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[ginny_t]

So, I've found the answer to the "how do I get all audio through the wireless" except it says because of the buffering the airport does, there's no way around a lag with audio.

Clearly, these people are not aware of the wonder that is mplayer, the handy little player that'll do just about anything you could ask of a video player and ask if you want fries with that. (In other words, it'll delay the video the 1-2 seconds of the audio lag and there'll be no problem with synching at all.)

The problem is that mplayer has stopped auto-detecting subtitles with the Tiger version. In the older version (different compile), it detected 'em no problem (did I mention wondrous shiny?), but not the compiled-for-Tiger version¹. I could fight with it, I could hint at my flist that I'd like answers, or I could just drop back to the slightly older version that did the subtitles just fine, thankyouverymuch. ^_^

I may not be the most computer savvy, but I can usually find a way around the problem. *preens*

¹Sure, yes, I know how to tell mplayer what subtitle file it should use, but I got spoiled by the auto-detect.

Comments

[scruloose.livejournal.com]

I think it might be as easy as ticking a config option for "autodetect subtitles"... not completely sure, though. And yeah, mplayer's definitely pretty shiny.

[ginny-t.livejournal.com]

There isn't such an option and on the Little Computer that Could, it just automatically happened. The site says to drag the subtitle file on top of the movie file in the playlist, but that does nothing. I do know how to open the dialogue and specify the subtitle file, but I got spoiled.

Of course you would think mplayer is shiny - you're the one who got me hooked, after all.