How to compile/install mplayer on MacOS with subtitle support?












2















This is a followup question to this question:



In order to play video files with a sub title file on MacOS 10.13.6: How to install mplayer so that I am able to use subtitles (when using the command-line version of mplayer?



Addendum



I followed the suggestion made in the other post:



brew uninstall mplayer
brew reinstall freetype
brew reinstall fontconfig
brew install --build-from-source mplayer


The last command provoked an error:



Error: Xcode alone is not sufficient on High Sierra.
Install the Command Line Tools:
xcode-select --install


and so I did install the Command Line Tools. Then I repeated the mplayer install command. It was installed with the following configure line:



./configure --cc=clang --host-cc=clang --disable-cdparanoia --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/mplayer/1.3.0 --disable-x11


and then running the command as follows



mplayer  testvideo.mkv  -sub SubTest.srt


with the content of SubTest.srt as follows:



1
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000
<font face="Arial" size="50" color="#425aa0"><b>TEST TEXT</b></font>


does NOT show any subtitle, nor any error.



The output of brew info mplayeris:



mplayer: stable 1.3.0 (bottled), HEAD
UNIX movie player
https://mplayerhq.hu/
/usr/local/Cellar/mplayer/1.3.0 (11 files, 28.8MB) *
Built from source on 2019-01-11 at 07:40:20
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/mplayer.rb
==> Dependencies
Build: yasm ✔
Optional: libcaca ✘, libdvdnav ✘, libdvdread ✘
==> Options
--with-libcaca
Build with libcaca support
--with-libdvdnav
Build with libdvdnav support
--with-libdvdread
Build with libdvdread support
--HEAD
Install HEAD version
==> Analytics
install: 1,198 (30 days), 3,569 (90 days), 15,129 (365 days)
install_on_request: 1,140 (30 days), 3,408 (90 days), 14,307 (365 days)
build_error: 0 (30 days)


What else can I try? I rather would not like to install and use a virtual box ...










share|improve this question

























  • How is the answer in the linked question not working for you?

    – DavidPostill
    Jan 7 at 21:15











  • No. I tried that but still mplayer cannot show subtitles

    – Alex
    Jan 8 at 7:09











  • What font do you have selected in Preferences? Did you try different fonts / styles? If you press O a couple of times, does the time code get displayed or do you only see the play symbol?

    – harrymc
    Jan 10 at 10:43











  • @harrymc I am not sure what you mean. How to select a font in 'Preferences'? Wher/How to do that? Also, when I press O many times during the play, nothing special happens. When playing a video with mplayer I do not see a play-symbol. Note: I am using the command -line version of the command...

    – Alex
    Jan 10 at 11:06











  • I think it should related with the srt syntax, have you try yo simplify the text by removing the tags and see what is appen?

    – AtomiX84
    Jan 15 at 8:33
















2















This is a followup question to this question:



In order to play video files with a sub title file on MacOS 10.13.6: How to install mplayer so that I am able to use subtitles (when using the command-line version of mplayer?



Addendum



I followed the suggestion made in the other post:



brew uninstall mplayer
brew reinstall freetype
brew reinstall fontconfig
brew install --build-from-source mplayer


The last command provoked an error:



Error: Xcode alone is not sufficient on High Sierra.
Install the Command Line Tools:
xcode-select --install


and so I did install the Command Line Tools. Then I repeated the mplayer install command. It was installed with the following configure line:



./configure --cc=clang --host-cc=clang --disable-cdparanoia --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/mplayer/1.3.0 --disable-x11


and then running the command as follows



mplayer  testvideo.mkv  -sub SubTest.srt


with the content of SubTest.srt as follows:



1
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000
<font face="Arial" size="50" color="#425aa0"><b>TEST TEXT</b></font>


does NOT show any subtitle, nor any error.



The output of brew info mplayeris:



mplayer: stable 1.3.0 (bottled), HEAD
UNIX movie player
https://mplayerhq.hu/
/usr/local/Cellar/mplayer/1.3.0 (11 files, 28.8MB) *
Built from source on 2019-01-11 at 07:40:20
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/mplayer.rb
==> Dependencies
Build: yasm ✔
Optional: libcaca ✘, libdvdnav ✘, libdvdread ✘
==> Options
--with-libcaca
Build with libcaca support
--with-libdvdnav
Build with libdvdnav support
--with-libdvdread
Build with libdvdread support
--HEAD
Install HEAD version
==> Analytics
install: 1,198 (30 days), 3,569 (90 days), 15,129 (365 days)
install_on_request: 1,140 (30 days), 3,408 (90 days), 14,307 (365 days)
build_error: 0 (30 days)


What else can I try? I rather would not like to install and use a virtual box ...










share|improve this question

























  • How is the answer in the linked question not working for you?

    – DavidPostill
    Jan 7 at 21:15











  • No. I tried that but still mplayer cannot show subtitles

    – Alex
    Jan 8 at 7:09











  • What font do you have selected in Preferences? Did you try different fonts / styles? If you press O a couple of times, does the time code get displayed or do you only see the play symbol?

    – harrymc
    Jan 10 at 10:43











  • @harrymc I am not sure what you mean. How to select a font in 'Preferences'? Wher/How to do that? Also, when I press O many times during the play, nothing special happens. When playing a video with mplayer I do not see a play-symbol. Note: I am using the command -line version of the command...

    – Alex
    Jan 10 at 11:06











  • I think it should related with the srt syntax, have you try yo simplify the text by removing the tags and see what is appen?

    – AtomiX84
    Jan 15 at 8:33














2












2








2


0






This is a followup question to this question:



In order to play video files with a sub title file on MacOS 10.13.6: How to install mplayer so that I am able to use subtitles (when using the command-line version of mplayer?



Addendum



I followed the suggestion made in the other post:



brew uninstall mplayer
brew reinstall freetype
brew reinstall fontconfig
brew install --build-from-source mplayer


The last command provoked an error:



Error: Xcode alone is not sufficient on High Sierra.
Install the Command Line Tools:
xcode-select --install


and so I did install the Command Line Tools. Then I repeated the mplayer install command. It was installed with the following configure line:



./configure --cc=clang --host-cc=clang --disable-cdparanoia --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/mplayer/1.3.0 --disable-x11


and then running the command as follows



mplayer  testvideo.mkv  -sub SubTest.srt


with the content of SubTest.srt as follows:



1
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000
<font face="Arial" size="50" color="#425aa0"><b>TEST TEXT</b></font>


does NOT show any subtitle, nor any error.



The output of brew info mplayeris:



mplayer: stable 1.3.0 (bottled), HEAD
UNIX movie player
https://mplayerhq.hu/
/usr/local/Cellar/mplayer/1.3.0 (11 files, 28.8MB) *
Built from source on 2019-01-11 at 07:40:20
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/mplayer.rb
==> Dependencies
Build: yasm ✔
Optional: libcaca ✘, libdvdnav ✘, libdvdread ✘
==> Options
--with-libcaca
Build with libcaca support
--with-libdvdnav
Build with libdvdnav support
--with-libdvdread
Build with libdvdread support
--HEAD
Install HEAD version
==> Analytics
install: 1,198 (30 days), 3,569 (90 days), 15,129 (365 days)
install_on_request: 1,140 (30 days), 3,408 (90 days), 14,307 (365 days)
build_error: 0 (30 days)


What else can I try? I rather would not like to install and use a virtual box ...










share|improve this question
















This is a followup question to this question:



In order to play video files with a sub title file on MacOS 10.13.6: How to install mplayer so that I am able to use subtitles (when using the command-line version of mplayer?



Addendum



I followed the suggestion made in the other post:



brew uninstall mplayer
brew reinstall freetype
brew reinstall fontconfig
brew install --build-from-source mplayer


The last command provoked an error:



Error: Xcode alone is not sufficient on High Sierra.
Install the Command Line Tools:
xcode-select --install


and so I did install the Command Line Tools. Then I repeated the mplayer install command. It was installed with the following configure line:



./configure --cc=clang --host-cc=clang --disable-cdparanoia --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/mplayer/1.3.0 --disable-x11


and then running the command as follows



mplayer  testvideo.mkv  -sub SubTest.srt


with the content of SubTest.srt as follows:



1
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000
<font face="Arial" size="50" color="#425aa0"><b>TEST TEXT</b></font>


does NOT show any subtitle, nor any error.



The output of brew info mplayeris:



mplayer: stable 1.3.0 (bottled), HEAD
UNIX movie player
https://mplayerhq.hu/
/usr/local/Cellar/mplayer/1.3.0 (11 files, 28.8MB) *
Built from source on 2019-01-11 at 07:40:20
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/mplayer.rb
==> Dependencies
Build: yasm ✔
Optional: libcaca ✘, libdvdnav ✘, libdvdread ✘
==> Options
--with-libcaca
Build with libcaca support
--with-libdvdnav
Build with libdvdnav support
--with-libdvdread
Build with libdvdread support
--HEAD
Install HEAD version
==> Analytics
install: 1,198 (30 days), 3,569 (90 days), 15,129 (365 days)
install_on_request: 1,140 (30 days), 3,408 (90 days), 14,307 (365 days)
build_error: 0 (30 days)


What else can I try? I rather would not like to install and use a virtual box ...







mac mplayer






share|improve this question















share|improve this question













share|improve this question




share|improve this question








edited Jan 11 at 6:45







Alex

















asked Jan 7 at 17:16









AlexAlex

5331536




5331536













  • How is the answer in the linked question not working for you?

    – DavidPostill
    Jan 7 at 21:15











  • No. I tried that but still mplayer cannot show subtitles

    – Alex
    Jan 8 at 7:09











  • What font do you have selected in Preferences? Did you try different fonts / styles? If you press O a couple of times, does the time code get displayed or do you only see the play symbol?

    – harrymc
    Jan 10 at 10:43











  • @harrymc I am not sure what you mean. How to select a font in 'Preferences'? Wher/How to do that? Also, when I press O many times during the play, nothing special happens. When playing a video with mplayer I do not see a play-symbol. Note: I am using the command -line version of the command...

    – Alex
    Jan 10 at 11:06











  • I think it should related with the srt syntax, have you try yo simplify the text by removing the tags and see what is appen?

    – AtomiX84
    Jan 15 at 8:33



















  • How is the answer in the linked question not working for you?

    – DavidPostill
    Jan 7 at 21:15











  • No. I tried that but still mplayer cannot show subtitles

    – Alex
    Jan 8 at 7:09











  • What font do you have selected in Preferences? Did you try different fonts / styles? If you press O a couple of times, does the time code get displayed or do you only see the play symbol?

    – harrymc
    Jan 10 at 10:43











  • @harrymc I am not sure what you mean. How to select a font in 'Preferences'? Wher/How to do that? Also, when I press O many times during the play, nothing special happens. When playing a video with mplayer I do not see a play-symbol. Note: I am using the command -line version of the command...

    – Alex
    Jan 10 at 11:06











  • I think it should related with the srt syntax, have you try yo simplify the text by removing the tags and see what is appen?

    – AtomiX84
    Jan 15 at 8:33

















How is the answer in the linked question not working for you?

– DavidPostill
Jan 7 at 21:15





How is the answer in the linked question not working for you?

– DavidPostill
Jan 7 at 21:15













No. I tried that but still mplayer cannot show subtitles

– Alex
Jan 8 at 7:09





No. I tried that but still mplayer cannot show subtitles

– Alex
Jan 8 at 7:09













What font do you have selected in Preferences? Did you try different fonts / styles? If you press O a couple of times, does the time code get displayed or do you only see the play symbol?

– harrymc
Jan 10 at 10:43





What font do you have selected in Preferences? Did you try different fonts / styles? If you press O a couple of times, does the time code get displayed or do you only see the play symbol?

– harrymc
Jan 10 at 10:43













@harrymc I am not sure what you mean. How to select a font in 'Preferences'? Wher/How to do that? Also, when I press O many times during the play, nothing special happens. When playing a video with mplayer I do not see a play-symbol. Note: I am using the command -line version of the command...

– Alex
Jan 10 at 11:06





@harrymc I am not sure what you mean. How to select a font in 'Preferences'? Wher/How to do that? Also, when I press O many times during the play, nothing special happens. When playing a video with mplayer I do not see a play-symbol. Note: I am using the command -line version of the command...

– Alex
Jan 10 at 11:06













I think it should related with the srt syntax, have you try yo simplify the text by removing the tags and see what is appen?

– AtomiX84
Jan 15 at 8:33





I think it should related with the srt syntax, have you try yo simplify the text by removing the tags and see what is appen?

– AtomiX84
Jan 15 at 8:33










1 Answer
1






active

oldest

votes


















0














Here is a procedure that somewhat worked:




  1. Install mpv with brew. With that tool it is possible to watch videos with subtitles.

  2. However, that installation broke mplayer and avconv.

  3. Uninstall mplayer and avconv

  4. Reinstall mplayer and avconv






share|improve this answer























    Your Answer








    StackExchange.ready(function() {
    var channelOptions = {
    tags: "".split(" "),
    id: "3"
    };
    initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

    StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
    // Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
    if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
    StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
    createEditor();
    });
    }
    else {
    createEditor();
    }
    });

    function createEditor() {
    StackExchange.prepareEditor({
    heartbeatType: 'answer',
    autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
    convertImagesToLinks: true,
    noModals: true,
    showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
    reputationToPostImages: 10,
    bindNavPrevention: true,
    postfix: "",
    imageUploader: {
    brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
    contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
    allowUrls: true
    },
    onDemand: true,
    discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
    ,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
    });


    }
    });














    draft saved

    draft discarded


















    StackExchange.ready(
    function () {
    StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fsuperuser.com%2fquestions%2f1391564%2fhow-to-compile-install-mplayer-on-macos-with-subtitle-support%23new-answer', 'question_page');
    }
    );

    Post as a guest















    Required, but never shown

























    1 Answer
    1






    active

    oldest

    votes








    1 Answer
    1






    active

    oldest

    votes









    active

    oldest

    votes






    active

    oldest

    votes









    0














    Here is a procedure that somewhat worked:




    1. Install mpv with brew. With that tool it is possible to watch videos with subtitles.

    2. However, that installation broke mplayer and avconv.

    3. Uninstall mplayer and avconv

    4. Reinstall mplayer and avconv






    share|improve this answer




























      0














      Here is a procedure that somewhat worked:




      1. Install mpv with brew. With that tool it is possible to watch videos with subtitles.

      2. However, that installation broke mplayer and avconv.

      3. Uninstall mplayer and avconv

      4. Reinstall mplayer and avconv






      share|improve this answer


























        0












        0








        0







        Here is a procedure that somewhat worked:




        1. Install mpv with brew. With that tool it is possible to watch videos with subtitles.

        2. However, that installation broke mplayer and avconv.

        3. Uninstall mplayer and avconv

        4. Reinstall mplayer and avconv






        share|improve this answer













        Here is a procedure that somewhat worked:




        1. Install mpv with brew. With that tool it is possible to watch videos with subtitles.

        2. However, that installation broke mplayer and avconv.

        3. Uninstall mplayer and avconv

        4. Reinstall mplayer and avconv







        share|improve this answer












        share|improve this answer



        share|improve this answer










        answered Jan 18 at 6:51









        AlexAlex

        5331536




        5331536






























            draft saved

            draft discarded




















































            Thanks for contributing an answer to Super User!


            • Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!

            But avoid



            • Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.

            • Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.


            To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.




            draft saved


            draft discarded














            StackExchange.ready(
            function () {
            StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fsuperuser.com%2fquestions%2f1391564%2fhow-to-compile-install-mplayer-on-macos-with-subtitle-support%23new-answer', 'question_page');
            }
            );

            Post as a guest















            Required, but never shown





















































            Required, but never shown














            Required, but never shown












            Required, but never shown







            Required, but never shown

































            Required, but never shown














            Required, but never shown












            Required, but never shown







            Required, but never shown







            Popular posts from this blog

            Aardman Animations

            Are they similar matrix

            “minimization” problem in Euclidean space related to orthonormal basis