[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: Request for patch test (forced subtitles)

D Richard Felker III dalias at aerifal.cx
Wed Sep 10 16:49:09 CEST 2003


On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 09:05:12AM +0200, Alban Bedel wrote:
> Hi Arne Driescher,
> 
> on Tue, 9 Sep 2003 18:18:59 +0200 you wrote:
> > I cannot fully test the patch because I don't have a DVD that
> > has such subtitles. So, if anybody with a LotR Part II or
> > Mummy DVD can step in here this would be a great help.
> > (Or perhaps a list of DVDs that have forced subtitles
> >  so that I know what to rent for testing this stuff.)
> You may wanth to try Traffic. Half the movie is in spanish
> so i suppose it use forced sub for these parts.

That's a good example of why it should be disabled by default and
controlled from the command line. Many English speakers also
understand Spanish, at least in the US. Certainly more than understand
Elvish... :)

Rich



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