I have problem to find app which support movie play via HDMI output with subtitle.
On my device I see movie playing with subtitle (.srt) but on TV I see only movie but withouth subtitle.
Does anybody have any proposal how to fix that or which app do show subtitle on output HDMI. To include subtitle into movie as is not optional becouse I can't convert movie every time I want to look TV via phone MHL.
For movies I think format like .avi, .mkv, mp4 etc...
thanks for proposals...
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Doesn't the standard video player do this ?
It does on my Galaxy Tab 7" ...
I use MoboPlayer, tried also DicePlayer.. I did not try "standard" included player...
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I just tried, no luck...
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The standard video player support subtitles!
I have tried both standard and mobo player, both show subtitle on the TV using MHL!
redzion: Does the sub and video file got exactly the same name? And is the sub file an .srt file? If not, try converting the sub file to .srt
ok. problem was in filename.. strange that subs did work on device but not on tv, now when subs have same name work on boths sides..
thank you...
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ok. problem was in filename.. strange that subs did work on device but not on tv, now when subs have same name work on boths sides..
thank you...
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You're welcom, glad it worked!
What i have found about stock player is you can't have more than one subtitle file for example:
nameofthevideofile.ENG.srt
nameofthevideofile.SPA.srt
I know mVideoPlayer can load different srt files but i'm not sure it can display the subtitles over MHL. I'm going to try it and post results.
Ok my little experiment with subtitles and MHL:
Stock player shows subtitles both phone and MHL
mVideoPlayer only shows subtitles on the phone screen
MoboPlayer only shows subtitles on the phone screen
RockPlayer shows subtitles both phone and MHL only in software decoding mode. In hardware decoding software subtitles are shown only on the phone screen
DicePlayer only shows subtitles on the phone screen
Those are the tests so far. Only mVideoPlayer allows me to choose the srt file (several languages for example).
Had the same problem and answer bellow helped me to see the subtitles on TV screen. The only limitation I currently see is that the internal player control the size of font on the phone screen but not change it externally. In addition, the subtitles position in both screens are slightly different, which point on different processing for internal and external view.
In addition I had a problem that the Hebrew subtitles does not shown but I saw question marks.
After some investigation and tests I found that the internal player on my Galaxy 2 accept only unicode srt files, designed for RTL read. Since most of the subtitles in Hebrew are historically published as ANSI and LTR read (since the DVD appliance days that were limited to this format. Currently most software and streamers read all formats) I had to convert it twice:
1) Open the ANSI file in Subtitles Workshop and fix punctuation (Subtitles Workshop works only with ANSI files).
2) Convert the file to Unicode (using Notepad "save as" command and choosing Unicode or UTF-8 format).
BTW, usually I use mVideoPlayer. It requires RTL file so I had to do the first step any way before transferring the movie to the phone, but then it doesn't support the Unicode file that I saved. After more test I found that it plays UTF-8 files. Since the internal player is luckily support both Unicode and UTF-8 formats, I can keep only one file in UTF-8 format and RTL direction of punctuation.
The only problem is that Subtitles Workshop doesn't support not Unicode neither UTF-8, so if the srt file is originally in these format, I can't fix the punctuation direction (I didn't find another tool) unless I lose the special characters like notes you can find mainly in musical.
Hope this helps for other users, specially for RTL language users (Hebrew/Arabic).
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Ok my little experiment with subtitles and MHL:
Stock player shows subtitles both phone and MHL
mVideoPlayer only shows subtitles on the phone screen
MoboPlayer only shows subtitles on the phone screen
RockPlayer shows subtitles both phone and MHL only in software decoding mode. In hardware decoding software subtitles are shown only on the phone screen
DicePlayer only shows subtitles on the phone screen
Those are the tests so far. Only mVideoPlayer allows me to choose the srt file (several languages for example).
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You just made my day.. looking for this answer for 1 week
Thanks
I use MoboPlayer and BsPlayer and both reproduce video with subtitle on TV via MHL, only you has to play the video with Soft Decoding.
Hdmi with subs
I dont know if i help you but i made it to see movie from samsung galaxy s2 to tv with subs.I open e.m. total video converter,put movie with subs for permanent use and i play with mvideoplayer on my tv and the subs play perfect.I am from Greece and my subs play ok.Sorry for my English.
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I was looking around and saw that the video player does not display the subtitles for .mkv files...does anyone know if it would be possible to somehow enable the video player to be able to display them?
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Bumping.
I've got the same question. If the default player doesn't play mkvs with subtitles, is there another player that does so (already tried Rock Player).
I think we're outta luck. I asked this question a while back and got nothing but crickets.
If you absolutely need the subtitles, you could always hard encode them, but it is probably only worth the time if you absolutely cannot do without subtitles.
Nothing on the market right now which will get the subtitles. It sucks I know. There is a player in development that will support it but its not too close to release.
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Have you guys tried mVideoPlayer?
It has pretty decent support for subtitles. Not sure if it plays embedded ones in mkv's, but it definitely does support subtitles.
Strange, I recall seeing a thread on Xda that had the same question but there was a guy who posted a picture/screencap of mkv and subtitles playing on a video player. I should have bookmarked that thread.
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Have you guys tried mVideoPlayer?
It has pretty decent support for subtitles. Not sure if it plays embedded ones in mkv's, but it definitely does support subtitles.
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I've tried this but it didn't work. I extract the subs in .ass format and tried to load it but mVideoPlayer couldn't find the file even after I change the directory.
Try searching for meridian player in the market.
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I've tried this but it didn't work. I extract the subs in .ass format and tried to load it but mVideoPlayer couldn't find the file even after I change the directory.
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Did you make sure to rename the .ass file to match the .mkv you extracted it from? Make sure the file names match and put them both in the same directory on your phone. mVideoPlayer will load the subs automatically after you open the .mkv. It works flawlessly for me on my Galaxy S.
To view MKV files with subtitles, I've been using MKVtoolnix with MKVextractGUI to extract the subtitles from the MKV container. After the extraction, make sure the subtitle file(.ass, .srt, etc.) has the same name as the MKV file and place it in the same folder as the video. When that's done, use mVideoPlayer to play your file.
Hope this works for you!
I would include links for you guys, but there's a restriction for new users. A quick Google search should help you find the programs you'll need.
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I was looking around and saw that the video player does not display the subtitles for .mkv files...does anyone know if it would be possible to somehow enable the video player to be able to display them?
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the problem with supporting subtitles in .mkv containers...is just that....mkv is JUST a container format, which can contain a myriad of video, audio, and subtitle file formats. And there are several subtitle file formats...
mVideoplayer supports external .SRT subs, so what one can do is use a tool like virtualdubmod or mkvtoolnix to demux subs out of the mkv container and assuming they are SRT, just extract them and name them to the exact name of the MKV file. it's also possible to download SRT subs fairly easily for common videos, but there's the possibility that text timing can be off....
...apparently mVideoPlayer supports .ass as well....
Oh, I just had to place the subs in the same folder as the Video. That worked for me.
Breaking: mVideoPlayer 2.20 updates states that it now supports subs in MKV's. I haven't tried it yet, I'm just now dling it.
Peep here.
Support for subtitles in MKV files, but you need a phone that supports playback of mkv.
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edit: more info
Yep, now it is time again for another beta version of mVideoPlayer. This time the big news are subtitle support in mkv files for phones that support playback of these files. (Galaxy S for example).
Full change-log:
- Support for subtitles in MKV files for all Galaxy S owners!
- Toggle subtitle on/off has been replaced with 'Subtitle Tracks' since MKV files may have multiple subtitle tracks.
- Now remembers previous search phrase in all search dialogs.
- IMDb Info accessible from poster search activity through long press on movie.
- Fix for poster search cache showing up in Gallery app on Android < 2.2 devices.
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how to put in a subtittle .avi or .mkv player in the original samsung? I'm putting the same name and not getting this, anyone got?
mVideoPlayer supports subtitles (you can even set encoding of srt subtitles)
Also Act 1 video player works
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Also rockplayer
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I found most shows come with .ass subtitles and Android video players primarily support .srt. You can use mkvmerge to convert .ass to .srt easily enough. Worked for me in Meridian but converting to .srt removes all formatting and whatnot so things can get pretty dicey.
What kinds of subtitles does the default player the A500 ships with support, or does it support subtitles at all? I tried googling, but it only results in a gazillion different video converter apps and ads, nothing even remotely relevant or useful. And Acer's website ain't any better.
WereCatf - I think the two "out of the box" video players (Clear.Fi and Nemo) both suck and only support MP4 codec movies. If you download the free "MoboPlayer" from the Marketplace you will find that it supports MKV - MPV - MOV - MP4 - AVI - M4V plus other video codecs and it also supports popular subtitle formats such as SRT - ASS - SAA etc. I have not been able to throw anything at it that it hasn't been able to handle. Big bonus it's FREE !!
The reason I asked about the default players is that I don't want to waste battery unnecessarily on decoding video in software, ie. I will always be transcoding video to .mp4/h.264 just to save battery.
Throwing mkv files or xvids or something at MoboPlayer will use software decoding, so that's a no-no for me.
Mobo/Rock reportedly will show external subs in hardware mode. So extract the sub to external and convert to MP4.
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Mobo/Rock reportedly will show external subs in hardware mode. So extract the sub to external and convert to MP4.
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Thanks, that's very helpful then.
mVideoplayer
I use mVideoplayer which supports subtitles.
I often use it to add srt subtitles to mp4 video.
And also it has a built-in subtitle search OpenSubtitles which helpful in searching subtitles..
Hope you like it....
I've kept the name of sub and the movie exactly the same, still the player doon't display the the sub for some new movies. Is there any way to manually select the subtitle... please help anybody!
mvideoPlayer will search the subtitle and download the matching one...
tough I just burn the subtitle when I encoding for A500 - easier that way...
Hi all
I wolud like to ask you have I can see subtitles via HDMI conector on my TV? I can see just video without subtitle. Subtitles are just in S2 screen but no in my TV screen. I tried mvideo player and Rock plazer but still the same....
subtitles
Hi,
Subtitles are presented only on the phone screen because they are rendered for the phone display.
In order for the subtitles to be shown on the screen i guess the video player must have support for rendering the subtitles over HDMI as an overlay (similar to how streamers do this).
I suggest sending an email to the video player developer for more details...
Thanks,
Do you know any player which can do it?
You have two options:
a) Use a video player with software decoding (MoboPlayer).
b) Extract the subs (what format are they in) to the same directory as the video and name it the same as the vid, and the stock video player will play the subtitles (with annoying transparency). If you don't see them, press Menu while a video is playing and you will see the subs setting.
I've tried a for awhile now on ways to get around this, but these are easiest ones. The other options would be to either stream the video from your PC to your phone (not viable for me as HD vids lag on my connection, but ymmv) or hardsub the videos yourself (would take about an hour or 2 depending on the size).
Oki i will try... Tx