Subtitles with an RTMPVideoURL

How might one go about adding subtitles to an RTMP Video stream? It appears that the older framework allowed a subtitles kwarg for the RTMPVideoItem object. But i can't figure out how to do it with the new framework. Does this need to be added earlier on in my code rather than with the RTMPVideoItem? (E.g. on the episode object, MediaObject, etc) Or is it simply not possible with the framework?

 

Update: I found something interesting in the AmazonInstantVideo plugin. I'm not sure what this line does, but it seems like it might be what i'm looking for... or maybe not. 

 

Thanks!

Hi!

Channels and subtitles are not possible at the moment. The line of code in the Amazon channel is the replace the "Unknown" value of the audio track (visible in Plex/Web).

Thanks for the info. Any idea if/when this might become possible? In order to move away from the buggy webkit video i've been working with, i have re-coded my plugin to use rtmp video. However, it won't be much good since the subtitles aren't hard coded are sent as an ass or srt file. I'll need some way to display them. Just curious if this is on the horizon or if i need to look for a different method long term. 

Thanks!

My understanding is that subtitle support for channels fits into the "someday... maybe" category for future support. I don't think it would be fair to say it's "on the horizon" per se.

Hmm. Interesting. That's disappointing to hear. It sounds as if my only other option, besides webkit, is going to be to wait for the improved user-authentication for url services you mentioned and see if i can get HLS streams working properly. 

Thanks for the update. 

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