Index: cfg-common.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/cfg-common.h,v
retrieving revision 1.70
diff -u -b -r1.70 cfg-common.h
--- cfg-common.h	23 Dec 2002 00:33:05 -0000	1.70
+++ cfg-common.h	27 Dec 2002 17:36:32 -0000
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@
 	// enable Closed Captioning display
 	{"subcc", &subcc_enabled, CONF_TYPE_FLAG, 0, 0, 1, NULL},
 	{"nooverlapsub", &suboverlap_enabled, CONF_TYPE_FLAG, 0, 0, 0, NULL},
+	{"sub-bkg-color", &sub_bkg_color, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, 0, 255, NULL},
+	{"sub-bkg-alpha", &sub_bkg_alpha, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, 0, 255, NULL},
 #endif
 #ifdef USE_OSD
 	{"font", &font_name, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, NULL},
Index: DOCS/mplayer.1
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/mplayer.1,v
retrieving revision 1.287
diff -u -b -r1.287 mplayer.1
--- DOCS/mplayer.1	26 Dec 2002 12:48:36 -0000	1.287
+++ DOCS/mplayer.1	27 Dec 2002 17:36:33 -0000
@@ -824,6 +824,16 @@
 .B \-sub <subtitle\ file>
 Use/\:display this subtitle file.
 .TP
+.B \-sub-bkg-alpha <0-255>
+Specify the alpha channel value for subtitles and OSD backgrounds.
+Big values means more transparent. The 0 value is an exception and means
+completly transparent.
+.TP
+.B \-sub-bkg-color <0-255>
+Specify the color value for subtitles and OSD backgrounds.
+Currently subtitles are grayscale so this value is equivalente to the
+intensity of the color. The 255 value means white and 0 black.
+.TP
 .B \-subcc \ 
 Display DVD Closed Caption (CC) subtitles.
 These are NOT the VOB subtitles, these are special ASCII subtitles for the
Index: libvo/sub.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/libvo/sub.c,v
retrieving revision 1.62
diff -u -b -r1.62 sub.c
--- libvo/sub.c	27 Dec 2002 17:28:35 -0000	1.62
+++ libvo/sub.c	27 Dec 2002 17:36:33 -0000
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 int sub_pos=100;
 int sub_alignment=0; /* 0=top, 1=center, 2=bottom */
 int sub_visibility=1;
+int sub_bkg_color=0; /* subtitles background color */
+int sub_bkg_alpha=0;
 
 // return the real height of a char:
 static inline int get_height(int c,int h){
@@ -96,8 +98,8 @@
 	obj->bitmap_buffer = (unsigned char *)memalign(16, len);
 	obj->alpha_buffer = (unsigned char *)memalign(16, len);
     }
-    memset(obj->bitmap_buffer, 0, len);
-    memset(obj->alpha_buffer, 0, len);
+    memset(obj->bitmap_buffer, sub_bkg_color, len);
+    memset(obj->alpha_buffer, sub_bkg_alpha, len);
 }
 
 // renders the buffer
Index: libvo/sub.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/libvo/sub.h,v
retrieving revision 1.23
diff -u -b -r1.23 sub.h
--- libvo/sub.h	23 Dec 2002 01:37:43 -0000	1.23
+++ libvo/sub.h	27 Dec 2002 17:36:33 -0000
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@
 extern int sub_alignment;
 extern int sub_visibility;
 extern int suboverlap_enabled;
+extern int sub_bkg_color; /* subtitles background color */
+extern int sub_bkg_alpha;
 
 //extern void vo_draw_text_osd(int dxs,int dys,void (*draw_alpha)(int x0,int y0, int w,int h, unsigned char* src, unsigned char *srca, int stride));
 //extern void vo_draw_text_progbar(int dxs,int dys,void (*draw_alpha)(int x0,int y0, int w,int h, unsigned char* src, unsigned char *srca, int stride));