Re: [Bino-list] SubTitles?

[Martin Lambers]

On 05/04/11 21:36, Martin Lambers wrote:
>> In summary, the current state of subtitle support is:
>> - Subtitles in plain text and SSA/ASS format can be decoded and rendered
>> (via libass) with support for alpha blending.
>> - Subtitles in bitmap format (mostly DVD subtitles) currently only
>> decode to the string '???'. Proper support will be added later.
>> - Subtitle selection is currently only possible via the command line,
>> but code for GUI selection and keyboard shortcuts is available in your
>> repository and will be merged soon.
>> - Subtitle parameters cannot yet be set. The most important parameter is
>> probably the subtitle depth for 3D video. Other parameters seem less
>> important because they can be easily adjusted in the subtitle file.
> 
> Another update: I made a lot of fixes and improvements to the subtitle
> rendering code. Subtitles are now always rendered in video display
> resolution, not in video frame resolution. This avoids ugly resizing of
> alpha-blended text, which was especially noticeable with videos in
> left-right-half or similar stereo layouts. You can now resize your video
> window as you like and always get the highest possible subtitle quality.
> Also, several bugs were fixed, including overflow bugs that messed up
> the color and alpha values.

Update: bitmap subtitles work, subtitle selection and subtitle parameter
settings are merged from Joe's patch, and subtitles in Equalizer output
are now supported. In other words, subtitle support is now pretty much
complete. Please test :)

Martin