viDrop - free open-source converter for RockChip players

[ajsmicko]

Same problem!!

[lca77]

Did you flashed the firmware of your mp4-player before ? Maybe it was the wrong fw-version ?

[ajsmicko]

I didn't do it !!

[lca77]

Hmm, your problem is very unusual and i'm afraid i couldn't support you any longer... is theire any chance to exchange the device by your dealer who has sold it to you ?

[ajsmicko]

Yeah there is , thank you for everything

[thbe]

Hi,

I have version 0.56.1 and the added SRT file shows up with wrong Swedish unique charactres after conversion. Any tips ?
/thomas

[lca77]

Hi thbe,

did you mean wrong characters in subtitles ? Under the tab "Advanced settings" you will find a drop-down-list named "Encoding": change the codepage theire.

rgrds, lca77

[snehne]

First let me say that this program is fabulous. The subtitle embedding works nicely for my English subtitles.

I have a Chinese subtitle file (srt, in UTF-8 coding) that works for e.g. KMPlayer. I was trying to embed it, but there are several problems:

(1) the code page list does not contain UTF-8 (nor GB2312, the native Chinese coding). I could not find where this can be configured. So I converted the encoding to unicode via MS Word so I could choose that.

(2) The subtitle showed up garbled. So I supposed I needed a Chinese font. but the browser button is for *saving* the font file, not loading one. So I typed the font path (a ttf Chinese font) into the text box. The subtitle would not display at all. And it wouldn't show up even with English title. I even tried to overwrite the default font file with a new font file, but still it wouldn't show. It seems the only way to have subtitle displayed is to use the supplied font -- not a different one, not even with the same name.

So is there a way to embed a Chinese subtitle?

Thanks ...

[lca77]

The needed codepage must be available at Windows XP - if its not available, theres no chance to get proper subtitles ...

viDrop is using an INI-file called viDrop.ini. You better should edit the codepage and the fonttype theire:

SubFont=.\mplayer\subfont.ttf
SubCP=cp1251

Don't forget to restart viDrop after editing the ini-file!

[snehne]

Thanks for replying.

I have figured this out. DONOT use unicode. Use cp936 and a Chinese font (has to be ttf, hand entered into the space), and save the setting. Convert the srt into gb2312 (MS word can do this). Restart viDrop, load the preset, load the movie and the srt. It will work.

Truly beautiful program ...