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dvl

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From: TM, RO

Registered: 2009-02-14

Posts: 27

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[SOLVED]vlc subtitle problem

Hey there!
I've searched on the forum, but i didnt fint anything related to this problem, but im sorry if there are some posts and i didnt see.
My problem is that when i load a subtitle (str) file in VLC the program quits after the first appearance of the subtitle. I tryed to change the encodings, to change the text rendering module, but i couldnt resolve this problem.
The subtitles i tryed with, are hungarian witch needs eastern/central european encodings..
The subtitles worked fine with mplayer, but i prefer vlc

If i'm not wrong this problem appeared first after a system upgrade few weeks ago.. Maybe there is missing something.. dunno..
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks very much!

With respect,
dvl

Last edited by dvl (2009-03-03 07:25:24)

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ogronom

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From: Toronto, Canada

Registered: 2008-05-06

Posts: 123

Re: [SOLVED]vlc subtitle problem

Similar problem
SRT subtitles included into mkv causes vlc to quit. Subtitles are english.

Last output of vlc is

 m_el[mi_level] == NULL
 arrrrrrrrrrrrrg Up cannot escape itself
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
Segmentation fault

Vlc bug?

evr

Arch Linux f@h Team Member

Registered: 2009-01-23

Posts: 554

Re: [SOLVED]vlc subtitle problem

perhaps it is the same issue as discussed in this thread?

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=65763

post #23 links to this which seemed to solve some people's problems:

http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php … lt#p183884

ogronom

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From: Toronto, Canada

Registered: 2008-05-06

Posts: 123

Re: [SOLVED]vlc subtitle problem

Indeed a bug
a workaround is to disable "formatted subtitles"
http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php … 4&p=183891

dvl

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From: TM, RO

Registered: 2009-02-14

Posts: 27

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Re: [SOLVED]vlc subtitle problem

I've solved the problem with a solution from this link you've posted:
http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php … 4&p=183891

I have disabled the "Formatted Subtitles" option in the VLC options:
Preferences > (Show all settings) > Input/codecs > Other codecs > Subtitles
and it solved this segmentation problem.

Thanks very much for the help!

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