[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: [PATCH] SSA/ASS subtitles support

[Hervé W.]

Hi Rich,

On 05/07/06, Rich Felker <dalias at aerifal.cx> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 06:48:07PM +0800, 陆然 wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Wednesday 05 July 2006 15:54, Evgeniy Stepanov wrote:
> > > Sure. I've attached a small function for converting subdata to ass_track.
> > > This way, every subtitle format supported by subreader can be displayed
> > > with libass. Something like this can be done for mp4 timed text, too.
> >
> > All right. So all I need is to extract all the subtitles in a file and feed
> > them to a ass_read_subdata? That's great.
>
> Arrg, why "in a file"?? Can't you just pass the fonts directly without
> storing them to disk?
>
I don't think that is what 陆然 said. The conversation was about
subtitles embedded in a  container format like MP4. The subtitles are
in a file and need to be separated (extracted) from the audio/video
data, before passing it to ass_read_subdata.

Besides, no patch was sent that created those temp files, so should
you care what others do with MPlayers GPL'd code in the privacy of
their own homes?

-V