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srt subtitles in QuickTime or iTunes?

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Stylez

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Jan 20, 2007
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Hi,

I'm switching from windows to mac. I have a considerable divx collection with srt subs.

I'd like to be able to watch the collection, bringing front row GUI to my plasmascreen.

I found a way to make my collection appear in Itunes now, so all I need to know is how to handle the subtitle files?
 
i know VLC supports subtitles, but not sure if u can put VLC to front row
 
clevin said:
i know VLC supports subtitles, but not sure if u can put VLC to front row
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I have a few japanese animations that use .Srt for subtitles but whenever the video is playing I get these subtitles that fill up the whole screen. Is there anyway to change the size of the subtitles in VLC? Can you guide me through this?
 
Isn't there simply a way for Quicktime? I really wouldn't know what is compatible with front row, I'm picking up my first macbook in a few days so I really don't know. I'm only interested in using front row
 
Try Submerge

I've used Submerge to merge .avi files with .srt subs successfully. (www.bitfield.se). It's cheap and worth every penny. Works nicely in front row in tiger, but there seems to be a problem with subs in Leopards front row.. Works fine in Quicktime in leopard.
 
Stylez said:
Isn't there simply a way for Quicktime? I really wouldn't know what is compatible with front row, I'm picking up my first macbook in a few days so I really don't know. I'm only interested in using front row
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Perian lets Quicktime play darn near anything, and definitely with it you get support for most .srt files. Just make sure that if the file is Bob.avi, the srt if Bob.avi.srt
 
TheStu said:
Perian lets Quicktime play darn near anything, and definitely with it you get support for most .srt files. Just make sure that if the file is Bob.avi, the srt if Bob.avi.srt
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The man is right, other than the names.

Bob.avi
Bob.srt

No avi.srt
 
TheStu said:
Perian lets Quicktime play darn near anything, and definitely with it you get support for most .srt files. Just make sure that if the file is Bob.avi, the srt if Bob.avi.srt
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Yeah. Wow. I had the exact same question as our original poster, and, having just installed Perian, all i can say is: Perian ftw!
 
I still have issues with this topic. I downloaded Perian and installed it but nothing changes in Quicktime. No new menus or anything and video file is named as.avi and subtitle file as.avi.srt but still I got no subtitles. I have Leaopard.
 
topshot said:
I still have issues with this topic. I downloaded Perian and installed it but nothing changes in Quicktime. No new menus or anything and video file is named as.avi and subtitle file as.avi.srt but still I got no subtitles. I have Leaopard.
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Maybe you need Quicktime Pro? That makes no sense though. In order to see the Subtitles, you go to View->Show Closed Captioning.
 
TheStu said:
Perian lets Quicktime play darn near anything, and definitely with it you get support for most .srt files. Just make sure that if the file is Bob.avi, the srt if Bob.avi.srt
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Wow, I didn't know that. Not that I don't like VLC, but it isn't exactly convenient with my Mini Front Row Media Center.

Good call!
 
TheStu said:
Maybe you need Quicktime Pro? That makes no sense though. In order to see the Subtitles, you go to View->Show Closed Captioning.
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Hmm, odd. The line 'Show Closed Captioning' is colored grey and disabled. Yet it doesn't have the 'Pro' -sign in front of it. I have only one avi+srt movie though so can't try with another one.
 
Tried with another srt subtitled movie, still no subtitles. The 'show closed captioning' option remain disabled. How do I now that Perian is succesfully installed?
 
I don't. Perian.component is in /library/quicktime/ directory.

Edit: I just updated my QuickTime but still, no subtitles. Looks like now there's even a menu view->subtitles, but nothing can be chosen. Btw, I have Leopard for that matter.
 
I experienced some problems too, when i installed Perian.
Luckily, i found the problem: i updated my iTunes , et voila, it worked in Quicktime
 
sandman4sure said:
The new Quicktime update disabled the subtitles in Perian:
http://forums.cocoaforge.com/viewtopic.php?t=16296

Hope they will fix it soon...
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Yeah. Seems they've stopped working for me, too. That's unfortunate. Glad I'm not the only one, though.

...Guess I'd better learn a lot of foreign languages really damn quickly...

Edit: Anyone tried using an older (i.e. not updated) version of quicktime?
 
Perian 1.1 exists now. And I'm pleased to report that with Quicktime 7.4.1 and Perian 1.1, .srt subtitles seem to work again. Hope they work for everyone else, too.
 
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