Nvidia SHIELD/Android app SSA/ASS format anime subtitles + transcoding problems

[CruzAzul]

Amazon Fire Stick 4K CruzAzul logging.txt (2.0 MB)
Tried it again with the new build and no luck on the animes with ASS that I tried but noticed the logs saying

[FFmpeg] [ERROR] [ASS][Renderer] Failed to set context as current when rendering.

So maybe there might be an error with that

[nx6]

@sixones

I noticed these subtitles are trying to use a font that doesn’t exist in the video so it falls back on using the font Arial, and Arial does not exist on Android (and it’s not something we can include as it’s proprietary).

Is it possible for us, the user, to add fonts to the player’s own internal “library” (like by copying a font file to a certain directory) so if we have fonts we come across often that are not muxxed in files, we can just add it and have it always available device-side?

[sixones]

Sorry about the placement bug, this has been solved;

• Arm64v8aGooglePlay
• Armv7aGooglePlay
• Armv7aAmazon

[sixones]

@nx6

Is it possible for us, the user, to add fonts to the player’s own internal “library” (like by copying a font file to a certain directory) so if we have fonts we come across often that are not muxxed in files, we can just add it and have it always available device-side?

We should be able to do this, but its unlikely it will be available at launch.

@CruzAzul

Amazon Fire Stick 4K CruzAzul logging.txt (2.0 MB)
Tried it again with the new build and no luck on the animes with ASS that I tried but noticed the logs saying

[FFmpeg] [ERROR] [ASS][Renderer] Failed to set context as current when rendering.

So maybe there might be an error with that

Thanks for the report, this is indeed the problem will investigate.

[Apshai]

It’s wonderful to finally enjoy Direct Play with SSA. Thank you so much for these efforts!

[Walt_Draper]

I have noticed that typesetting seems to be a little shaky/jittery compared to a player like mpv

Plex android

22-07-30-03-30-24_01.mp4

mpv android

22-07-30-03-43-55_01.mp4

Plex android

22-07-30-03-37-09_01.mp4

mpv android

22-07-30-03-40-46_01.mp4

This issue is not yet fixed
logs.txt (4.1 MB)

@Walt_Draper

I’m facing an issue where the subs stop showing up at a certain point

Screen Recording

22-07-22-02-09-42_01.mp4 - Google Drive

Sample File- Kaguya-sama - Love Is War - S00E02 - Yu Ishigami Wants to Chat HDTV-1080p.mkv - Google Drive

[charlie2alpha]

I started testing this build since I’m watching anime too. The one bug I seem to be getting is that no subtitles appear if I start the next episode from the play next screen. If I go back to the home screen and start the next episode from there subtitles appear normally.

Using an Nvidia Shield Pro 2019.

[nx6]

Yes, I noticed this last night too. I guess I haven’t been watching many shows on more than one episode at a time since I never saw it before.

On the plus side, I just checked and it looks like this most recent build resolved this issue I had with crashing from viewing the show page for one-season shows.

[SonicGD]

Nvidia_Shiled_Pro_4k_ass_logging.txt (49.7 KB)

Hello, tried latest build on shield and chromecast with google tv. No subtitles still =( But there is this lines in log:

07-31 20:39:54.196  w: [ASS] Missing renderer address, can't start renderer yet.

[sixones]

@SonicGD

Hello, tried latest build on shield and chromecast with google tv. No subtitles still =( But there is this lines in log:

Looking at the logs it doesn’t appear like the video you are attempting to play has any subtitles.

@nx6

Yes, I noticed this last night too. I guess I haven’t been watching many shows on more than one episode at a time since I never saw it before.

@charlie2alpha

I started testing this build since I’m watching anime too. The one bug I seem to be getting is that no subtitles appear if I start the next episode from the play next screen. If I go back to the home screen and start the next episode from there subtitles appear normally.

Thanks for reporting, looking into this as well as the Amazon Fire TV 4K issue, will hopefully have a resolution for both this week.

[sixones]

@Walt_Draper

I have noticed that typesetting seems to be a little shaky/jittery compared to a player like mpv

Are you playing on a SHIELD TV device? I think it’s happening due to the performance, MPV has a lot more resources to play with compared to the limits of Android.

@Walt_Draper

I’m facing an issue where the subs stop showing up at a certain point

Still looking into this, but haven’t been able to replicate yet. Do you know where abouts in the file, the subtitles end up disappearing?

[Walt_Draper]

@sixones

Are you playing on a SHIELD TV device? I think it’s happening due to the performance, MPV has a lot more resources to play with compared to the limits of Android.

No I was playing it on my mobile device and when I said compared to a player like mpv I was talking about mpv on android…the file plays fine on mpv android.

@sixones

Still looking into this, but haven’t been able to replicate yet. Do you know where abouts in the file, the subtitles end up disappearing?

@Walt_Draper

The issue still persists…the subtitles disappear around 01:50 mark

[sixones]

@Walt_Draper

No I was playing it on my mobile device and when I said compared to a player like mpv I was talking about mpv on android…the file plays fine on mpv android.

Sorry I was referring to the limits of Java rather than the use of Android, however there is performance improvements in the latest libass which we aren’t yet using. Hopefully the update will improve performance, if not there will be more optimisations in the future.

@Walt_Draper

@Walt_Draper

The issue still persists…the subtitles disappear around 01:50 mark

Thanks, I should of checked your previous message.

[SonicGD]

But it is.

And Kodi with Plex Connect add-on plays it perfectly.

[nx6]

@SonicGD

Since they are external Substation/ASS subtitles, I’m actually not surprised. Those haven’t worked in years even on the normal (stable) client.

And they still don’t work now on 9.4.1.33413.

[sensei321]

Yeah. External subs is just not working properly. Luckily embedded subs is the most common.

[crumchyserver]

anyone else having an issue downloading any of these links? i get a 404 file not found for each one i try

[sixones]

@SonicGD

Hello, tried latest build on shield and chromecast with google tv. No subtitles still =( But there is this lines in log:

Could you share the external ASS file with me? They should be working correctly!

[SonicGD]

Of course!
[Kawaiika-Raws] Steins;Gate 0 - 22 [BDRip 1920x1080 HEVC FLAC].rus.[Wakanim].zip (12.8 KB)

[SmrtAlec]

@sixones

@SmrtAlec

@sixones just wanted to bring your attention to the issue I commented about around a week ago as I’m not sure if you saw it or not. I also wanted to say that I’m glad this feature is getting developed and can’t wait for it to go on the public release.

Would you be able to share an external subtitle file that this happens on?

@SmrtAlec

@sixones I shared the subtitle files around a week ago in this reply. Were you able to re-create the issue? I also checked in the build that was posted today and the issue still happens.

It seems I don’t have the best timing with this getting buried underneath other replies lol. But if you could take a look when you have the time it would be great.