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Which media players support mkv captions? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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I recently pirated the Superman 2025 movie as a .mkv which loads captions perfectly fine on GNOME Video Player but my friend couldn't get captions working using VLC on Mac.

Which easy to use media players can I recommend to my friends on Windows and Mac to ensure mkv captions work out of the box for them?

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[–] 45 points 6 months ago

VLC isn't lacking support for this. Are you sure your friend knows how to turn on subtitles?

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    [–] 26 points 6 months ago

    MPV is pretty much a gold standard for video players, it's a bit more keyboard focused, but basic functionality is fully accessible through the GUI.

    But I don't think VLC should struggle with embedded subtitles. Maybe you can feed your video file to ffprobe and share the output for a bit of troubleshooting?

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    [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    I had some issues with mkv files on VLC a few weeks back (same files worked fine in Haruna), but they seem to be working ok for me now.

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    [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Weird. VLC subtitles on mkv files work for me under Linux. I'd recommend troubleshooting VLC instead of searching for a different program

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