Problems with DivX subtitles (.srt) and Philips DVP642

[bootsector]

Hi folks!

 

I own a Philips DVP642 DVD player which is also a standalone DivX player. I was using Nero Express for burning my data CD's/DVD's containing my movies (.avi) and their subtitle files (.srt), until I have met ImgBurn! I just sent Nero Express to the hell, and started burning my divx movies using ImgBurn.

 

Today I made my first test. I burned the following files onto a HP CD-R 700MB:

 

-> The Sentinel.DVDRip.XviD-DiAMOND.avi

-> The Sentinel.DVDRip.XviD-DiAMOND.srt

 

These were the ImgBurn settings:

 

-> File System: ISO9669 + Joliet

-> ISO9660: Level 1

-> Allow more than 8 directories level

-> Allow more than 255 characters in path

-> Joliet Level 1

 

ImgBurn burnt the CD right, and I could play the movie with its subtitle on my PC. But when I took the CD to my Philips, I just couldn't load the subtitle file. It appears with a "question mark" icon instead of a dialog baloon. The movie is recognized by the player, only the subtitles file couldn't be loaded.

 

I have checked my other Nero Express generated CDs with ISOBuster, and there were the two filesystems: ISO9660 and Joliet, just like ImgBurn did. That's why I have no idea about what is going wrong

 

Hope to get some help! I just would love to kick Nero's ass for good and stick around with ImgBurn for all my burning needs!

 

Thanks in advance,

 

bootsector

[lfcrule1972]

Have you tried a burn using with the options set to "ISO9669 + Joliet + UDF" ??

[LIGHTNING UK!]

I could recreate this if you can tell me EXACTLY which profile / settings are selected in Nero.

 

If you could get me say the first 5mb of each image I'd be able to examine the file systems and see what's different.

[bootsector]

@lfcrule1972:

 

I will try that after I buy a CD-RW, but I don't think that will be THE solution, because Nero creates the same filesystems (ISO/Joliet) and it works.

 

@LIGHTNING UK!:

 

As I said, I used Nero Express, which is a crippled version of Nero Burning ROM, without all that advanced settings, profiles and stuff. I just created a DATA CD project, added the .avi and .srt files on the list and clicked the BURN button, using the default settings.

 

Anyway, I have made an image from Nero Express (it only allows me to generate a .NRG file, hope this is useful) and an image from ImgBurn, using the same settings I stated above. The contents of the images are the same: the first 1:30 minutes of the movie (.avi) and its subtitle file (.srt):

 

http://rapidshare.de/files/31184861/CD_IMAGES.rar.html

 

If you don't have Nero Express for testing, just let me know and I will send you a trial copy.

 

I really hope you get this issue solved! And keep up the great job! ImgBurn rocks!

 

Best regards,

 

bootsector

[LIGHTNING UK!]

There's nothing obviously wrong with the image - as you say, it works fine on the pc.

 

Maybe the philips has a picky implementation of Joliet filesystem parsing?

 

Will it play discs (divx ones) just using ISO9660 as the filesystem?

 

Does that work?

 

What exactly are you seeing on your screen when you insert the ImgBurn disc?

 

If it's reading the file names, does it display them in full how you'd expect them to look?

 

Any chance of a camera pic of the tv screen?

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Oh and another thing...

 

What happens if you put 2 or more AVI's on a DVD?

 

Does the player only see 1 in the file browser type screen?

[bootsector]

Hi LUK!

 

Here goes the pict of what I get on TV screen if I burn the disk using Nero Express:

 

 

And here goes what I get when I burn with ImgBurn:

 

 

Take a look at the icon of the second file: I get a question mark. This way, I just can't load the subtitle before I load the movie. The first file, the movie itself (with the correct MPEG4 icon on both cases), is fully loadable and I can watch it on both cases as well, but without subtitles on the ImbBurn case.

 

I was doing some research, and I found a thread where people were having the same problem by using a cd/dvd burner for Macintosh named Toast:

 

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/192728

 

By reading that thread, there is a possibility of the subtitle file be encoded using Unix format (LF only) instead of Windows/DOS format (CR/LF), but I have checked both discs and they are all encoded with the Windows format (which is the one supposed to work).

 

I will try to burn the disc by using ISO9660 format only, but that would be a "ugly" workaround, because I wouldn't like to be limited to the 8+3 characters for file names

 

If I burn several files (movies and subtitles) onto a DVD (as I already did), all the videos load fine, but all the subtitles appears with the God damn question mark, turning them unloadable.

 

I hope you have more ideas... I was wondering... What if I enable the "Don't add ';1' Version Number to Files"? Maybe the ';1' stuff is messing around with the .SRT extension, turn them unrecognizable to the DivX Player. In the case of the movies, my guess is that the DivX player identifies them by they contents, not by they extensions.

 

I will do additional tests when I get a CD-RW. And I hope you have more ideas in the meantime!

 

Thanks for your support, LUK!

 

Best regards,

 

bootsector

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Talking about the ;1 thing, the Nero image actually has ';1' appended to ISO9660 AND Joliet filenames.

 

God knows why they've added them to the Joliet ones, even Microsofts tool doesn't do that - and as it's their spec, I'd hope they know what they're doing with it!

 

So maybe that's the problem, maybe your player needs the ';1' bit on Joliet filenames to or it can't find the extension?

 

But then why would it recognise the avi ok and not the srt one?

 

While you're testing things, try not adding an avi at all and see if it sees the srt file properly.

 

Again, for some weird reason nero puts the srt file data before the avi file data.

[bootsector]

Good... It looks like we are having some progress on this stuff!

 

Maybe the ';1' stuff on Joliet filenames is the problem! Is that easy for you to modify that THE_SENTINEL.iso i've sent you, put the ';1' on Joliet file names and send me back? This way I can burn the modified image and test on the DivX player!

 

For the avi files being recognized successfully, I "guess" they are identified by their contents, not by their file names/extension.

 

Let me know if you can modify that ImgBurn generated ISO file and send me back. I will try to burn a disk with only a subtitle on it and see what happens.

 

Best regards,

 

bootsector

[LIGHTNING UK!]

I've implemented support for adding ';1' to joliet filenames within the code now.

 

It was easier to do that than it would be to hexedit the image file!

[bootsector]

Whootah!!!

 

Got your message! Already replied as well!

 

Just can't wait for testing it out!

 

Best regards,

 

bootsector

[bootsector]

 

Worked like a charm!!!

 

I just can't wait for the next version of ImgBurn! This software now has much more features than many expensive commercial burning softwares around there!

 

Thanks for your GREAT support LUK!

 

And a single statement for all of you people: Consider donating for ImgBurn! This software is a piece of gold and its creator is really a GREAT guy!

 

Best regards,

 

bootsector

[lfcrule1972]

Praise and a donation - best way to show your appreciation, I agree Glad the boss sorted it for you.....