Add caption/subtitle support

[seanthegeek]

Add caption and subtitle support to recording playback.

[dmfrey]

We can only implement what the mythtv services a pi allows us. I am not
aware of this capability with the current version of the api. If/when the
backend adds support for it, so will we.

I will mark this as an enhancement for the time being.
On Mar 15, 2013 4:53 PM, "Sean Whalen" notifications@github.com wrote:

Add caption and subtitle support to recording playback.

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[wrn]

I just want to express my great appreciation if this feature can be added. I am not sure how things work under the hood. But it seems to be there are two possibilities:

1. If the backend simply pushing the recording file (without any modification) through the network, then we have two options:
   1. find an external player that can recognize and render the embedded CC information in the stream.
   2. maybe there are some players that can be configured to accept subtitles in a standard format through some standard interface (pipe etc). The frontend then can decode the embedded CC information and feed that information to the player.
2. If bullet 1 is not the actual case, maybe the backend can repackage the stream into some standard well recognized format (something like MKV, maybe), and the CC information then can be easily available to almost all external players. This is beyond the frontend work, but maybe this android frontend developer team (do we have a team?) can voice this need and influence the backend development into this direction.

Thanks a lot for this great work! I have been using mythtv for almost 10 years, and I am still sticking to it because of you and other great guys.