[MPlayer-users] Re: mencoder subtitles expand problem

[jsuzuki at free.fr]

Quoting JustFillBug <mozbugbox at yahoo.com.au>:

> On 2005-01-04, jsuzuki at free.fr <jsuzuki at free.fr> wrote:
> >>From a DVD to a divx using the latest mencoder, I achieved placing the
> subtitles
> > in a black region below the picture using the -vf expand and -subalign
> > 2 options.  The only problem is that subtitles "stick": that is the
> > previous subtitle is not erased when the new one comes up, which is
> > especiallay annoying when a 2 line subtitle is followed by a 1 line
> > one.
> >
>
> Yes, I had the same problem. Apparently with -vf expand=xxx:xxx::0
> instead of expand=xxx:xxx:::1 fixed the problem. The setting seems
> against the manpage but what do I know?

Thanks. I will try again tonight and report here if it works.

John