3, go back to your PC, and search for an *.avs file inside
the <yourwindowstempfolder>/javaps3media folder
- try to launch this .avs file with your video player
- it should display an error message or something like that

[123helge]

hmmm the video does not play with avisynth/mencoder ... when i'm trying to play the video at my ps3 the media servers buffer counts negativ... see attachments... so i can't start the video, no errormessage...

[123helge]

ok video works with avisynth/mencoder... my fault...
unsupported data message does not appear on the ps3 but still no subs!

[shagrath]

oh the beta is not very stable at the time, maybe you should revert to the 1.04 for VobSub playing

[123helge]

ahh works fine now! many thanks!!!

[123helge]

still an other question
my 1080p videos are now very laggi with avisynth/mencoder... using mencoder doesn't lag... what can i do to avoid this problem?

[Stryker412]

Helge did you use that German guide to make a video with forced subs? I wanted to try ripping Black Hawk Down with forced subs.