Bug 119106

Summary:	choosing srt subtitles without depending on file name
Product:	[Unmaintained] kmplayer	Reporter:	Maurizio Colucci <maurizio.colucci>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Koos Vriezen <koos.vriezen>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	rafal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Maurizio Colucci 2005-12-28 11:28:34 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.0)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

Hi,

currently, if I want to see an SRT subtitle, it has to be the same name as the movie, and must be located in the same directory. This approach has problems:

1. it is not discoverable. (I have to read the docs; the GUI does not mention subtitles)

2. it does not work if my movie is on a CD (I cannot change the name of files on a CD).

3. it is not possible to activate and deactivate subtitles dynamically (useful if I am not mother tongue and there is a single line I don't understand)

Comment 1 Koos Vriezen 2005-12-28 15:01:24 UTC

I don't get 1 and 2. Doesn't the 'Sub title' box on the Source|URL panel on the config dialog (click on configure icon from toolbar) work for you?

Comment 2 Maurizio Colucci 2005-12-28 15:17:48 UTC

Actually I had not found it, since it is in the configure dialog. I would have expected to find an option in the menu...

So I would say point 2 is solved, but point 1 kind of remains. (After all, I hadn't discovered the option.) Thanks for the attention.

Comment 3 Rafał Lorek 2006-10-15 00:56:38 UTC

It would be wery nice to have "Load subtitle" entry in menu.

In Windows(c) players, it's very common but in linux 
i have seen such option, only in very ugly, xine gui. That is odd.

Or maybe there should be some kind of automatic recognition of opened file ?
(when *.txt file is selected, it would be treated as subtitles).

Thanks for your work!

Comment 4 Christoph Cullmann 2025-06-09 21:04:57 UTC

This project is unfortunately no longer maintained.

If a new maintainer wants to step up and take care, the project is archived here:

https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/kmplayer

You can just clone it in your private namespace on invent.kde.org and if you have started to work on it and fixed/implemented something get it reviewed and the project unarchived.

Sorry for the inconveniences.