[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Remove font attributes from subtitles

[Guillaume POIRIER]

Hi,

On 9/20/05, Ergzay <ergzay at everyoneproductions.com> wrote:
> I'm new to this list so I only saw this message by this reply.

No need to tell it, we would have guessed it anyhow. Please do not
top-post, that is, write your answer BEFORE the mail you reply to. If
you need more arguments to convince you, google a bit about "top
posting".


> I would
> LOVE to have full subtitle rendering including support of the formats
> in ASS/SSA subtitles. I actually just asked this in mplayer-users. So,
> if anyone is willing to start work on this I can supply some documents
> on the format of ASS and SSA subtitles.

The main problem is that AFAIK, the OSD layer is too limited to do
more fancy things than what it currently does. That's a pitty, but
that's the way it is unless someone goes ahead and re-writes it.

In the meantime, maybe patches such as Roberts could be a bandaid to
make do, but...


> On mac os x there is ABSOLUTELY
> no way to get the full features of the ASS/SSA subtitle files into the
> video by burning them in or whatever. You have to use a windows
> computer to burn them if you want them in a video with full features.
> This would also increase the popularity of Mplayer/Mencoder among the
> anime fansubbing community as almost any mkv files have soft subs in
> ASS format.

Do you know if VLC supports them maybe?

Guillaume

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