Rockplayer Subtitle Issues... - Nook Color Themes and Apps

Has anyone else had success in getting this program to actually display subtitles? I'm wondering if this is something that Nook is doing or if I just fundamentally don't understand how to configure the player. I definitely have subtitles enabled.

RockPlayer supports subtitles in srt format(may be there are more supported subtitle formats, I've tested only srt), so basically you need a video file and a srt file with exactly matching names placed in the same folder , when you play video, RockPlayer will load subtitles automatically.

I can confirm it works. You can also determine how large the subtitles are.. as dalkor said, you need to have the subtitle file named EXACTLY the same as your video, in the same folder. You also need to make sure the .srt is encoded as Unicode. Open your file in notepad and select save as, make sure Encoding is Unicode..

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mp4 format pls help

i ahve worked on a littel piece of movie 1 minute long and i need to have it on my HTV TYTN...
i have tried both avi or mp4 if i record something with my phone on mp4 i can see it .. if i import from my computer a littel fiel on mp4 format it sais unsuported format or simething similar.
"canoot playback the file. the format is not supported".
can someone pls help me? i realy need those mp4 file on my phone.
thanks a lot
Xilisoft Video Converter Ultimate 5.1.22.0305
this program rocks.. i did it..
if anybody needs a convertor to work with HTC...
use teh blackberry mp4 preset. ;o)
Can also use SUPER... Freeware conversion software. Nothing flash, but works OK... Converts a pile of formats though from avi to matroska, MP3 to ogg...
The thing with MP4 is it's like AVI - you can have one of many formats inside the MP4 wrapper.
It might be that the MP4 file has an H.264 video stream and an AAC audio stream - try playing it with CorePlayer Mobile or the Omnia MP4 player. I'd suggest you try playing it on your computer first (with something like VLC or Media Player Classic) - that way you can see what codecs it's actually using, and if needed transcode the file to a format which your mobile phone can play.
Thats why I like SUPER. It has specific settings for a multitude of devices, PPC's are on the list. Its up to you to choose the size of the screen, the frame rate and audio codec used but I find it works well and fast.
Cheers...

Subtitle support. Or lack thereof.

I've recently tried watching a few videos on the vibrant and have noticed that none of them are displaying the subtitles. These are a menagerie of 480p and 720p mkv's. I have tried act video player trial, meridian, mvideo, stock video player and rockplayer but to no avail. I do have some mp4's that I converted from mkv and embedded the subtitles into the video and those work fine so I know that works but I'm really hoping I don't have to encode all these mkv's just for the subtitles. Any suggestions for video players with more comprehensive subtitle support?
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Try RockPlayer. The website states that it can display .srt subtitles.
tundra84 said:
...I have tried act video player trial, meridian, mvideo, stock video player and rockplayer but to no avail...
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Did you actually read my post? Or just the title?
Like I said, newest version of arm7 rockplayer can't display the subtitles either.
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As far as I know, none of the players support internal subtitle (aka mkv). Hopefully someone can come and prove me wrong. Otherwise, hopeful thinking: that Samsung would add subtitle support to the native video player via selectable menu would be awesome.
RockPlayer works for me. Double check the name of the .srt file and try multiple formats.
I've been using MKVextractGUI to rip the hardcoded subs out of anime mkv's. rename the ripped subs file to match the mkv you ripped it from and throw both into a directory on your phone. Search for mVideoPlayer on the Market. This video player plays mkv's with the subtitles file perfectly.
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RockPlayer works for me. Double check the name of the .srt file and try multiple formats.
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What kind of movie format have you played alongside appropriately named srt files? Do you have to activate them through options or close the srt file manually or just place our in the same folder as a same named mkv/mp4/divx?
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p()()pypants said:
What kind of movie format have you played alongside appropriately named srt files? Do you have to activate them through options or close the srt file manually or just place our in the same folder as a same named mkv/mp4/divx?
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Its a .avi format video and you don't have to do anything. Just place the .srt file and just copy and paste the name of the video to the .srt file to make sure everything matches. It should load automatically. It will say subtitle at the bottom of the video and then the subs will start. No need to enable anything or press any buttons.
Hmmm I guess I'll try ripping the subs out of the mkv's and using mvideoplayer then. Thanks for all the replies.
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[Q]Xperia HD videos not playable on ps3

Hi, i've just realized that the format for hd videos is not compatible with the ps3, how is it possible? i mean, the format is h.264 with aac audio... do you know if is there any workaround for this?
I finally found a workaround but it's really convoluted...
The video codec for X10's 720p video is not h264 but MPEG-4 (like XviD/DivX) but the audio codec is .AAC .
PS3 will only play MPEG-4 video when it's in an .AVI (or .divx) container, and only with .MP3 audio.
So if you want to keep the original video stream you'll need to demultiplex (extract) both streams, convert the audio to MP3 and then multiplex it back with the video stream.
Here's how I did it:
Open YAMB (http://yamb.unite-video.com/download.html)
Choose the "Editing" tab on the left, then double click "Click to extract streams from MP4/AVI/MOV/TS files"
Click the folder icon by the input box and navigate to and open your MP4 video from the X10.
The content box will now show the streams contained in the MP4. The first will be the video stream. Make sure it is selected, then choose "Extract to AVI." in "Options". Then choose an output folder and hit "Next". You will now have an AVI containing the video.
Now choose the audio stream and under "Options" this time choose "Exrtact to Raw Format". Then choose an output folder and hit "Next" and you'll have the AAC file.
Convert the AAC file to MP3 with your audio converter of choice. (There are plenty of good free ones) You can also take this opportunity to change the audio from mono to stereo and increase the sample rate but increasing bitrate much higher than 128/160kbps will not give you better sound, just larger files.
Now open AVI-Mux GUI (http://www.alexander-noe.com/video/amg/#download). I use v1.17.7 since it is the latest stable release that runs on Vista.
Drag your video into the top box and hit the "generate data from source files" button.
Now do the same with your audio. Data may automatically generate in the lower box; if it doesn't, use the button.
Hit "Start" and choose a destination and there you have a PS3-compatible AVI. (Should play on XBOX 360 too for what it's worth...)
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I think it is beyond ridiculous that these video files are so incompatible with most devices/players. The only way I can watch them in native format is on my computer with MPC or with my WDTV, which is actually OK for me at home but not everyone has the proper codecs on their computer or a dedicated digital media player.
IMO "Joe Consumer" with limited tech knowledge would be stuck watching these on the X10!
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Thanks for your answer, is really annoying to have to demux/remux... SE should have a better integration brtween his devices.
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[Q] View hardcoded subtitles in MKV files?

Has anyone found an app or workaround to view hardcoded subs for MKV files or other video files?
If not, can someone post a link on how-to extract subtitle files from a video file into .SRT format?
correct me if i'm wrong but i thought hardcoded subs were placed directly onto the movie vs softcode that use an srt etc file? shouldn't they just be there?
Some video files have subs embedded that you can toggle on/off with no need for separate files, I guess he's talking about that?
You must mean softsubs as boondoc said. Try mVideoPlayer on the market if that does not work you can use mkvextract to export the sub file.
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Sorry, I meant soft subs included in the same file. Not hardcoded, my mistake. I will give mvideoplayer a shot.
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You can also try MX Video Player. Uses 2 cores on sw decoding and also having hw decoding.
I recommend Dice player also, for those couple of files MX Video Player can't play properly.
I found MX Video Player to be the better of the two recommended. HW decoding works great for high resolution 1280x720 MKV and XviD encoded video.
mVideoPlayer works ok for XviD and DivX, but the MKV file audio/video was choppy. I imagine the SW decoder is optimized as well.
Thanks to both of you guys for the suggestions!
Diceplayer support MKV subtitle without extraction + Full Video HW acceleration
+ DTS/Flac/AC-3 audio.
Hi,
I have nearly the same issue, but on an eeepad Transformer. I created a mkv file with the programm makeMKV. This programm creates one mkv file with everything inside (video, all audio tracks, all subtitles). If I play this file with vlc on the pc, I can choose between all audio tracks and all subtitles. But, if I play the file on my asus eeepad transformer with mx video (or with any other app, for example vPlayer) there's only the possibility to chose between the diffenrent audio tracks. Subtitles can't be chosen.
Has someone an idea?
Regards hootzter

[Q] Video playback on SmartTV?

Hey guys.... Thought I'd pick your brains for a moment. I'll try to be as concise as I can but it'll seem a little long-winded lol. Here goes:
I was messing around with some features on my hubby's Samsung Smart TV - I noticed that when I mess around with the bluetooth stuff on my Rezound, the TV will show up as a discoverable device, so I paired the two.
I remembered that I have a few videos on my phone so I tried to send them via bluetooth to the TV - I go to my 'gallery' and select the video I want and in the top-right of the phone's screen is the "output" option. I select it and there's the TV available... I chose the TV to send the video to... The TV itself then goes black and a "loading" screen appears on it but then it displays an error message saying it cannot play the selected file format. More specifically, it states something like "Codec not supported." (I'm assuming it means mp4s.)
Now, this only happens with the videos I have recorded from my phone but it WILL work with the videos that were preloaded by Verizon when I got the phone. Those are mp4s as well.
Has anyone ever tried it or does anyone know how to get this to work? It certainly seems like it should work since the preloaded Verizon videos work. I did notice that on my phone, the TV is listed as a "wifi player" but I'm not sure what that has to do with it.
Any thoughts? Thanks!
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I pulled two videos off the phone and looked at their specs in gspot. While they are both apparently using mp4 containers, they are encoded differently, you can see it on my screenshot showing the specs. I'm not really familiar with the details/specs of the codecs but you would probably need to convert it for your TV to be able to play it. The one I shot using the phone is a .3gp where as the Verizon supplied one is not. According to Wikipedia 3GP was created for phones and they are using the .mp4 file extension for them.
Technical details
Relations between ISO Base Media File Format, MP4 File Format, 3GPP file format and 3GPP2 file format. Based on the 3GPP2 technical specification published on 18 May 2007.[7]
The 3GP and 3G2 file formats are both structurally based on the ISO base media file format defined in ISO/IEC 14496-12 - MPEG-4 Part 12,[8][9][10] but older versions of the 3GP file format did not use some of its features.[7] 3GP and 3G2 are container formats similar to MPEG-4 Part 14 (MP4), which is also based on MPEG-4 Part 12. The 3GP and 3G2 file format were designed to decrease storage and bandwidth requirements in order to accommodate mobile phones.
3GP and 3G2 are similar standards, but with some differences:
3GPP file format was designed for GSM-based Phones and may have the filename extension .3gp
3GPP2 file format was designed for CDMA-based Phones and may have the filename extension .3g2
Some cell phones use the .mp4 extension for 3GP video.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3GP_and_3G2
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The frame rate is also different. The LMFAO video from Verizon is 23.98 while the one created on the phone is 30.
The output feature you used relies on the DLNA spec and WiFi. DLNA allows you to play media from one device to another as long as the receiving device supports the media. You television probably supports .mp4 but not .3g2
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