Subtitles won't show up on DivX movie

[Snapper]

Hi,

although I've read a bunch of threads I couldn't find a solution to my prob:

Downloaded a DivX 5 movie with corresponding subtitles contained in two files: .idx and .sub.

After opening the movie and choosing 'Load subtitles...' the subtitles don't show up, however, and neither is anything clickable on the 'Subtitles' submenu (it's all greyed out).

'Subtitles disabled' is unchecked as well. I also fetched a current version of BSPlayer ('1.00 RC1 Build 807' at this time) only to realize that it's not an old bug being fixed already.

That's all hints I was able to find by searching the forum. Anyone out there having a clue what the cause for this is?

Thanks,
--Snapper

[Quietseb]

.sub + .idx = vobsub
bsplayer can't handle vobsub subtitles; you need directVobsub to display them (now known as VSFilter)

VSFilter download page

to install it: extract VSFilter.dll to c:\windows\system32\
register the dll to the system: start->run->

regsvr32.exe vsfilter.dll

it should load automatically when needed (provided subs files have same name as avi file) [to be honest, I did not myself test releases further than 2.23 with further than bsplayer 0.86.501...]
if you want to configure vsfilter at any time (not only when it is loaded by bsplayer or whatever player), you may create a shortcut with the following target:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe vsfilter.dll,DirectVobSub

[Snapper]

Thanks, works perfectly!

--Snapper