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3.8. Subtitles
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3.8. Subtitles
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3.8. Subtitles
Subtitle support was added in SMS v1.5. Support is included for .srt (SubRip) and .sub (MicroDVD) formats.
3.8.1. Playing Videos With Subtitles
To play back a movie with subtitles, you'll need the movie .avi file and a corresponding subtitle file in the desired language. Subtitle
files are available from several download sites, or you can rip your own from the DVD. Where or how to get subtitles is beyond the
scope of this manual, but either way you'll end up with a subtitle file. A subtitle file is a human readable text file (you can open it in
notepad if you want), which defines the text and the timing of the words which appear on the screen.
The Player Settings menu (press Start in the SMS browser then select Player Settings, and press X) is used to control the
subtitle settings. The main option you'll want to turn on is 'Autoload subtitles'. The subtitle position and colour can be adjusted here
too.
Figure 3.36. Screenshot showing subtitle settings.
SMS currently supported subtitle formats:
Format Extension Example
MicroDVD
.sub
SubRip
.srt
Table 3.1. Subtitle formats supported by SMS
Tip
If you aren't sure about subtitle files, then I recommend that you get them working on your PC first, using a PC
player that supports subtitles (such as MPlayer
). Mplayer follows the same rules as SMS when searching for
subtitle files, and plays them by default if it finds them. It's quite handy for quickly verifying files before trying
them on SMS.
The subtitle file itself must be copied into the same directory as the video file, with the exact same filename as the video, the only
difference being the extension (.srt or .sub). The extension must be in lower-case.
Once you have the file in the right location, start SMS and navigate to the .avi video file as usual, then press X.