Video players and subtitles files

[Avi Schwartz]

On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM Bret Busby <bret at busby.net> wrote:

> Hello.
>
> Do any of the video players that are available for Ubuntu, support
> subtitles files with the .en.dfxp extension?
>
> I have tried downloading and playing a video file with the above
> extension, using the yt-dlp switch --write-subs and the subtitles file
> appears to have downloaded okay.
>
> However, in trying to view the video using the following video players,
> I cannot get the subtitles to be displayed.
>
> Celluloid
> mpv
> SMPlayer
> vlc
> Media Player
>
> Those video players appear to not support the above subtitles file
> extension.
>
> When I download fro youtube, using yt-dlp --write-auto-subs, the file
> extension is .en.vtt, which, when using the above video players, is
> automatically loaded and displayed in the playing of the video, except
> for the Media Player, which does not apply the subtitles file.
>
> So, I am wondering whether one of the video players that is available
> for Ubuntu, supports subtitles files with the .en.dfxp extension?
>
> Thank you in anticipation.
>
> ..
> Bret Busby
> Armadale
> West Australia
> (UTC+0800)
> ..............
>
>
There are few Linux programs that can convert between various subtitle
formats so your best bet is to convert the dfxp file to srt or vtt instead
of replacing your player.

Avi
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