i installed via the raspibian repos and was having this issue too. i was unable to play ass or srt subs (embedded or otherwise)
i found this today
https://github.com/xbianonpi/xbian/issues/722 it outlines a solution
in the media fire link posted in the thread
http://[http://www.mediafire.com/downloa...0.1.tar.xz extracted and installed
Code:
libass4_0.10.1-1_armhf.deb
via ssh terminal (kodi is installed to a distro called volumio)
then for good measure i restarted (i dont know it was needed by hey only tkes a few minutes)
the following works for kodi 15.2
im running a raspberry pi 2 with the volumio distro
kodi was installed from the repos
a basic walkthrough (based on windows and a headless debian)
software im using for ssh/tftp is bitvise ssh
download the
dropbox file in the thread
first extract the file called
Code:
libass4_0.10.1-1_armhf.deb
log in to your pi and start a tftp session
drop the file to the pi (i used /mnt/USB yours may be different)
when the upload finishes close out of the sftp window
launch a new terminal console
type the following commands (one command per line)
Code:
sudo dpkg -i /path/to/deb/file
sudo apt-get install -f
reboot
once kodi comes back up try and play a file with ass or srt subs
also dont thank me i only wrote this brief tutorial
thank mkreisl on github
https://github.com/xbianonpi/xbian/issues/722