Subtitles on Twonky 6.0.38

WD Legacy Products My Book Live
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Hi,

I have posted the same message in the Twonky forums, but I’ll try here too just in case someone can help me.

I have a WD My Book Live 2Tb streaming Twonky to an Xbox 360.

Yesterday I upgraded the default TwonkyServer installation in the drive (5.something) to 6.0.38 hoping to be able to get subtitles, but they don’t work. I have tried with different video formats (althought most of them, .avi), and the subtitles are .srt with the same name as the video.

My questions are:

  • Subtitles are supported on Twonky 6.0.38, right? (just to be sure)
  • Do they need to be enabled somehow?
  • Has anyone tried them with this configuration? or at least in an Xbox?
  • I have just seen the release of version 6.0.39, will the upgrade help with this issue?

Thanks!

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In most cases, DLNA doesn’t support subtitles that are “external” to the file.

You might want to try re-muxing the video into a container that supports INTERNAL subs, such as MKV or MP4.

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There are some DLNA media software which proclaim they support external subtitles, like Mezzmo. From what I’ve read of Twonky 6.0.38 I understood that they did too, but perhaps it is only with internal. I will test it with one of those formats when I get home.

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According to a user of the twonkyforum, Twonky 6.0.3x does support external subtitles, but not the Xbox DLNA receiver. Too bad!