Spider27 Posted January 25 Posted January 25 Hello, First of all, I am not very novice on Smart TV and Media Streaming. Can anyone help what equipment I need? I have very basic NAS and Samsung Smart TV. Netflix and Youtubes are watched directly from TV since TV has Wifi internet connection. The issue is that subtitle is not showing when I stream video files from NAS to TV wirelessly (My NAS does not have any hard wire connection but wifi only). Only way is hard embed subtitle on video files which are not ideal and no time to manually embeding subtitle every time. I guess that issue is TV side and I am thinking to get media player that can be connected to NAS wireless and and HDMI to TV. Would it solve the issue of not showing subtitle file on video? If so, what would be a good budget media player that you recommend for beginner? I am not looking for 4K high spec media player but any good media player that stream 1080p would be sufficient. Any advice or suggestion would be hugely appreciated. Thank you.
bob_m_54 Posted January 25 Posted January 25 The short answer is maybe... It depends on the media player you use, and how they handle subtitles. For example: I use a Fetch TV box, and stream from a Synology NAS. This can handle most soft coded subs in mkv and mp4, but for some reason, not always. But it can't handle subs on a separate .srt file. One thing I have found, is if the video contains multiple embedded subs, it usually works better if you strip out the extra subs you don't need.. (foreign language subs). I do this using Lossless cut in Linux. Just load the movie, select the tracks you want to keep, and save in the same format. Works pretty quick. So maybe a different media streamer will handle subs differently. What would be good to look for is being able to change the font colour of subs too. White is a pain in the butt for fonts, yellow is much easier to see in situations where you have light screen content. Oh yeah, one last point.. Don't bother with Spanish movies, they talk so bloody fast you're flat out keeping up with the subs, so you miss the action on the screen. 1
Spider27 Posted January 25 Author Posted January 25 2 minutes ago, bob_m_54 said: The short answer is maybe... It depends on the media player you use, and how they handle subtitles. For example: I use a Fetch TV box, and stream from a Synology NAS. This can handle most soft coded subs in mkv and mp4, but for some reason, not always. But it can't handle subs on a separate .srt file. Thank you. I think that this is the exactly what happens to me because I often use .srt file and I also use old Synology NAS. Is there any other format that is better for subtitle file other than .srt file to try? Thanks again.
bob_m_54 Posted January 25 Posted January 25 1 minute ago, Spider27 said: Thank you. I think that this is the exactly what happens to me because I often use .srt file and I also use old Synology NAS. Is there any other format that is better for subtitle file other than .srt file to try? Thanks again. No it's not a problem with the NAS, it's how the streamer or TV handles subs. I don't know which streamers do handle separate subtitle files, but there must be some.. Time to hit good old Google. Maybe even a Raspberry Pi streamer would be do the job. You could run one with XBMC (Kody) or even VLC on it.
bob_m_54 Posted January 25 Posted January 25 There is some talk about it on this forum: https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/402111-Media-player-that-allows-selection-of-subtitle-file-on-a-USB 1
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