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

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 12:54:47PM -0400, Josh wrote:
> 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.

Ah, I see. I think I have fixed it, but who knows, there might be
more issues.