BDP-S7200 subs playback

[happyripper]

I have recently bought a new S7200 blu ray player and have it connected via USB to a HDD. I am having problems with it recognizing subtitles when playing MP4 files and some MKV files.

The subtitle files are .SRT files and are correctly labelled. When I press the Subtitle button on the remote I get the message 'Function not Permitted'.

Anybody have any similar problems with this unit, or any suggestions as to what the problem may be?

Cheers

[Anonymous]

Hi there

I have had a scan of the manual : HERE, On page 40, are the supported file formats and codecs.  There is nothing in there that suggests that .srt subs are supported either via USB or DLNA.  Therefore I have to conclude that .srt files are not supported on this player.

As a workaround, your could install a DLNA Media Server on your PC/Laptop such as Serviio and stream to the S7200 that way.  Serviio supports .srt files.

Cheers

[happyripper]

Ah okay, that's interesting to know. Hopefully Sony will release an update that will allow this in the near future. Many thanks for the reply.

[MK_Slinky]

Just to add some additional information here which backs up Quinnicus's comments.

Sony US have released a KB article Unable to display subtitles when streaming videos via DLNA.

I appreciate that this does not discuss MP4's but the information is useful to note.

Subtitle (.srt file format) is not supported by the Digital Living Network Alliance® server (DLNA) hence will not be displayed when streaming videos.