PBS Shows won't remux the subtitles (You Tube DL)

[TomdeOldMan]

This subtitles being recognized, but not being remuxed into the show continues to be a problem with PBS shows in SF 6.1.2.8

Will this be addressed or is it on the back burner like the subtitle problem for Star Trek Strange New Worlds and Hawaii Five-0?.

Same Problem continues with 6129 for both the PBS no remux subtitle operation and the subtitle problem for Paramount+ ST Strange New Worlds and Hawaii Five-O.

[TomdeOldMan]

PBS shows have the subtitles being recognized, and now they are being remuxed. This appears to have been resolved with SF 6130.

I will continue to test other PBS shows to make sure this is finally fixed. If so, hooray!

[TomdeOldMan]

PBS shows have the subtitles being recognized, and now they are being remuxed. This appears to have been resolved with SF 6130.

I will continue to test other PBS shows to make sure this is finally fixed. If so, hooray!

Maybe I wrote too soon. The PBS that remuxed the subtitle was a Antiques Roadshow. I'm having on going problems with Finding Your Roots, mostly because they don't close cleanly. I'm not sure what's going on, but they need to do better.

One of the problems is that the PBS / You Tube DL) doesn't offer an option to add the show to the queue, only cancel or download now. If I go for download now, if there is already a download running (PBS or other), the system will start the new download. Thus, I ended up with three Finding your Roots downloading at the same time. They all hung at the end and when they finally closed, no subtitles were muxed.

I really wish the downloaders would all behave the same or at least provide an "add to queue" option for the pbs.org shows.

[TomdeOldMan]

PBS.org and subtitles -- Aargh! (SF 6130)

Shows inconsistently remux the subtitles. So far, in my testing:

Antiques Roadshow --
S26 E16 Vintage Palm Springs, Hour 1, subtitles not remuxed.
S27 E01 Filoli, Hour 1, remuxed subtitles
S27 E02 Santa Fe’s Museum Hill, Hour 1, remuxed subtitles
S27 E03 Santa Fe’s Museum Hill, Hour 2, subtitles not remuxed
S27 E04 Santa Fe’s Museum Hill, Hour 3, remuxed subtitles
S27 E05 Cheekwood Estate & Gardens, Hour 1, remuxed subtitles

Finding Your Roots --
Season 7 & 9, 12 total episodes tested, Subtitles exist (via Chrome browser), and are displayed as available in SF, but are not remuxed into the shows.

Nature --
S41 E01 Running with the Beest, remuxed subtitles

Nova --
S50 E01 London Super Tunnel, remuxed subtitles

I am continuing to test the PBS.org shows.

I have noted that the downloading that SF displays is inconsistent. While watching the SF activity via Windows 10 task manager, the display does not show Processing when the Task Manager indicates that the show is no longer being downloaded, but processed.

Edit Add: The display "Processed" varies with the show. Sometimes it is there and sometimes it isn't. Another inconsistent display and action.

[Cats4U]

At this point StreamFab is not the right tool to use to download from PBS and hope to get subtitles. May I suggest you purchase either Tubedigger or Internet Download Manager (IDM). Or as has been suggested previously, learn to use yt-dlp or the many GUI programs that use it.

[october262]

PBS.org and subtitles -- Aargh! (SF 6130)

Shows inconsistently remux the subtitles. So far, in my testing:

Antiques Roadshow --
S26 E16 Vintage Palm Springs, Hour 1, subtitles not remuxed.
S27 E01 Filoli, Hour 1, remuxed subtitles
S27 E02 Santa Fe’s Museum Hill, Hour 1, remuxed subtitles
S27 E03 Santa Fe’s Museum Hill, Hour 2, subtitles not remuxed
S27 E04 Santa Fe’s Museum Hill, Hour 3, remuxed subtitles
S27 E05 Cheekwood Estate & Gardens, Hour 1, remuxed subtitles

Finding Your Roots --
Season 7 & 9, 12 total episodes tested, Subtitles exist (via Chrome browser), and are displayed as available in SF, but are not remuxed into the shows.

Nature --
S41 E01 Running with the Beest, remuxed subtitles

Nova --
S50 E01 London Super Tunnel, remuxed subtitles

I am continuing to test the PBS.org shows.

I have noted that the downloading that SF displays is inconsistent. While watching the SF activity via Windows 10 task manager, the display does not show Processing when the Task Manager indicates that the show is no longer being downloaded, but processed.

Edit Add: The display "Processed" varies with the show. Sometimes it is there and sometimes it isn't. Another inconsistent display and action.

just tried Antiques Roadshow --
S26 E16 Vintage Palm Springs, Hour 1
according to mediainfo, the video does have timed text subtitles

[TomdeOldMan]

At this point StreamFab is not the right tool to use to download from PBS and hope to get subtitles. May I suggest you purchase either Tubedigger or Internet Download Manager (IDM). Or as has been suggested previously, learn to use yt-dlp or the many GUI programs that use it.

I appreciate the suggestions, but I plan on continuing to report the problem as it exists. The most interesting thing is that the only consistent failure is Finding Your Roots. The rest capture the subtitles with only a few failures here and there. I'm not even sure that those failures are consistent and may go back and retry those that fail to see if the problem is intermittent or repeated tries will yield success.

[TomdeOldMan]

just tried Antiques Roadshow --
S26 E16 Vintage Palm Springs, Hour 1
according to mediainfo, the video does have timed text subtitles

When I checked it last night, the mediainfo was missing the text section. So, it is inconsistent.

The only one that is not setting the subtitles appears to be Finding Your Roots.

Thanks for the info.

[october262]

When I checked it last night, the mediainfo was missing the text section. So, it is inconsistent.

The only one that is not setting the subtitles appears to be Finding Your Roots.

Thanks for the info.

finding your roots season 7 episode 10 episode has timed text subtitles -

[TomdeOldMan]

finding your roots season 7 episode 10 episode has timed text subtitles -

I can't view the sample text (don't have permission). So far, there are two PBS series that have subtitles, but are not capturing them: Secrets of the Dead (that I have checked so far) and Finding Your Roots. Here is the mediainfo for Season 7, Episode 10. If there are subtitles, they have the ID # 3.

[october262]

it has ID #3 - General
Complete name : C:\Users\POS7\Documents\DVDFab\StreamFab\Output\Yo uTube\Video\Finding Your Roots - Laughing on the Inside.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom (isom/iso2/avc1/mp41)
File size : 449 MiB
Duration : 52 min 11 s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 1 203 kb/s
Frame rate : 29.970 FPS
Movie name : Finding Your Roots - Laughing on the Inside
Description : Henry Louis Gates, Jr. investigates the family history of Roy Wood, Jr. and Lewis Black.
Writing application : Lavf58.76.100
Cover : Yes
Comment : https://www.pbs.org/video/laughing-inside-gble34/
LongDescription : Henry Louis Gates, Jr. investigates the family history of Roy Wood, Jr. and Lewis Black.

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3
Format settings : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames : 4 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=4, N=60
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 52 min 11 s
Source duration : 52 min 11 s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 100 kb/s
Width : 768 pixels
Height : 432 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.111
Stream size : 391 MiB (87%)
Source stream size : 411 MiB (91%)
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
mdhd_Duration : 3131417
Codec configuration box : avcC

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC LC SBR
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity with Spectral Band Replication
Commercial name : HE-AAC
Format settings : Implicit
Codec ID : mp4a-40-2
Duration : 52 min 11 s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 96.0 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 23.438 FPS (2048 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 35.3 MiB (8%)
Language : English
Default : Yes
Alternate group : 1

Text
ID : 3
Format : Timed Text
Muxing mode : sbtl
Codec ID : tx3g
Duration : 52 min 10 s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 110 b/s
Frame rate : 0.690 FPS
Stream size : 42.1 KiB (0%)
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Alternate group : 3
Count of events : 1079

[TomdeOldMan]

Interesting. The difference is that I'm saving in mkv format while you're saving in mpeg format. I'll have to give it a try. and also something for the developers to look at.

Thank you for posting the complete report.

[TomdeOldMan]

Many thanks to october262. Switching to mpg resolved the PBS issue for me, but is disturbing because I use mkv which should be capturing to subtitle track.