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online movies app

I tried some sites and discovered wp7 video player can play mp4 and 3gp vids but not avi ones.
I wanted to try write an app for homebrew to collect online movies such as http://www.mp4mobilemovies.net/.
Does anybody know other sources which might include some series too?

check out icefilms ... they apparently have an API of some sort since XBMC plugins are written and some android apps also tie into it .
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i completely missed the point on that one haha
im pretty sure icefilms uses avi . my bad

LG880 video player does not show subtitle

Does anyone know if the stock video player for LG880 (or O4X) can be configured to display subtitle.
An MKV I have tried to play with the phone does not show the subtitle, but on PC (via vlc) its displayed automatically.
If it's not possible, any good players to recommend?
thx :>

10damage said:
Does anyone know if the stock video player for LG880 (or O4X) can be configured to display subtitle.
An MKV I have tried to play with the phone does not show the subtitle, but on PC (via vlc) its displayed automatically.
If it's not possible, any good players to recommend?
thx :>
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MX Player never fails
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Stock player can display subtitle with this condition:
Movie file and subtitle file must have same name and plafed in same folder
Example:
The_avengers.mkv
The_avengers.srt
No menu in player to select between subs file.
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10damage said:
Does anyone know if the stock video player for LG880 (or O4X) can be configured to display subtitle.
An MKV I have tried to play with the phone does not show the subtitle, but on PC (via vlc) its displayed automatically.
If it's not possible, any good players to recommend?
thx :>
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i think what you meant was that the mkv file had soft subtitles?
if yes, you need to extract the subtitles out first using something like mkvtoolnix, then place the extracted subtitles (must be in srt format!) with the same name as your video, in the same folder as your video.

yea.. i guessed i meant the subs were the "soft" type, which could be toggled to display in vlc player on pc. So it's jus one video file by itself.
Thx guys for all the tips and suggestions, noted them all, and using MX player now.
If only there was a discount to make it more attractive to buy the non-ads version.
Avoiding ads and any form of bloatwares that would slow down the phone.

subs &HDMI output

hi everyone
I have seen many posts about it but..
does anybody ever managed to get subtitles when using the hdmi-output, has anyone solved the problem !!!
thanks

tikva1106 said:
hi everyone
I have seen many posts about it but..
does anybody ever managed to get subtitles when using the hdmi-output, has anyone solved the problem !!!
thanks
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This is just a thought but have you tried embedding the subtitles into the video container (e.g. mkv)? You can use the application mkvmerge GUI to re-mux the video as an mkv and add the subtitle file resulting in one file which has video/audio/subtitles.
Free tool: http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/
These mkv tools includes the mkvmerge GUI that I mentioned. My thinking is that if the subtitle file was part of the video container the Android players may play them in a way that gets around the issue you are having. This would be the most efficient method as no transcoding of you video would be required.
The method that would definitely work would be "hard coding" the subtitles onto the video frames. This does away with the need for a subtitle file but does require that the video is transcoded.
Handbrake documentation: https://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/Subtitles
Free tool: http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php
Good luck

Mkv No subtitles through chromecast

I been testing videos in MKV through chromecast and is totally awesome. Excellent quality video, really fast.. Working great. But i cant see subtitles. Even if they come with the video or apart. Is there any way?
I forgot. Mkv using Avia player.
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gueszman said:
I been testing videos in MKV through chromecast and is totally awesome. Excellent quality video, really fast.. Working great. But i cant see subtitles. Even if they come with the video or apart. Is there any way?
I forgot. Mkv using Avia player.
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May change (it seems they've actively adding/changing things) but as of a day or two ago, Avia's FAQ says this is not supported. There is a note about DLNA, if the subtitle file is already on the receiving device, and I have no clue if/how that would work for Chromecast, especially since Chromecast is not (yet) a DLNA receiver.

Subtitles are usually rendered on the Player side either from within the stream or via external file like a .srt.
I don't think CCast can ever fully support external .srt since it has no real filesystem of it's own to load the file from.
But the player app could be coded to show subs that are encoded into an MKV or other container that supports embedded SubTitles.
It might be possible that some sources could encode external SRTs into a stream going to a CCast which would probably be what aVia is doing.
Not sure if Plex does this at all since all of my content that requires Subs has been hardcoded into the video by me when encoded for storage on my server.
Plex does however seem to support putting subs into it's transcoded files if the Transcode profile definition is being read correctly by me...
Not sure if that feature is supported on their current CCast player app they are using.

I use handbrake to encode all my videos and set the subtitle option to burned in so I can watch subed anime on my chromecast.
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Asphyx said:
But the player app could be coded to show subs that are encoded into an MKV or other container that supports embedded SubTitles.
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Yup, this seems to be what HBO GO does, unless they have a really precise way of switching Chromecast from one stream to another (possible, that's what streaming media servers do).
I really appreciate the caption support there - makes the late-night viewing much easier, plus my hearing is poor these days.

bhiga said:
Yup, this seems to be what HBO GO does, unless they have a really precise way of switching Chromecast from one stream to another (possible, that's what streaming media servers do).
I really appreciate the caption support there - makes the late-night viewing much easier, plus my hearing is poor these days.
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It's really the best way to do it...The Text from a subtitle adds little to nothing to the Bitrate of a transferring stream, and Why store two versions when you can send one and let the client side decide to use it or not.
The only reason to use a SRT file is if the Video Container doesn't support an embedded Sub stream that can be shut off or if you need a Subtitle for a language not embedded in the Video container. No way to put every language into one Video file.
At least not yet! LOL

T3CHW0LF said:
I use handbrake to encode all my videos and set the subtitle option to burned in so I can watch subed anime on my chromecast.
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I tried handbrake and found it is unable to hard code external srt to my mp4. Am I doing something wrong?

I have tried the divx web plugin for chrome to play mkv but I dont get sound on some videos. I have not tried subtitles. It was also stuck in an install loop. It would ask to update, restart, then ask to update again. Really annoying

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I tried handbrake and found it is unable to hard code external srt to my mp4. Am I doing something wrong?
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I don't think Handbrake supports hardcoding subs.
It does support adding subtitle tracks but I don't see an option to hardcode subs at all...
I admit though that I don't use Handbrake unless my main converter has an issue with a file...
I use Xilisoft since it supports hardcoding subs and I don't need to have multiple subtitle and audio tracks for my library.

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I don't think Handbrake supports hardcoding subs.
It does support adding subtitle tracks but I don't see an option to hardcode subs at all...
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https://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/Subtitles might help

I understand that the MKV can not see the subtitles .. but within the mp4 subtitles should be visible, Chromcast handles subtitles, do not believe me? look at this Youtube video Coca-Cola Social Media Guard
Put the subtitle to ON, do not you like the look? Click Options and choose the size you want, the color you want and the background color you want.
For example from the BubbleUPnP program should bring the option to turn ON the subtitles in the MP4, etc.

gueszman said:
I been testing videos in MKV through chromecast and is totally awesome. Excellent quality video, really fast.. Working great.
I forgot. Mkv using Avia player.
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I was under the impression that chromecast doesn't support mkv? I only ask cause my home pc is down, so no plex or bubbleupnp (transcoding) for me. Through Avia app I can only play mp4. Avi, mkv etc. must be converted to mp4. Has something changed or is this still the norm. Sorry for derailing the thread.
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mike02466 said:
I was under the impression that chromecast doesn't support mkv?
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Through Avia app I can only play mp4. Avi, mkv etc. must be converted to mp4.
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Still the case. The CC end doesn't support MKV so it's up to the player/ source end to unwrap it, determine what to send and transcode if necessary.
Sent from a device with no keyboard. Please forgive typos, they may not be my own.

mike02466 said:
I was under the impression that chromecast doesn't support mkv? I only ask cause my home pc is down, so no plex or bubbleupnp (transcoding) for me. Through Avia app I can only play mp4. Avi, mkv etc. must be converted to mp4. Has something changed or is this still the norm. Sorry for derailing the thread.
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Chromecast supports MKV natively very well as long as it contains supported codecs.

Thanks for the replies guys. Not gonna have a PC for a while, and I hate being so limited. I'll look for proper codecs til I come into cash for a new pc.
Edit: tried 2 mkv files, codec h264, bitrate was around 3700 and still a no go. Oh well
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bubbleguuum said:
Chromecast supports MKV natively very well as long as it contains supported codecs.
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Lots of confusion about MKV regarding CCast.
I was under the impression that MKV will STREAM on CCast, it won't direct play but it can be streamed to it easily using MPEG-DASH. Because Streaming a file this way pretty much strips the container entirely and just sends Video and Audio tracks in whatever codec was used inside the container. The CCast has no idea it's actually playing an MKV file so if the Codecs are compatible it will have no problem.
There is no device I know of that supports MKV natively though Hardware decoder. All devices that support it have software decoding and other MKV feature support built into the player itself or require Transcoding.
I know Plex is currently transmuxing and streaming MKV to CCast which is why they now work there.
But I'm betting your Bubble player on the CCast side is much better than theirs is as far as handling containers.
So maybe you can direct play codec compatible files where others need to send via DASH.
In the end the best way to handle MKV would be to have the Player handle most of the features so the only time external help is needed is to flip incompatible codecs.
And by features I mean the following:
Client side Subtitle rendering and selection (difficult on CCast with SRT but easier with Internal Subtitle tracks of MKV)
Audio Track selection
Chapter support
At least until Google adds this capability into the next Gen CCast OS.

one way is to convert your mkv software subtitles to mkv hardware subtitles

I believe the MKVToolsNix package has a tool called MKVMERGE that will insert SRT files into an MKV as a subtitle track.
Just be sure to test the external subtitle to be sure it's good before you do or you could make a mess.
This is one of those must have packages for anyone who like to play in the MKV universe.

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Chromecast supports MKV natively very well as long as it contains supported codecs.
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This.

Videostream extension for chrome supports subtitles.

[Q] chromecast with .srt for subtitles

Hi, I have a doubt about chromecast, is there anyway to play a video with a .srt for subtitles in the chromecast?
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Plex.. Look it up
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I've had this discussion over at the Plex Site and I'll repeat it here...
External SRT files are just an awful way of doing subtitles no matter what you use.
As for Plex support yes it does support them but it transcodes them into the video (Server Side insertion) which is not the best way to go about this.
Client Side Overlay Subs are the best way to support any subtitle but it requires the source to have a Subtitle text track encoded in he source.
My feeling (and I know many disagree) is unless you live in the UN or live in a dorm full of foreign exchange students there is no reason to need to see a movie with French subtitles on Tuesday and German Subtitles on Thursday!
So just re-encode the source and hard code the subtitles in the language you need or at least re-encode the external SRT into it on the Subtitle/Text track of an MKV or MP4.
The Plex Player app however does not support client side subtitle overlay as I type this so hard code is the best way to go there unless you have a decent machine doing the transcoding for you.

Thanks for the answers
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This is why even with Chromecast I have kept my old Galaxy Nexus around to use with MHL and a Bluetooth Mouse. BSPlayer has wonderful subtitle support. Open a video without subtitles and it'll go scan the interwebs for likely subtitle file matches, and allow you to pick one.
I think it's not impossible for a Chromecast app to support beaming local videos plus subtitles in a manner that does not require encoding them into the video on-the-fly. Just haven't seen it implemented yet.

cmstlist said:
This is why even with Chromecast I have kept my old Galaxy Nexus around to use with MHL and a Bluetooth Mouse. BSPlayer has wonderful subtitle support. Open a video without subtitles and it'll go scan the interwebs for likely subtitle file matches, and allow you to pick one.
I think it's not impossible for a Chromecast app to support beaming local videos plus subtitles in a manner that does not require encoding them into the video on-the-fly. Just haven't seen it implemented yet.
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It's possible but only if the Player App that the CCast loads has the code to support such a feature.

Asphyx said:
It's possible but only if the Player App that the CCast loads has the code to support such a feature.
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Right, the app would have to push the CCast to an HTML5 app that both loads the video and overlays it with titles.

cmstlist said:
Right, the app would have to push the CCast to an HTML5 app that both loads the video and overlays it with titles.
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Definitely possible as the Netflix app uses fonts on Chromecast itself. Not sure how HBO GO does it, but it provides many caption options for font, size, etc.
No idea where the actual title/caption stream comes from though.

Chromecast support webvtt which are very similar to srt. Free online tools to convert them exist. The issue is that none of these apps support them.
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bhiga said:
Definitely possible as the Netflix app uses fonts on Chromecast itself. Not sure how HBO GO does it, but it provides many caption options for font, size, etc.
No idea where the actual title/caption stream comes from though.
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They (HBO and Netflix) are embedded in the stream so really all you are doing is a client side overlay you toggle on or off. Their player app supports this. Unfortunately Plex's does not as of yet. They use their transcoder to hardcode the subs onto the Video track. Not the best way to do it.
In a way they are doing it the same way it's done for Closed Captioning.
The subs are always there it's just a matter of you telling the player to use them or not and do the rendering on the client player end.

wow
Asphyx said:
I've had this discussion over at the Plex Site and I'll repeat it here...
External SRT files are just an awful way of doing subtitles no matter what you use.
As for Plex support yes it does support them but it transcodes them into the video (Server Side insertion) which is not the best way to go about this.
Client Side Overlay Subs are the best way to support any subtitle but it requires the source to have a Subtitle text track encoded in he source.
My feeling (and I know many disagree) is unless you live in the UN or live in a dorm full of foreign exchange students there is no reason to need to see a movie with French subtitles on Tuesday and German Subtitles on Thursday!
So just re-encode the source and hard code the subtitles in the language you need or at least re-encode the external SRT into it on the Subtitle/Text track of an MKV or MP4.
The Plex Player app however does not support client side subtitle overlay as I type this so hard code is the best way to go there unless you have a decent machine doing the transcoding for you.
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wow! What an unhelpful and disrespectful answer!!!
So how do I re-encode the source and hardcode (or insert) the srt into the mp4 using my phone only (not a computer)? Are there some APKs that can do that (please provide a link if you want to help)? And how long would it take? And can a mp4 support two different srt streams (say French and English) at the same time?
And sorry to disagree, but I find external srt a fantastic way to do subtitles, especially when you like to switch between languages and you don't have a computer at hand (which is often my situation when I need subtitles)

Bubbleupnp is supposed to support srt subtitles in next release. If video and audio are compatible with cc you don't need any transcoding server just the app.
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Johan1976 said:
Bubbleupnp is supposed to support srt subtitles in next release. If video and audio are compatible with cc you don't need any transcoding server just the app.
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Chromecast doesn't support external subtitles, so Bubbleupnp can't send display them without transcoding the video.

catexecutive said:
Chromecast doesn't support external subtitles, so Bubbleupnp can't send display them without transcoding the video.
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Yes it does, just not. Srt. Check out the bubbleupnp thread
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Surfinette said:
And can a mp4 support two different srt streams (say French and English) at the same time?
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Nope, That why we have MKV Container!
Surfinette said:
And sorry to disagree, but I find external srt a fantastic way to do subtitles, especially when you like to switch between languages and you don't have a computer at hand (which is often my situation when I need subtitles)
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I'll ask you what I ask everybody who uses the switch language excuse to support SRT.
How many different languages did you watch Star Wars in before you decided you have seen the movie and moved onto another movie?
External SRT files are hit and miss, Don't always match the video to Sync properly,
And since you have problems seeing them you pretty much make my case for me!
From a TECHNICAL standpoint SRT files are a Kludge meant to make up for lack of, (or limited capability of) older container formats and the sooner we move to or find a new container system (or way to support containers like MKV on a CCast) the better the subtitle experience will be not just for those who need to see a movie in their language but all those who wish to run Media servers in a UN environment and need to support multiple languages for the same movie.
Right now of all the CCast programs I know of Bubble is the only one who handles subtitles properly and efficiently.
If you want to encode your SRTs into a container for use in Bubble I suggest looking into Handbrake or any of the many MKV tools that can integrate multiple tracks and all your millions of SRTs into the single container.

I often use two subtitle streams at the same time... As much as I can I use English to improve my English, but when I don't understand, I switch back to my native language (French)...
As to handbrake, I know the tool, but that is not what I'm looking for... I'm looking for a similar tool on android... most of the time, when I watch shows our movies, I don't have a computer with me...
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Surfinette said:
I often use two subtitle streams at the same time... As much as I can I use English to improve my English, but when I don't understand, I switch back to my native language (French)...
As to handbrake, I know the tool, but that is not what I'm looking for... I'm looking for a similar tool on android... most of the time, when I watch shows our movies, I don't have a computer with me...
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Android really doesn't have the power in the gut to do reasonable transcoding but maybe transmuxing is possible. Android and Mobile is designed and built to be a media consumer not a media creator. And while you can create some media with these devices Video is not one of the best things to do on them. Especially in the area of transcoding.
As for your desire to learn English via Subtitle, Great that it works for you but I have to point out there are much better ways than switching between subtitles to learn english and the main purpose of subtitles is to see the subtitles in the language you do understand.
Most people who use subtitles really only need one language supported and while what you want is possible and easy to do with multiples tracks inside an MKV, External SRTs don't work as well, are not very well supported, require being in the same folder as the video (which if a Media Server is involved will not appear that way to a CCast) and most times your not even sure if the SRT in question is right for your Video Source.
I have Opensubtitle.org integrated into my XBMC and maybe ONE of the dozen or so SRT files it lists actually work and sync correctly.
I get it that it is far easier to find a SRT file than it is to find an MKV source that contains the subs you want, Especially if you speak an uncommon language (does not apply to you obviously), But from a technical standpoint it is a very bad system for doing subtitles and from that same technical standpoint just because you can get it to work doesn't mean thats the way it should work.
Unfortunately CCast does not natively support MKV container, and does not have a file system that the source video and srt can be co-located in. Which pretty much means the SENDER has to do all the subtitle work either via transcode or transmux.
And Android really isn't up to that task.
Could be one day but it's a bit of a stretch right now.

BubbleUPnP now support external srt with Chromecast.
I've just tested it with one mp4 file and its srt file both stored in the same folder on my phone and streamed to my Chromecast with the BubbleUPnP apk (not going through any transcoding via a PC or server).
So YES, with the right app, Chromecast with srt IS possible
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Surfinette said:
BubbleUPnP now support external srt with Chromecast.
I've just tested it with one mp4 file and its srt file both stored in the same folder on my phone and streamed to my Chromecast with the BubbleUPnP apk (not going through any transcoding via a PC or server).
So YES, with the right app, Chromecast with srt IS possible
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I tried several anime mkv's, some display embedded subtitle but most can't. Also bubbleupnp can't see or select any subtitle tracks, while it can choose audio tracks.

kawaiichi said:
I tried several anime mkv's, some display embedded subtitle but most can't. Also bubbleupnp can't see or select any subtitle tracks, while it can choose audio tracks.
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There's a problem with MKV sub extraction currently. I'm working on a fix. SRT should cause no problem.