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Alun Jones
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I'm not hearing-impaired, but there are times I want to view subtitles because I don't catch all the words, in loud environments like the bus.
I also prepare training materials, and would like to accommodate as many people as possible.
So, let's assume my starting point is an MP4 file I've created myself, and an SRT subtitle file.
Yes, Movies & TV can open this _IF_ I choose on opening each file to go and find the SRT file.
What I'd like to do is embed the subtitle file inside the MP4 file, so that it's loaded along with the MP4 file, and subtitles are displayed if I have enabled an option to do so.
So, I've tried adding the SRT file with either MP4BOX or FFMPEG, and the effects are basically the same. Here's the commands I use:
MP4Box (part of GPAC):
mp4box.exe -add pptshapes.mp4 -add pptshapes.srt:lang=eng subbed.mp4
FFMpeg:
ffmpeg.exe -i pptshapes.mp4 -i pptshapes.srt -c:v copy -c:s mov_text subbed.mp4
So, now I have an MP4 file and "mp4box -info subbed.mp4" tells me the captions are present in a stream.
VLC Media Player (desktop not Windows Store version) shows the captions, if I select to do so under "Subtitle". [VLC will also automatically pick up an SRT file if it exists in the same folder as the MP4 file, which would also be useful behaviour.]
SMPlayer shows the captions from inside the file, by default.
Movies & TV, by comparison, will not display the subtitles from inside the MP4 file. It can be persuaded to display subtitles from the SRT file, but that's irritating to have to distribute two separate files for each MP4 file.
I've put the MP4 file (with embedded subtitles) up at http://blogs.msmvps.com/alunj/files/2016/07/pptshapes.mp4, and the SRT file is short enough to be pasted below. If I've got the wrong method to add the SRT, please let me know.
If this is just a shortfall in the Movies & TV app, please fix its ability to recognise embedded subtitles in MP4 files. I know the feature is there and should work, because there are many files I've downloaded from the Store which display subtitles, but don't have anything other than an MP4 file.
Thanks in advance,
Alun.
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I also prepare training materials, and would like to accommodate as many people as possible.
So, let's assume my starting point is an MP4 file I've created myself, and an SRT subtitle file.
Yes, Movies & TV can open this _IF_ I choose on opening each file to go and find the SRT file.
What I'd like to do is embed the subtitle file inside the MP4 file, so that it's loaded along with the MP4 file, and subtitles are displayed if I have enabled an option to do so.
So, I've tried adding the SRT file with either MP4BOX or FFMPEG, and the effects are basically the same. Here's the commands I use:
MP4Box (part of GPAC):
mp4box.exe -add pptshapes.mp4 -add pptshapes.srt:lang=eng subbed.mp4
FFMpeg:
ffmpeg.exe -i pptshapes.mp4 -i pptshapes.srt -c:v copy -c:s mov_text subbed.mp4
So, now I have an MP4 file and "mp4box -info subbed.mp4" tells me the captions are present in a stream.
VLC Media Player (desktop not Windows Store version) shows the captions, if I select to do so under "Subtitle". [VLC will also automatically pick up an SRT file if it exists in the same folder as the MP4 file, which would also be useful behaviour.]
SMPlayer shows the captions from inside the file, by default.
Movies & TV, by comparison, will not display the subtitles from inside the MP4 file. It can be persuaded to display subtitles from the SRT file, but that's irritating to have to distribute two separate files for each MP4 file.
I've put the MP4 file (with embedded subtitles) up at http://blogs.msmvps.com/alunj/files/2016/07/pptshapes.mp4, and the SRT file is short enough to be pasted below. If I've got the wrong method to add the SRT, please let me know.
If this is just a shortfall in the Movies & TV app, please fix its ability to recognise embedded subtitles in MP4 files. I know the feature is there and should work, because there are many files I've downloaded from the Store which display subtitles, but don't have anything other than an MP4 file.
Thanks in advance,
Alun.
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Alun.
EDIT: URL changed to remove comma from end of URL. Forum software needs to be fixed to not do that.
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