Issue with displaying multiple subtitles at the same time

[Phoenomenal]

Hello,

I noticed problem/bug in extension: unfortunately does not properly display subtitles that normally present text at the top side of the screen and text at the bottom side of the screen at the same time. This is more common in anime (for example, there is a conversation in the background or an inscription pops up and at the same time another conversation or thoughts of the character on the plan or notes appear. There is an example in the attachment) but in Movie-Subtitles this does not happen and the text lines kinda interrupts each other (i mean 2-nd line will appear for a second and then other line replace it but they need to be at the same time) I think it will be possible to fix it, because in another chrome extension (+ sub) text appears one above the other in such places (i mean not exactly in upper and lower half of the screen like in example but one line appear above another). Example how it looks on +sub extension also in attachment https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fMpDq6bB7LwKOkGegLAV2zMmBSsQ_lp0/view?usp=sharing - if interesting this is srt sub file for this video. Very easy to test because there are a few lines like this during first 30-40 seconds of video so you could easly test it on any video and you see what i mean when those lines begin interrupt each other instead of showing at the same time. Could you please look at that and fix if possible. Thanks in advance!

[gignupg]

That's a really good find! I wasn't aware of this. Also, thx for creating a separate issue for this!

I've created a small sample text file containing the first 50 seconds of My Teenage RomCom SNAFU TOO. Could you take a look at it to make sure everything is correct? I've highlighted the main text in green and the background text in orange. Let me know if it's correct!

Do you have more subtitle files with overlapping text? Do they all use curly braces to indicate background text? Feel free to send me some more subtitles especially if they use different formatting to indicate background text!

[gignupg]

Here the sample: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r40WnIsYvW9AQX2XEJDJ0LwrEGdRF_SrX05phim3Gi0/edit?usp=sharing

[Phoenomenal]

Here the sample: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r40WnIsYvW9AQX2XEJDJ0LwrEGdRF_SrX05phim3Gi0/edit?usp=sharing

Yes, thats right.

i think it would be a good idea to test with +Sub extension in the same time. I id it with both My Teenage RomCom and Saiki Kusou (link below) and it makes good comparison and make it easier to notice the lines which wont appear correctly - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/%20sub/lpobdmdfgjokempajoobgfdnhjbjlnpm That extension display multiple lines above each other, would be great if movie subtitles could do the same.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nGeqINlV5yrq0DxzJDPmsi7gKai9lpIx/view?usp=sharing - this subs from 1 min 40 to 6 min have many lines appearing on the same time. And from 5 min to 6 min also. I remember this whole series (The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.) being very dialogue heavy with lines appearing simultaneously + onscreen notifications (kitchen, hospital etc). So this one is good for testing. Sime lines i noticed dont even appear at all on. when there are 2-3 different lines should appear at the same time.

also the same file but ass format before i converted to srt. In text editor in shows near lines : Main 2, Main 2 ita, onscreen i see main 2 and main 2 ita often overlaping each other. Link to ass file : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vCjZD2AkyCbXlGT9CWqI3umynfpZy6Bz/view?usp=sharing

[gignupg]

Cool thx! I'll use those two files for testing! I might be able to release a new version on the weekend, fingers crossed xD

[Phoenomenal]

Great news. I also checked links right now and it seems i accidently put wrong link where is suposed to be srt file i was testing . This one i was testing its an srt for The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. 1 ep. : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nGeqINlV5yrq0DxzJDPmsi7gKai9lpIx/view?usp=sharing

[gignupg]

Great! Btw, is .ass a common subtitle format, or is it something old that nobody uses anymore nowadays?

[Phoenomenal]

I believe that .ass is a pretty common format, very often I download subtitles in this format. Fansub groups upload in .ass or in .srt most of the time I say 3 most popular right now is SubRip (.srt) , Advanced Sub Station Alpha (.ass) and WebVTT (.vtt)

[gignupg]

Interesting! When downloading subtitles for feature films on opensubtitles.org they're mostly .srt

[Phoenomenal]

opensubtitles.org have most if not all releases in .srt
I say for movies and tv series .srt is a king. For animation .ass is pretty popular because it allows for advanced typesetting.
Good short example (look also for different colors on second lines appearing on the top of the screen 42- 50 seconds) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_c-eKTisI0 SubRip probably cant do that.

[gignupg]

Yeah, that makes a lot of sense! I agree, .srt is not designed for displaying two subtitles at the same time. Also, Movie Subtitles is not designed for this. I've had a brief look at my code this morning and I realized that the whole system is relying on the fact that there is only one subtitle at a time. Skipping between dialogues, skipping silence, calculating the silence, etc. all rely on reading one subtitle at a time. I don't know if you've noticed but in Movie Subtitles dialogues never get removed. Instead, they get replaced by the next dialogue. If the next dialogue is more than 5 seconds away the silence indicator is shown. I would have to rebuild the whole underlying system to accommodate for displaying multiple subtitles simultaneously. So, unfortunately, way too much work for me at the moment ;(

[Phoenomenal]

Understand. Thanks for the info. Will be using your extension for movies and tv series while for anime will be using other extensions (+sub or easysubs particularly) which which can display two or more subtitles at the same time.

Thank you again and good day!