[MPlayer-users] Color of subtitles changed after streamdump

[Andreas Lange]

Stefan Baehre wrote:

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>I experienced a strange effect with subtitles when watching
>Episode I.
>
>When playing subtitles directly from DVD, they are white
>and with good contrast. After I dumped the whole stream to
>harddisc and playing it from there in the same way, they
>turned dark and nearly unreadable.
>
>I tried the '-ffactor' option without any success. The
>option doesn't change anything.
>
>It was the first time I used subtitles, so I don't know if
>this does happen with all discs.
>
>Maybe anyone can give me a hint?
>
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Hi,
the colors of the subtitles are defined in the ifo-file
on the dvd. When you play the dumped stream
you don't have that information any more.
afaik the -ffactor only affects subtitles displayed
from text-based formats like Subrip etc.

Regards,
Andreas Lange