User manual

3.8. Subtitles
http://sksapps.com/sms/en/usage-subtitles.html[2011/09/27 11:10:39]
Figure 3.37. Screenshot showing SMS while browsing for video (note subtitle file in same directory).
SMS will automatically look for a subtitle file, and if it finds one, the following 'loading subtitles' message will be displayed:
Figure 3.38. Screenshot showing SMS while lauching video with subtitles.
During playback, the subtitles will appear on the screen (colour/position are adjustable in the player settings menu
).
Figure 3.39. Screenshot showing SMS playback with subtitles.
The synchronisation between the subtitles and the audio can sometimes go out. You can fine tune the timing during playback (see
controls
) section. I've found less synchronisation problems with .sub files than .srt, but your results may vary.
3.8.2. Manually Selecting the Subtitle File
If you want to use a special subtitle file, that doesn't share the filename of the video file, you can do so by pressing 'O' with the video file
selected. This activates a 'mini browser', in which all of the available subtitle files (within the current directory) can be selected. Select
the desired subtitle file, then press 'X' or 'O' to begin playback with that file. Press 'TRIANGLE' to cancel the selection.
3.8.3. Non-ASCII Character Sets
If your subtitles have non-ASCII character sets, then you'll need to add support for the fonts separately.
Details of how to do this may follow in a later version of the SMS manual. For now, please refer to the official SMS forums
(http://www.ps2-scene.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=111
), and the README for SMS.
This extract from the README may help you:
Following fonts can be loaded:
- mc0:SMS/ascii.mtf - contains 96 ascii characters ( 32-127)
- mc0:SMS/latin2.mtf - contains 128 latin2 characters (128-255)
- mc0:SMS/cyrillic.mtf - contains 128 cyrillic characters (128-255)
- mc0:SMS/latin1.mtf - contains 128 latin1 characters (128-255)
- mc0:SMS/greek.mft - contains 128 greek characters (128-255)
New font can be created by 'MTKFontCreator' utility (google) (I've used version 0.6.2).
During font save select "Save Mediatek Font -> 4 color comp., variable width (NEW mode)".
Min height must be set to 32. During font generation Max Width and Height parameters