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opening .srt files

Asked by shuvadeepghosh

I have a number of movies in avi files accompanied by srt files (type : SubRip subtitles ) which in Windows provide the subtitles to the movies. The srt files open automatically with the avi files. In Ubuntu they do not open at all. Hence the movies are to be watched sans subtitles. is there any remedy to this ? Can srt files be made to function in Ubuntu the way they do in Windows ?

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Vu Do Quynh (vu-do-quynh) said : 		#1

Hi,

You can view video with .srt subtitles without problems in Ubuntu.
If you use Totem, you can go to the menu "Display" and select subtitles. You can also go to the Edit menu and select Preferences and in the General Tab, check the box to automatically load subtitles.

If you use VLC (which I prefer), it is enough to have the video file and the .srt file to have exactly the same filename to have the subtitles automatically loaded with the movie: like "my_movie.ogg" and "my_movie.srt". Here too you can edit the preferences (under Parameters) and develop the sub section Subtitles and OSD under the video section on the left menu of the Parameters's box.

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Best Tom (tom6) said : 		#2

Hi :)

Yes, you just need to make sure the media-player you are using has it's preferences set so that it defaults to looking for subtitles.

It sounds as though the install might be new so it is very worthwhile working through the Medibuntu worksheet to get all the multimedia issues sorted in one easy session
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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shuvadeepghosh (shuvadeepghosh) said : 		#3

Thanks Tom, that solved my question.

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#4

Hi :)

Your are welcome :)

I found it well wroth installinga number of other media-players as each has their unique good features. Installing mplayers brings in a few dependencies well worth having & xine is highly configurable, gxine adds a nicer gui to xine but mostly i use totem (the default one that you are probably using right now) and vlc. Totem has some interesting things in the side-bar such as streaming radio and stuff but vlc seems better for playing commercial or rented dvds. I thnk it handles a lot of BluRay too although smplayer (or something) is meant to be better at that if you compile it from source after tweaking it. Personally i leave all that stuff alone!

So, if you are keen on watching movies and stuff them try installing mplayer & vlc just to see which you prefer for which type of thing.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)