Unable to play with VLC

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This is a known limitation of VLC, and it is unrelated to colour
subtitles. Any external subtitles file can cause the problem. If you
are wedded to .ts files for some reason, try another media player.

On 3 April 2018 at 04:15, Paul Thornett <pthornett at gmail.com> wrote:
> Problem solved! VLC can't cope with subtitle files containing colour
> directives. I've only recently started requesting subtitles (in fact,
> when v3.13 came out).
> Regards,
>
> Paul Thornett
>
>
> On 3 April 2018 at 11:44, Paul Thornett <pthornett at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Running on Windows 7, I use these options when using get_iplayer:
>>    tvmode=hlshd
>>    raw=1
>>    subtitles=1
>>
>> With GIP 3.13 I am unable to use VLC to play any downloaded .ts file!
>> They all load and play fine using VideoRedo TVSuite 5.3.83.763. But
>> attempting to play them with VLC results in the progress bar at the
>> bottom of the screen flashing yellow while sweeping back and forth
>> across the entire progress bar, with CPU usage ranging from 1% to 25%.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Paul Thornett
>
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