Talk:Subtitles

'''Does anybody know how to change to a different subtitle (.srt) once a movie is already playing and one subtitle has been already selected at the beginning? ''' It is very annoying just being able to switch selected one on/off during movie playback, I would like to be able to select a different subtitle (usually a different language) during play, as with any DVD or any other DVD/MPEG4 player I have used in the past.

An additional problem is subtitles names are cut when showed at the beginning of the movie playback, and since they must contain same title as subtitle + sufix to differentiate between them, whenever a movie name is long... it is just impossible to know it. Example:


 * Terminator - Salvation (Dual).avi
 * Terminator - Salvation (Dual) ES.srt
 * Terminator - Salvation (Dual) EN.srt
 * Terminator - Salvation (Dual) FOR.srt

When the movie starts, you want be able to know which one is each subtitle (ES, EN or FOR)... I find quite easy to iomega just to cut movie name and show the rest... on the other hand, I find mandatory allowing switching between them during playback.

Any help with this?

--Genoso 20:51, December 9, 2009 (UTC)


 * Oh that really sucks. What I would suggest is to order the subtitles in the order of preferred first.  For instance, if FOR is your preferred one then name them like:
 * Terminator - Salvation (Dual) 2-ES.srt
 * Terminator - Salvation (Dual) 3-EN.srt
 * Terminator - Salvation (Dual) 1-FOR.srt
 * that way, the FOR one would be the first in the list alphabetically. I know this doesn't solve the problem of being able to switch subtitles midstream.  But it may make it easier to select the right one.
 * I use the Dvd structure, ripping it with DvdShrink from the original DVD. I don't care for the menus, I just want the movie to start the second I start to play it.  So I use the Reauthor option on DvdShrink and copy just the clips, audio, and subtitles that I want.  Then I can switch the subtitles midstream with the subtitle button.  I use it in ISO format (that's an option in DvdShrink) and the ScreenPlay Pro works really well when doing it that way. Of course, that all assumes you have the DVD.--JCoug 15:04, December 10, 2009 (UTC)