Add option for subtitles default setting (disabled/enabled + language)

[Hood]

hi.
i’m missing that the subtitles was as default on before the 18 or 19 may 2004 cvs.
pleas make an radio button in the video settings, or an options in the xboxmediacenter.xml (true or false)

i always use subs on so it would be nice.

[Hood]

hi.
pleas read the topic:
http://www.xboxmediaplayer.de/cgi-bin....;t=4157 (http://www.xboxmediaplayer.de/cgi-bin/forums/ikonboard.pl?act=st;f=3;t=4157)

they ripped my head off so your might be next?? *http://www.xboxmediaplayer.de/forums/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[DayWalker]

i also think subs should be disabled by default that's not the problem... but the annoying thing is that they'll have to be re-enabled after switching from part one to two while using movie stacking.
btw: some people will like it if subs are always on... maybe it's possible to add such an option in the settings?

[Butcher]

hood, that was hardly ripping your head off. http://www.xboxmediaplayer.de/forums/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[dearhoney]

i really want this feature, too.
thanks.

[Calathia]

me three.

is it possible to add "default subtitle language" -feature? so you don't have to choose your subtitles every time.

p.s. you have spelling error there: "finish" should be finnish. :)

[phT]

me four!

calathia, nice to see some finnish people here!
:lol:

[A600]

me five!

[mvoosten]

six! me too!

[icehawk]

me se7en :)

[elupus]

changed this once more.. now only dvd's subs are disabled by default. other subs start up automatically.

still not a complete solution since it doesn't remeber if you selected the second subtitle when the next file starts to play.

[simon1219]

i support sub to be enabled for ripped format e.g. divx, xvid. as these are ripped format and by having the sub together with the video file means that the user wants to have the subtitle on, otherwise they can achieve it without the sub.

as for dvd we can have it disable.

[grebulon]

in dvds, the default subtitles state is in written somewhere in the dvd headers or metafiles. i know that movie dvds published in israel usually display subtitles by default when you play them (because most people would want them). the language selection depends on the settings of the dvd player.

as for divx and the like, it should probably be on by default.

[flautash]

the only reason i did not upgrade from 5-18 is that the subs are disabled

bring 'em back!!!

:)

[elupus]

they are as i said before.. just not for dvd's, which normally don't have them enabled by default. (unless forced)

[Gamester17]

the only reason i did not upgrade from 5-18 is that the subs are disabled. bring 'em back!!! :)just enable them via osd or "title" on dvd-remote for now, they haven't been permenetly disabled so you can't enable them again

[leo]

i also prefer to have subtitles on by default (as english is not my first language)

the perfect solution however would be a radio box in srt subtitle settings (display by default enable/disable). this will make everyone happy i think :).

leo

[Rex]

i also prefer to have subtitles on by default (as english is not my first language)

the perfect solution however would be a radio box in srt subtitle settings (display by default enable/disable). this will make everyone happy i think :).

leo
it would be nice to have the option of turning it on/off/sticky (ie remeber the previous movie setting). similarly use the previous audio stream and subtitle text streams when there are multiple streams available.

[shag]

hi,

i have question about disabling subtitles within xbmc, i know you can disable it while the divx/xvid is playing using osd or pressing the title button on the remote while the movie is being played, but that's not what i want. i want xbmc to not even bother to try and load the subtitles and just load the movie.
the movies i have contain vobsub subtitles in the same directory as the divx/xvid, they have already been burnt to cd so i can't actually move the vobsubs to another directory that xbmc doesn't search. and as we all know vobsubs can take a very long time to load which is why i want to disable xbmc from loading it in the first place.

from looking at the xml configuration file i understand that xbmc searches the directory where the divx/xvid is located first for subtitles, then it searches the subtitles directory specified within the xml file.

any help would be appreciated,
shag

[dennis]

can you please add an option to be able to enable and disable the standard setting for subtitles.

it's very annoying that you have to enable the subtitles after each and every file.

[Djsnake]

hi guys, what about of a option to disable subtitles by default?
i know the we can disable it with the "title" button on the remote, but i prefer the they did'n show up at all.
i used the search function but i found anything about this.
have a great weekend,
best regards
djsnake

[Djsnake]

is this work in progress?

[028]

hey

had a quick question about subtitles in xbmc. i’ve been encoding everything in xvid with muxed titles in an mkv container. this is the same wither it's avi or divx. it seems tho that every time xbmc defaults to subs automatically when i play the file. is there a way to set it to default to off unless i chose to turn on the subs. a lot of times i have dual audio files with the first audio track in english and second in another language. so usually i have to go and turn them off every time i chose to watch a file in english. i have a feeling the answer here is in the muxing end of things but figure i'd ask anyways. thanks.

028

[vaeanu]

just a quick one:
why not being able to always display subtitles by default, and more precisely a specified language's subtitles? just like always display english subtitle when a movie starts. indeed, some people always watch movies with subtitles on. it's kinda frustrating to always have to turn them on again each time...

[breki]

every time i watch a video file the xbmc spends a good 20-30 seconds searching for the subtitle file(s) for the video file (while displaying "caching subtitles"). during this time i see the ccxstream.exe logging requests for directories that don't exist until finally the xbmc gives up and requests the video file.

i don't have any subtitle files for any of my video files and don't plan on using this feature in the near future.

is it possible to turn off subtitle searching (globally/per xbmsp share)?

if not, is there some way to speed this search up? i tried creating the first directory it looks for (s:\tv\btv\subs), but that seemed to make no difference.

here is the log i have from ccxstream...

read:s:\tv\btv
read:s:\tv\btv\subs
read:s:\tv\subs not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subtitles not found
read:s:\tv\subtitles not found
read:s:\tv\btv\vobsubs not found
read:s:\tv\vobsubs not found
read:s:\tv\btv\sub not found
read:s:\tv\sub not found
read:s:\tv\btv\vobsub not found
read:s:\tv\vobsub not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subtitle not found
read:s:\tv\subtitle not found
read:s:\tv\btv\cd1 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subscd1 not found
read:s:\tv\subscd1 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subtitlescd1 not found
read:s:\tv\subtitlescd1 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\vobsubscd1 not found
read:s:\tv\vobsubscd1 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subcd1 not found
read:s:\tv\subcd1 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\vobsubcd1 not found
read:s:\tv\vobsubcd1 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subtitlecd1 not found
read:s:\tv\subtitlecd1 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\cd2 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subscd2 not found
read:s:\tv\subscd2 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subtitlescd2 not found
read:s:\tv\subtitlescd2 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\vobsubscd2 not found
read:s:\tv\vobsubscd2 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subcd2 not found
read:s:\tv\subcd2 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\vobsubcd2 not found
read:s:\tv\vobsubcd2 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subtitlecd2 not found
read:s:\tv\subtitlecd2 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\cd3 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subscd3 not found
read:s:\tv\subscd3 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subtitlescd3 not found
read:s:\tv\subtitlescd3 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\vobsubscd3 not found
read:s:\tv\vobsubscd3 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subcd3 not found
read:s:\tv\subcd3 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\vobsubcd3 not found
read:s:\tv\vobsubcd3 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subtitlecd3 not found
read:s:\tv\subtitlecd3 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\cd4 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subscd4 not found
read:s:\tv\subscd4 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subtitlescd4 not found
read:s:\tv\subtitlescd4 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\vobsubscd4 not found
read:s:\tv\vobsubscd4 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subcd4 not found
read:s:\tv\subcd4 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\vobsubcd4 not found
read:s:\tv\vobsubcd4 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subtitlecd4 not found
read:s:\tv\subtitlecd4 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\cd5 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subscd5 not found
read:s:\tv\subscd5 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subtitlescd5 not found
read:s:\tv\subtitlescd5 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\vobsubscd5 not found
read:s:\tv\vobsubscd5 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subcd5 not found
read:s:\tv\subcd5 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\vobsubcd5 not found
read:s:\tv\vobsubcd5 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subtitlecd5 not found
read:s:\tv\subtitlecd5 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\cd6 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subscd6 not found
read:s:\tv\subscd6 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subtitlescd6 not found
read:s:\tv\subtitlescd6 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\vobsubscd6 not found
read:s:\tv\vobsubscd6 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subcd6 not found
read:s:\tv\subcd6 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\vobsubcd6 not found
read:s:\tv\vobsubcd6 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subtitlecd6 not found
read:s:\tv\subtitlecd6 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\cd7 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subscd7 not found
read:s:\tv\subscd7 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subtitlescd7 not found
read:s:\tv\subtitlescd7 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\vobsubscd7 not found
read:s:\tv\vobsubscd7 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subcd7 not found
read:s:\tv\subcd7 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\vobsubcd7 not found
read:s:\tv\vobsubcd7 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subtitlecd7 not found
read:s:\tv\subtitlecd7 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\cd8 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subscd8 not found
read:s:\tv\subscd8 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subtitlescd8 not found
read:s:\tv\subtitlescd8 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\vobsubscd8 not found
read:s:\tv\vobsubscd8 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subcd8 not found
read:s:\tv\subcd8 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\vobsubcd8 not found
read:s:\tv\vobsubcd8 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subtitlecd8 not found
read:s:\tv\subtitlecd8 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\cd9 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subscd9 not found
read:s:\tv\subscd9 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subtitlescd9 not found
read:s:\tv\subtitlescd9 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\vobsubscd9 not found
read:s:\tv\vobsubscd9 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subcd9 not found
read:s:\tv\subcd9 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\vobsubcd9 not found
read:s:\tv\vobsubcd9 not found
read:s:\tv\btv\subtitlecd9 not found
read:s:\tv\subtitlecd9 not found

and then it receives a request for the video file...

[kraqh3d]

subtitle settings are saved per file but you can change the default across the board (though i thought they defaulted to off):

1) play a video.
2) bring up the osd and go to the audio subpanel.
3) turn off subtitles
4) click "set as default for all videos".

this will disable subtitles for all files, even those already in the settings database. after that, if you play a video and enable subtitles for that video, they will be enabled on that video only.

[spiff]

heh, atleast i spotted another bug. those dirs should be

s:\tv\btv\subs\cd1 etc :)

no way to speed it up. i don't think the calls to exists is what's taking the time.

there was a design flaw a while back if you had lots of rar files in the same dir as it would open all of them to check for subs inside them. i changed it to only look in <filenoext>.rar in the main dir, and all archives in other dirs.

u can disable checking inside .rars in settings.

[breki]

hey kraqh3d,

thanks for the response. i did what you suggested but it made no difference.

it still looks for subtitles even when subtitles have been turned off. i did set it as default for all videos (and verified that this setting is retained between two different videos) but it still spends about 20-30 seconds looking for the subtitles...

any other ideas? :)

[kraqh3d]

i thought that would've disabled subtitle searching, in addition to their display. i guess the subtitle file need to be cached first so that the display can be seemlessly enabled and disabled.

[Gamester17]

yes i've seen this as well, and a problem/bug is when you encounter a corrupt subtitle that xbmc won't load then it won't play that video as it always tries to load the subtitle before video (even with sub disabled), so you have to delete the sub

[spiff]

kraqh,

you're correct in the second assumption. i'm working on improving it...

[kraqh3d]

so then there is no way to completely disable subtitles?

[breki]

i'm happy to hear you are working on improving it, spiff. this is what bugs me the most about the xbmc (overall i'm very happy)... :)

how do i find out when the improvements are ready? will an update be posted on this thread or do i need to monitor sourceforge or something?

thanks in advance for your hard work! :)

[breki]

i decided the right thing in any case would be to file this as a bug so that we can track it...

http://sourceforge.net/tracker....=581838 (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1431192&group_id=87054&atid=581838)

[kraqh3d]

but its not a bug. it works as designed. its just an annoyance, particularly to you.

[breki]

well, i disagree. i think it is a bug...

if i turn off subtitles i expect that to include caching of subtitles before playing video files as well. it doesn't make sense to spend 20-30 seconds looking for subtitle files that won't be used...

[breki]

hey spiff,

any news on your proposed "improvements" (see comment from february 13th)? :)

[spiff]

i have fixed a few bugs.

i guess we can make the enable subtitle button enable/disable caching as well.

[spiff]

- 21-04-2006 changed: enable/disable subtitles now enable/disable caching of subtitles. also polished browsing a bit.