Video Streaming with Subtitles

[tluttig]

Hello Folks,

I`m using the latest Twonky version(7.3) and I Always had a problem with my LG Tv(42LE5500) regarding video streaming with subtitles. I have all my videos(in .avi) with their respective subtitles in their respective folders with the same name as the videos(except for the extensions). I never was able to watch the movies in my TV with the subtitles. However recently(past week) i`ve tried another DLNA software(both Serviio and Mezzmo) and all of sudden my very same movies were streamed to my TV, this time with working subtitles. Somehow these two DLNA softwares were able to identify my subtitles and do the streaming with them. Also, I didn`t noticed any ffmpeg process being triggered during such stream, so I believe that transcoding was not happening for that.

In earlier topics here, I saw that this(Twonky not streaming with subtitles) due to limitations on my TV regarding identify external subtitles over DLNA(if i connect an pen drive with the same movie and it`s subtitle, it works fine).

Is there any plan to review twonky in this way, so it could somehow force the subtitle usage or do we have any options to enable this ? I ask that because before using those two alternatives, I thought that the issue relied on my tv only, but apparently they can do the work.

I really appreciate your thoughts about this.

Thanks in advance.

[phibertron]

Hopefully Twonky takes a look at this, not sure why it isn't working for you
one thing to check is if twonky is detecting your tv correctly

it is odd when looking at the release notes
they mention in 7.2.8 they added support for LG
and back in 7.1.1 they added support for it with avi

TwonkyServer Revision History
http://twonkyforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9424

Twonky Server 7.2.8

1 Improvements
· Add subtitle (closed caption) support for newest LG and Samsung TV sets

TwonkyServer v7.1.1

2 Improvements
· Improved subtitle support (.srt) for mpg,mkv,avi,wmv files

[tluttig]

Hi Phibertron,

Indeed this is kinda strange considering twonky already added this support. In the client list, i see my tv detected as Lg dlna which il'd assume, it is supported.

Is there any place where i could log this as a bug or to at least have twonky team looking on it?

Thx

[phibertron]

I would email them at support@twonky.com or help@twonky.com

This looks like what is supposed to be the solution for SRT's
which I see in all of the below

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			<MimeTypeMapping>
			  <In>application/x-srt</In>
			  <Out>text/srt</Out>
			</MimeTypeMapping>

The only key difference I see between them is

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<Quirk>STOP_WORKAROUND</Quirk>

But since none seem to be working for you
I bet something else either needs to be done/added
Or maybe in the LG one has to choose literally Closed Captioning on the remote maybe?

When I look at 7.3.0 Is see just one LG client profile

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<Client>
	<DeviceId>
		<!-- Originally added for LG BP620 -->
		<DisplayName>LG TV</DisplayName>
		<HttpRecognition>
			<HttpText>LGE_DLNA_SDK</HttpText>
			<HttpText>LG_UA</HttpText>
		</HttpRecognition>
		<DeviceDescriptionRecognition>
			<DescriptionText><manufacturer>LG Electronics</manufacturer></DescriptionText>
		</DeviceDescriptionRecognition>
		<MappingUpdatePolicy>FIX</MappingUpdatePolicy>
	</DeviceId>
	<Adaptations>
		<DLNA>
			<Version>DLNA15</Version>
		</DLNA>
		<MimeTranslations>
			<MimeTypeMapping>
			  <In>application/x-srt</In>
			  <Out>text/srt</Out>
			</MimeTypeMapping>
        	</MimeTranslations>
	</Adaptations>
	<DeviceQuirks>
		<Quirk>STOP_WORKAROUND</Quirk>
	</DeviceQuirks>
</Client>

When I look at 7.2.8 I see two LG client profiles

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<Client>
	<DeviceId>
		<DisplayName>LG DLNA Player</DisplayName>
		<HttpRecognition>
			<HttpText>LGE_DLNA_SDK</HttpText>
			<HttpText>LG_UA</HttpText>
		</HttpRecognition>
		<MappingUpdatePolicy>FIX</MappingUpdatePolicy>
	</DeviceId>
	<Adaptations>
		<DLNA>
			<Version>DLNA15</Version>
		</DLNA>
		<MimeTranslations>
			<MimeTypeMapping>
			  <In>application/x-srt</In>
			  <Out>text/srt</Out>
			</MimeTypeMapping>
        	</MimeTranslations>
	</Adaptations>
</Client>

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<Client>
	<DeviceId>
		<!-- Originally added for LG BP620 -->
		<DisplayName>LG DLNA DMR</DisplayName>
		<DeviceDescriptionRecognition>
			<DescriptionText><manufacturer>LG Electronics</manufacturer></DescriptionText>
		</DeviceDescriptionRecognition>
		<MappingUpdatePolicy>FIX</MappingUpdatePolicy>
	</DeviceId>
	<Adaptations>
		<DLNA>
			<Version>DLNA15</Version>
		</DLNA>
		<MimeTranslations>
			<MimeTypeMapping>
			  <In>application/x-srt</In>
			  <Out>text/srt</Out>
			</MimeTypeMapping>
        	</MimeTranslations>
	</Adaptations>
	<DeviceQuirks>
		<Quirk>STOP_WORKAROUND</Quirk>
	</DeviceQuirks>
</Client>