Hi all,
in one of my apps I'm using SubRip (.srt) subtitles in videos with font tags to set the color of certain key words and phrases. In 3.0, this no longer works and the font tags appear partially in the subtitle text itself, as shown in the attached screen shot.
The subtitle entry in the .srt corresponding to this screen is:
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00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:14,730
In 2004, we <font color="#33cc33">consumed</font> over 221 pounds!
Additionally, using the Muxo tool to add subtitles to videos no longer works in 3.0 and I have to use a different and more primitive tool called subler to even see any subtitles at all.
I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with subtitling videos or has heard anything about changes in the iphone's subtitling capabilities in 3.0, or sees any other obvious errors. Thanks!
Hi, I don't know if you're still having this problem but I experienced the same issues that you mentioned. However, I can't even get my subtitles to show up on my iPod Touch and they don't really work too well in iTunes either. (They're often unaccessible from the Control menu, yet they work when I click on the icon in the bezel while the video is playing on my computer) On my iPod Touch, running 3.0, I see the little speech bubble icon but when I click on it, it only shows "Audio Options" and there is only one choice, so I don't really know why this is being displayed in the first place. Any suggestions/ideas??
When I had the same problem (before this font problem) I used a different program to add the subtitle track (switched from Muxo to Subler)
Well, I saw absolutely nothing on my iPod Touch with muxo and the results I described were using Subler. I'm going to give iSubtitle a try now because I really can't think of much else to do. It's really too bad!
Well, I saw absolutely nothing on my iPod Touch with muxo and the results I described were using Subler. I'm going to give iSubtitle a try now because I really can't think of much else to do. It's really too bad!
I tried a video with subtitles I encoded using iSubtitle - It worked under 2.2.1 for a 3G and it still works under 3.0. (Phew!)
BTW - do you know of a API method to programatically turn on the subtitles? It’s visible in MPMoviePlayerController’s transport controls UI, but from what I can see, the user has to tap the button everytime to turn on the subtitles.
For my app, it’s a pain if, for example, I’m an Italian user and I wish to see every video in my app with Italian subs, but I have to turn it on everytime a video starts playing. Do you know if there’s a API method to programatically do this, so I can build a pref into the app instead of forcing it onto the user?
Hi, if you use iSubtitle and encode the film, how do you get the subtitle "button" to show up on the video player on the iPhone? Does it show as a result of the encoding? Or what? Thanks in advance.
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Originally Posted by hyperphonic
I tried a video with subtitles I encoded using iSubtitle - It worked under 2.2.1 for a 3G and it still works under 3.0. (Phew!)
BTW - do you know of a API method to programatically turn on the subtitles? It’s visible in MPMoviePlayerController’s transport controls UI, but from what I can see, the user has to tap the button everytime to turn on the subtitles.
For my app, it’s a pain if, for example, I’m an Italian user and I wish to see every video in my app with Italian subs, but I have to turn it on everytime a video starts playing. Do you know if there’s a API method to programatically do this, so I can build a pref into the app instead of forcing it onto the user?
video subtitles in 3.0
I've had this problem too
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