[MPlayer-dev-eng] [RFC] fixing SUB_SELECT

[D Richard Felker III]

On Sat, Sep 18, 2004 at 07:05:28PM +0200, Moritz Bunkus wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> > 2) We want only one subtitle source at a time.
> 
> That's what I'd prefer. If mplayer had a proper subtitle queue then
> there would (probably) be only one, too.

agree almost entirely, except when making .srt subs it's useful to
also be able to see the vobsubs and make sure they match up (in
content and timing).

> > Then sub_select would increment the sub source id, check indices array
> > to decide where the new subtitles should come from, then enable them,
> > very similar to the SUB_SELECT block in CVS right now.  The difference
> > is just that this would use a numbering system that encompasses all
> > of the different formats.
> 
> Sounds fine to me. SUB_SELECT should just switch through all available
> subs wherever they come from, so I agree with what you're proposing. I
> think the order is more or less important:
> 
> 1) The subs chosen with -sub or -vobsub,
> 2) The subs from the container,
> 3) The subs found automatically by trying different extensions.
> 
> But maybe that's just me ;)

agree strongly with this order. anything specified by the user should
take priority, and auto-detected crap should always come last.

rich