Apple TV2 - Subtitles...

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cjoergensen
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Apple TV2 - Subtitles...

Post by cjoergensen »

Hi

I can't figure out how to add subtitles that works on Apple TV2. Anyone had luck getting this to work using Handbrake?

Burned in subtitles works, but it is not the most elegant solution.

Thanks in advance!
rogue23
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If you're using soft subtitles, I believe you need to press and hold the middle button on the ATV remote to select which subtitles to display, and you need to make sure that you've selected a language for the ATV.
TedJ
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Please note that DVD subtitles (vobsubs) will not work when passed through to mp4. You'll have more luck locating an SRT subtitle file on the net and adding that at encode time.
GregiBoy
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Post by GregiBoy »

The ATV is not an ELEGANT player either....
cjoergensen wrote:Hi

I can't figure out how to add subtitles that works on Apple TV2. Anyone had luck getting this to work using Handbrake?

Burned in subtitles works, but it is not the most elegant solution.

Thanks in advance!
cjoergensen
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Re: Apple TV2 - Subtitles...

Post by cjoergensen »

OK. I will give the .srt files a go.

Do you know of any good tool for extracting .srt from source?
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