Any recommended hardware device to ensure that I won't need to transcode in order to burn ASS and PGS subtitles?
Right now I have a FireTV but it only direct plays SRT.
Any recommended hardware device to ensure that I won't need to transcode in order to burn ASS and PGS subtitles?
Right now I have a FireTV but it only direct plays SRT.
8 Comments
Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
I could be wrong but ass and pgs are image based and are "burned" because that's the only way to make them compatible. Burning requires transcoding, end of story.
watson387@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 2y
ass are text-based.
Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
Well crap, maybe Plex just doesn't like them then
platypus_plumba@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Oh ok, that sucks :(
I wonder how streaming services offer the ASS-like (hehe) subs without the burning delays.
edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
That is a very interesting title if you don't realize what community it's posted in
mmmmmsoup@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 2y
My Apple TV 4K will play PGS without burning in
platypus_plumba@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Dang, I just realized my FireTV does PGS without burning. Why do people always add embedded ASS subs if they require burningggg?
GlassedSilver@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
Anything Android-based using the builtin Exoplayer (Google's open-source AOSP media player of choice for Android) will need transcoding since Exo doesn't support styled subtitles fully.
https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/issues/8435
Feel free to echo your frustration there, Google is unlikely to care otherwise I'm afraid.