How to watch fansubs with your mac.

[sk3]

When opening MKV's on Quicktime you need to leave it alone for a few moments because it's "streaming" the MKV. It's always a little slow at first, but when complete it runs smooth on my system.

Which mplayer build did you used? Did you used the same build from this thread?

[Avantoe]

Originally Posted by sk3

When opening MKV's on Quicktime you need to leave it alone for a few moments because it's "streaming" the MKV. It's always a little slow at first, but when complete it runs smooth on my system.

Which mplayer build did you used? Did you used the same build from this thread?

I solved the Quicktime problem (silly me was streaming it of my own network on another computer )

And yeah i used the build found in this thread

[sk3]

Try putting the following code under preferences - advanced of Mplayer OSX


-ass -embeddedfonts -fontconfig

and see if it works

EDIT: try using the V key to enable/disable subtitles.

[Avantoe]

Originally Posted by sk3

Try putting the following code under preferences - advanced of Mplayer OSX


-ass -embeddedfonts -fontconfig

and see if it works

EDIT: try using the V key to enable/disable subtitles.

Nope, still not working :/

[sk3]

That's kinda strange. Do you have subtitles with Perian? if you do could you tell what file are you trying to open so i can try on my mac.

[Avantoe]

I do have Subtitles with perian, and the file(s) im trying to open are just random Anime in my case .Hack//SIGN and Seto no Hayanome which are .mkv files

I do seem to have Subtitles when i open a normal Xvid file on Mplayer

[Ledgem]

Originally Posted by Avantoe

I do seem to have Subtitles when i open a normal Xvid file on Mplayer

That's likely because the subtitles are hard-coded; that is, if you can play the video, you'll see the subs because they are part of the video.

[sk3]

Originally Posted by Avantoe

I do have Subtitles with perian, and the file(s) im trying to open are just random Anime in my case .Hack//SIGN and Seto no Hayanome which are .mkv files

I do seem to have Subtitles when i open a normal Xvid file on Mplayer

Have you tried with more recent releases? It's strange that Perian works well and mplayer doesn't show any subtitles...

[Discerptor]

Out of curiosity, does anyone know if a bug report has been filed with the MPlayer crew regarding the "inactive RAM" leak on Leopard? It'd be fine if it really did behave like inactive RAM, but when it builds to the point that there's no free RAM left, it really does slow down the machine and cause lots of page outs.

[bchan009]

If you're using the version of mplayer in this thread, then you use J to change subtitles and SHIFT + 3 (#) to change language on the fly.

Of course, you need to have -ass -embeddedfonts -fontconfig set up in the preferences.

[Avantoe]

Originally Posted by bchan009

If you're using the version of mplayer in this thread, then you use J to change subtitles and SHIFT + 3 (#) to change language on the fly.

Of course, you need to have -ass -embeddedfonts -fontconfig set up in the preferences.

Thanks, that actually made it work <3

[Solecs]

I also find it convenient to add "-sid 0" to the advanced parameters so I don't have to manually turn on the subtitles every time. It just tells mplayer to automatically use the first subtitle stream if it's available.

[Nonezumi]

I'm thinking it might be worth posting my updated version of MPlayer again. I did a little work on the front-end to do with Subtitles, and was hoping to have more time to add more features, but that doesn't seem to be happening.

Seems pretty damn stable so far and based on a newer MPlayer core build. Been using it for a couple of months now.

[Ryoujin]

Even tho MPlayer is the one that plays the most from the stuff I get around, I've been experiencing such weird issues with it lately.

I run on an iMac 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 10.5.2 and 1 GB of RAM. If I'm not wrong I'm using the RC1 build that was posted somewhere in this thread, and overall it's ok (I've been using it for a very very long while).

Anyway, sometimes randomly the cursor disappears (while being in MPlayer) so to fix it I have to close the player. Other times when I'm playing MKVs (I'm usually downloading these lately) when they are too big (the resolution, over 1000 px) it gets a bit slow (I usually fix it by using some framedrop command), but then last night it got to a point that the player completly froze in the episode I was watching so I had to close it, and even after closing it it made my computer really slow (ended up using QuickTime+Perian for that episode, QT was slow because of the issues I previously had with MPlayer) and after a restart it was fine.

Not like they are serious issues, tho (hence why I have MPlayer, VLC and QuickTime+Perian and I alternate if issues show up), but meh, sometimes I'd wish MPlayer wasn't so buggy

By the way, does anyone knows if Perian breaks with the latest QuickTime update (7.5)?

[Ledgem]

Originally Posted by Ryoujin

By the way, does anyone knows if Perian breaks with the latest QuickTime update (7.5)?

I haven't seen any complaints or mentions of it posted to the Perian forums, so I presume that it's safe. If it was just released a few hours ago it might take a while for people to notice problems.

[bchan009]

Originally Posted by Nonezumi

I'm thinking it might be worth posting my updated version of MPlayer again. I did a little work on the front-end to do with Subtitles, and was hoping to have more time to add more features, but that doesn't seem to be happening.

Seems pretty damn stable so far and based on a newer MPlayer core build. Been using it for a couple of months now.

New version = yes please.

[Takeru]

Originally Posted by Ryoujin

By the way, does anyone knows if Perian breaks with the latest QuickTime update (7.5)?

Perian 1.1 works perfectly fine with update 7.5

My only problem is that under 10.5 MPlayer refuses to read my key inputs or show subtitles. Hitting V or J doesn't do anything, therefore i can't have subtitles. And yes I have -ass -embeddedfonts -fontconfig under the Advanced Settings. I did an upgrade from 10.4.11 so I know that it did work, but now I'm stuck.

[bchan009]

Try to do a fresh install - I'm running Mplayer just fine on Mac OS X 10.5.3.

[andiyar]

@ Takeru

Kill the .mplayer folder in your home directory, and the hu.mplayerhq.mplayerosx.plist file from your ~/Library/Preferences directories, as well as deleting and then reinstalling the MplayerOSX binary before you reinstall. A reboot before the reinstall might be indicated as well

Oh yes - .mplayer is invisible. Use Onyx (or similar) to make it visible to be deletable


-Andiyar

[Takeru]

Originally Posted by andiyar

@ Takeru

Kill the .mplayer folder in your home directory, and the hu.mplayerhq.mplayerosx.plist file from your ~/Library/Preferences directories, as well as deleting and then reinstalling the MplayerOSX binary before you reinstall. A reboot before the reinstall might be indicated as well

Oh yes - .mplayer is invisible. Use Onyx (or similar) to make it visible to be deletable


-Andiyar

Thanks! It worked perfectly!