[mint]: Mint 17 Cinnamon: Totem & VLC: Can't get either to disply subtitles

[tinker123]

Linux Mint 17 Qianna

Cinnamon Desktop

Totem 3.10.1

VLC 2.1.6

I've been trying to play a movie in *.mp4 format.

I've tried both VLC and Totem, loading the *.srd files. Neither displays the subtitles. I went through the preferences of each.

I could use some clues for solving this.

Thanks

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[shantiq]

you mean .srt right not .srd?


● also rename your srt file the same as your video file example: myvideo.mp4 and myvideo.srt
● on VLC toggle the V key [press it off and on while your video is playing] it makes it visible or invisible

[tinker123]

you mean .srt right not .srd?


● also rename your srt file the same as your video file example: myvideo.mp4 and myvideo.srt
● on VLC toggle the V key [press it off and on while your video is playing] it makes it visible or invisible

The name is already the same. Toggling the "v" key I did see the strings "track 1", "trac2", "subtitles disabled", but no subtitles.

Going back to totem I installed the plugin to find and dowload relevant subtitles. That seemed to work there.