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

[Alban Bedel]

Hi D Richard Felker III,

on Wed, 10 Sep 2003 10:49:09 -0400 you wrote:

> 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... :)
I get your point. But imho ppl who really understand more than one
language are a minority. It's sad but i think it's so.
Take the case of Joe user (wich speak only lang xx) who watch a dvd wich
use forced subs. He start watching and after 1H there is 5 min wich he
can't undestand. So what does he think ? MPlayer suck.
imvho for dvd playback we should stay close to the way standalone
player work. And advanced users like you won't have any problem to
add one more option to their config file.
	Albeu
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