Bug 280471 - Add subtitles support
Summary: Add subtitles support
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: dragonplayer
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 2.0
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: LO wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Unassigned bugs mailing-list
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Depends on: 300967
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Reported: 2011-08-20 15:05 UTC by cosworth117
Modified: 2017-07-20 17:04 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Description cosworth117 2011-08-20 15:05:50 UTC 
Version:           2.0 (using KDE 4.6.3) 
OS:                Linux

Hello! Can you add the feature that I can add subtitles to videos that I play. VLC has this feature. Often you download videos in various languages​​, and if I can add subtitles later.

Reproducible: Always



Expected Results:  
VlC software. The feature is in: Right click on the video -> Video -> Subtitles track -> Add file.
Comment 1 Ismael Barros 2011-10-08 09:58:37 UTC 
This lack of subtitles is a huge dealbreaker, the only reason I'm sticking to mplayer. I think it's an important feature in any video player.
Comment 2 rockonthemoonfm 2012-11-27 19:37:17 UTC 
will this piece of software gain external subtitles support or it's just fair to state to directly jump using smplayer or vlc for real everyday use?
Comment 3 rockonthemoonfm 2013-07-05 14:17:12 UTC 
this is still a blocker bug to me. it prevents me from using this video player. 4.11 beta2.
Comment 4 Shimi Chen 2014-01-20 05:30:09 UTC 
Subtitles will load if you use the phonon vlc backend. You need to install phonon-vlc from your package manager and change it to the default from System Setting -> Multimedia -> Backend.

You will need to place the subtitles file in the same folder and with the same filename as the video file.
Comment 5 rockonthemoonfm 2014-01-20 09:08:52 UTC 
@Shimi

you're right about pointing it out. 
but to me, if i should watch videos i'd directly use VLC client rather than dragon+phonon-vlc
(anyway i use smplayer)

and still this solution is not applying to gstreamer0.10 backend.
maybe this feature will become available after the porting to gstreamer1, at least I hope.

i don't know if this bug report is worth being kept open, since it belongs to phonon-gstreamer backend, I suggest to mark it as closed.
Comment 6 Harald Sitter 2014-01-20 09:18:33 UTC 
(In reply to comment #5)
> and still this solution is not applying to gstreamer0.10 backend.
> maybe this feature will become available after the porting to gstreamer1, at
> least I hope.

Yes it is.

libphonon 4.7.0
- Additional subtitle API (only partially backed by Phonon VLC - see FeatureMatrix) [#300967].

phonon-gstreamer 4.7.0
- Backing for the new MediaController subtitle API.
Comment 7 Patrick Silva 2017-07-20 17:04:55 UTC 
Dragon sometimes crashes when I use vlc backend.
And vlc backend has this bug that never will be fixed.
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=376765

Dragon needs proper external subtitles support.