Use SRT subtitle files

[Kaia..]

My XR-65A84K is correctly connected to the (Yamaha) receiver with a HDMI-cable. A fiberoptic cable connects the TV with the receiver to play the movie sound played on the tv-set via the network cable (DNLA from NAS).

Everything works fine. Turning the receiver on or off determines wether the tv-set plays sound via its own speakers or direct all sound to the receiver.

The only problem I have now is that SRT-files are not used. If I play a movie on the computer, the corresponding SRT-file is used automatically (both have the same name). But played via DNLA the SRT-file seems to be ignored.

Is there someone who can tell why? And more importantly: who can tell me what to do to play movies with the SRT-subtitles?

[LightFoot]

Hi @Kaia..   I have no idea if it will work, but have you tried various Apps like VLC?

[rooobb]

Dlna per se does not support external subtitle files, there are workarounds depending on the dlna server supported by your Nas. I normally use serviio and it works and can even embed them in the video stream just in case.

More info here

https://superuser.com/questions/219163/how-to-play-movie-with-subtitles-using-dlna-server

[Kaia..]

Hi @LightFoot , I'm sorry, but I think I don't understand you. What do you mean? Play the movie in VLC player on my TV-set? I don't know how, but shouldn't it be possible to play a movie from the DNLA mediaserver directly to my DNLA tv-set, in which SRT is one of the supported file-formats?

[Kaia..]

Hi @rooobb, Thanks for your answer. As I said in my previous answer SRT is one of the supported file-formats, so I don't understand why it will not show. Of course I can try to use other utilities (and I will look into it, thanks), but I don't want to end up using all sorts of utilities when it all should be allright as it was designed.

Surely I'm not the only one trying to play SRT-subtitled movies on a tv-set supporting those formats?

[rooobb]

May be I was not clear enough: it is not your TV that doesn't support the feature is the Nas that doesn't supply it. So you have to act on that part of the communication (changing the type of server if supported, or looking at the available setting in order to embed them in the video stream if it is not capable of supplying the external file)

Ps you can test the feature by supplying the video along with the subtitles file in a usb stick directly connected to the tv

[Kaia..]

Hi there,

I'm very sorry it took so long. First I discovered my account was created in the UK-part of Sony. I can't figure out why: I started on the NL-site.

Then I couldn't log in anymore. Every time after login name and password (and the capcha pictures... *sigh*) it showed me the login screen again and I wasn't logged in. I tried several days. When I asked support (very surprised to get an answer!) the solution they gave was: delete your account and create the new one on the NL-site. Very client-friendly! Maybe they don't understand the problem: I CAN'T LOGIN!

Well today I tried again and after several times the question "you're trying to login the NL-site with your UK-account. Which site do you want to login?", I was logged in. Don't know how nor why. I didn't change anything.

Anyway, Thanks for your replies to my question. I will delete my account after this message and will try to create the new one on the Dutch Sony site. I don't understand the reason why a customer-account couldn't work across all Sony varieties. So much for the international world of Sony. I think there is a world to win here.

Again, thank you for your answers. Who knows we'll meet again after creating my new account!