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<title> How can I watch files with external AVI subtitles?</title>
<para>
- This is not supported in current xine 1.0.x releases (but it is being
- actively worked on, so please be patient :) ). In xine 0.9.13
- this used to be:
+ In xine 0.9.13 this used to be:
<programlisting>
xine foo.avi%bar.sub
</programlisting>
</para>
+ <para>
+ Latest xine-lib modules (1-beta3 or newer) support external subtitles
+ for any media file, not only AVI. In order to use it you can pass an
+ special MRL construction like:
+
+ <programlisting>
+ xine test.mpg#subtitle:file.sub
+ </programlisting>
+
+ The external subtitles support can also be used by any xine
+ frontend. Currently, just xine-ui implements this feature with a
+ subtitle selection dialog (press control+shift+s to see it).
+ </para>
</sect1>
</chapter>