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Cannot Get .srt Subtitles In Same Folder To Play / "Undefined - SUBRIP - External" - Shortstop - 2024-08-19
Hey there,
I did some research and am having the same exact problem as this thread:
- https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-external-srt-subtitles-not-showing-up
I have Jellyfin deployed on Portainer within Windows 11 + Docker Desktop via this Docker compose file:
---
services:
jellyfin:
image: lscr.io/linuxserver/jellyfin:latest
container_name: jellyfin
environment:
- PUID=1000
- PGID=1000
- TZ=Etc/UTC
volumes:
- C:\Users\Sam\jellyfin
config- D:\Movies
data/moviesports:
- 8096:8096
restart: unless-stopped
With this in mind, I tried to watch a movie aka Kill Bill Vol 1 but the subtitles do not work while on the Jellyfin web app.
I tried using the mobile Android Jellyfin app but received the same result of the subtitles not working.
This is important for this particular movie since there are Japanese spoken sections that were translated to English in theaters that were meant to be understood, and without them, it makes any attempt to watch this movie useless.
The weird thing is that VLC player "just works" with the same exact movie and subtitles.
The subtitles are in .srt format, and it is named exactly the same as the movie:
Related command used:
user@windesktop C:\Users\user>docker exec jellyfin ls /data/movies
Related output:
Kill.Bill.Vol.1.2003.1080p.BrRIp.x264.YIFY.mp4
Kill.Bill.Vol.1.2003.1080p.BrRip.x264.YIFY.srt
Related jellyfin-ffmpeg output I am listing here that might help:
user@windesktop C:\Users\user>docker exec jellyfin /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffprobe -i "/data/movies /Kill.Bill.Vol.1.2003.1080p.BrRip.x264.YIFY.srt"
ffprobe version 6.0.1-Jellyfin Copyright © 2007-2023 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 11 (Ubuntu 11.4.0-1ubuntu1~22.04)
configuration: --prefix=/usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg --target-os=linux --extra-version=Jellyfin --disable-doc --disable-ffplay --disable-ptx-compression --disable-static --disable-libxcb --disable-sdl2 --disable-xlib --enable-lto --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-shared --enable-gmp --enable-gnutls --enable-chromaprint --enable-opencl --enable-libdrm --enable-libxml2 --enable-libass --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libbluray --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libdav1d --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libwebp --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libzvbi --enable-libzimg --enable-libfdk-aac --sable-ffplay --disable-ptx-compression --disable-static --disable-libxcb --disable-sdl2 --disable-xlib --enable-lto --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-shared --enable-gmp --enable-gnutls --enable-chromaprint --enable-opencl --enable-libdrm --enable-libxml2 --enable-libass --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libbluray --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libdav1d --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libwebp --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libzvbi --enable-libzimg --enable-libfdk-aac --arch=amd64 --enable-libshaderc --enable-libplacebo --enable-vulkan --enable-vaapi --enable-amf --enable-libvpl --enable-ffnvcodec --enable-cuda --enable-cuda-llvm --enable-cuvid --enable-nvdec --enable-nvenc
libavutil 58. 2.100 / 58. 2.100 libavcodec 60. 3.100 / 60. 3.100 libavformat 60. 3.100 / 60. 3.100
libavdevice 60. 1.100 / 60. 1.100 libavfilter 9. 3.100 / 9. 3.100
libswscale 7. 1.100 / 7. 1.100
libswresample 4. 10.100 / 4. 10.100 libpostproc 57. 1.100 / 57. 1.100 Input #0, srt, from '/data/movies/Kill.Bill.Vol.1.2003.1080p.BrRip.x264.YIFY.srt': Duration: N/A, bitrate: N/A Stream #0:0: Subtitle: subrip
If I try to select the subtitle, it shows up as "Undefined - sUBRIP - External" in the menu on the Jellyfin web app. If I try to select the subtitle and then hit play to begin the movie, I get this error:
Playback Error: Fatal Player Error
Any ideas why VLC works?
I am debating flat out using Kodi on the same machine and rigging it up to VLC as the player so I can be inspired to watch movies with the cool box art but depend on a reliable player like VLC.
Honestly wish the subtitles would 'just work's in this scenario. I am pretty sure I got the subtitles from OpenSubtitles.org which is a sub par experience and drag to use but it's free I guess. Probably my bad on my part in that regard i will admit.
Lemme know what you guys think or if this is some kind of weird transcoding issue.
RE: Cannot Get .srt Subtitles In Same Folder To Play / "Undefined - SUBRIP - External" - TheDreadPirate - 2024-08-19
Can you share your full jellyfin logs via pastebin? And ffmpeg logs related to this playback, if there are any.
RE: Cannot Get .srt Subtitles In Same Folder To Play / "Undefined - SUBRIP - External" - Shortstop - 2024-08-19
How do I get these logs when logged in as an admin user?
Or where are they when installed when Jellyfin is installed within that Docker container?
RE: Cannot Get .srt Subtitles In Same Folder To Play / "Undefined - SUBRIP - External" - TheDreadPirate - 2024-08-19
/config/log is the container path.
RE: Cannot Get .srt Subtitles In Same Folder To Play / "Undefined - SUBRIP - External" - Shortstop - 2024-08-19
Requested output which I obtained by using the 'docker exec -it jellyfin sh' command.
I then navigated to the 'config/log' directory with the 'cd' command and then used the 'cat' command to display the latest log:
aka here's the 'config/log/FFmpeg.Transcode-2024-08-19_06-38-25_4c5640a820a3801aace06a7154bea07f_e69a5e3f.log' file:
Code:
https://pastebin.com/gAFXtAQkHere's only part of the 'config/log/log_20240819.log' file since its too large for the 'sh' shell, and I can't seem to pipe the entire file to a Pastebin for upload because 'sh' is too basic:
Code:
https://pastebin.com/qMzkjB9eRE: Cannot Get .srt Subtitles In Same Folder To Play / "Undefined - SUBRIP - External" - Shortstop - 2024-08-20
FYI, I think it's a Windows 11 + Docker Desktop issue.
I literally installed Kubuntu on the same mini PC's internal NVME drive and replaced Windows 11 with Kubuntu.
For the Kubuntu installation process, I used Docker Engine with Portainer with the Docker compose file in the first post, and now subtitles work without a single issue.
I read online that Docker Desktop causes weird permission issues and I think that is probably the root cause in this scenario.
I blame Windows 11 for this one, good thing there's Kubuntu which just works.
Marking this as solved
RE: Cannot Get .srt Subtitles In Same Folder To Play / "Undefined - SUBRIP - External" - Shortstop - 2024-08-20
Actually, looks like this is still happening.
For whatever reason if I play the movie in VLC player, restart, and then watch the movie again in Jellyfin, it seems like the subs are ok.
Just had this happen with Inglorious Basterds. Hmmmmmm I wonder what permission issues cause this.
RE: Cannot Get .srt Subtitles In Same Folder To Play / "Undefined - SUBRIP - External" - Shortstop - 2024-08-20
Thanks so far, curious for your thoughts
RE: Cannot Get .srt Subtitles In Same Folder To Play / "Undefined - SUBRIP - External" - theguymadmax - 2024-08-20
I think those are .ass files, not .srt files and you have them misnamed. Open the file in a text editor.
Ass files will have headers:
[Script Info]
[Fonts]
[Styles]
[Events]
Srt files will just subtitle numbers, time codes, and subtitle text.
1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:05,000 This is a srt subtitle.
RE: Cannot Get .srt Subtitles In Same Folder To Play / "Undefined - SUBRIP - External" - Shortstop - 2024-08-20
If I rename them to .ass files, will jellyfin work in that regards?