[MPlayer-users] DVD subtitles only appear for a split second

[Josh]

On 5/30/2012 03:48, Alexander Roalter wrote:
> Am 30.05.2012 08:55, schrieb Josh:
>
>> I found what the difference was. The subtitles appear briefly when using
>> dvd menus (dvdnav://) but not dvd://. I was using dvdnav to test in
>> command-line, had not re-enabled them in SMPlayer. It occurs in my
>> newest build and at least "Subjunk" SB32. My r34835 build doesn't have
>> this issue with dvdnav://.
>
> I didn't answer to your first post about my experiences with dvdnav, 
> since it seems this happens with all subtitles. In my experience, 
> subtitles that appear immediately before a chapter break disappear at 
> the chapter break. That happens only with dvdnav (where I also 
> sometimes notice an audible glitch when one chapter finishes and 
> another one starts. dvd:// plays fine though, and it's not that 
> mplayer would have to do some seeking finding the next chapter (on disk).
>

Mine doesn't appear to be related to chapter breaks. From the start, 
throughout the entire movie, nothing can be read with dvdnav:// because 
subtitles only stay on the screen for a split second.