[MPlayer-dev-eng] Custom subtitle output

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 10:09:37AM +0200, Gast wrote:
> Gast schrieb:
> > Reimar Döffinger schrieb:
> >> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 06:36:03AM +0200, Gast wrote:
> >>> I would like to ask if it is possible to show the subtitles
> >>> on stdout instead drawing them on the OSD. I'd like to
> >>> use an external liquid crystal display (LCD) to display
> >>> my subtitles (of course using a file descriptor or direct
> >>> access to serial port), but the current vo_* seems not
> >>> to be the right place to do subtitle processing for me.
> >>
> >> For text subtitles: look at mplayer.c:set_osd_subtitle.
> >> For bitmap subtitles and pre-rendered text: any video filter
> >> can intercept them, like vf_expand does (or vf_ass for the
> >> ass subs).
> > 
> > Thank you very much. I'll just get the latest snapshot of
> > mplayer and try it out. Seems like there is no set_osd_subtitle()
> > in the mplayer shipped with Ubuntu 8.04.
> 
> Got the latest snapshot of mplayer. It seems like set_osd_subtitle()
> is not called for rendering the text if using vo_x11, vo_xv or vo_sdl.

Ups. Yes, I forgot something. It will only work for embedded subs
currently.