playing VOB files with subtitles

[luddie]

Hi,
I'm thinking about buying Mezzmo, but before I do that I want to solve ths issue I'm having.
I have a Panasonic Viera plasma, and I can play divx files with srt subtitles using mezzmo, without problems.
However, I have two problems with VOB files:
- I can play the individual VOB files on the television, but not the entire movie at once
- I can't see or choose the subtitles
Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks,
L

[Paul]

- I can play the individual VOB files on the television, but not the entire movie at once

The current version of Mezzmo will play only individual VOB files - it does not concatenate VOB files. We are planning better VOB support in a future version.

- I can't see or choose the subtitles

Most models of Panasonic Viera TVs will only display external subtitles streamed via DLNA when the accompanying video file is a DivX file.

[luddie]

Does this mean that my only option would be to convert it to divx with embedded subtitles?

[Paul]

Does this mean that my only option would be to convert it to divx with embedded subtitles?

No, you will need create a DivX file and have a .SRT subtitle file alongside it in the same folder with the same name (e.g. inception.avi and inception.srt)

[luddie]

Another question: I have converted it to mkv; which plays well on my Panasonic Viera, I even can choose the subtitles but they are not displayed. I saw in another thread that this will be supported in a next version. Can you tell me when that will be?

[Paul]

Did you create an MKV with embedded subtitles? If your TV supports embedded subtitles in MKVs (and supports MKV natively), then you should have an option to turn the on/off using the Option button on the remote. Do you have that choice? You'll need to use the "Panasonic Viera (2011 models)" device profile.