Ubuntu
mplayer package

Error dialog for subtitles

Bug #40515 reported by seguso
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This bug affects 1 person
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mplayer (Ubuntu)
Expired
Low
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Bug Description

Put in the same folder an AVI file and its corresponding IDX and SUB files (those files contain subtitles).
Right-click the AVI file and start mplayer.
You get an error message saying "cannot load subtitles", but the subtitles are actually loaded and visible onscreen.

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Fabio Berta (fberta) wrote :

This behaviour is also occuring on my system. It happens, because there is also a subtitle format which uses just .sub, without .idx. So mplayer tries to load just the .sub, which doesn't work and so results in an error.

Changed in mplayer:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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William Grant (wgrant) wrote :

Does this still occur with the latest Feisty version?

Changed in mplayer:
status: Confirmed → Needs Info
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Nafallo Bjälevik (nafallo) wrote :

Yes it does! Tried with 2:1.0~rc1-0ubuntu6.

Changed in mplayer:
status: Needs Info → Confirmed
Daniel T Chen (crimsun)
Changed in mplayer:
importance: Medium → Low
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Reinhard Tartler (siretart) wrote :

The current package in karmic should enable fontconfig by default, which, indirectly, avoids the error dialog.

can somebody confirm this?

Changed in mplayer (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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linusr (linusr) wrote :

I too have the same issue in Ubuntu Karmic. I get an dialog 'error loading subtitle' but video play with subtitle.

Installed gnome mplayer via software centre. Totem crashes opening the same file.

not sure if it had to do with .sub or .idx file

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rusivi2 (rusivi2-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Thank you for reporting this bug.

Does this issue occur in Lucid?

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for mplayer (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in mplayer (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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