[MPlayer-users] Some problems with -ass subtitles

[Evgeniy Stepanov]

On Monday 30 October 2006 19:59, Pepe wrote:
> I'm using linux, freetype2-2.1.9-3.
>
> The command line:
> mplayer video.avi -ass -vf scale=1280:-2 -ass-font-scale 1.3 -fontconfig
> -font utopia -vo x11
>
> Other options I have in ~/.mplayer/config:
> spuaa = 4
> font = /home/ricardo/.fonts/arialbd.ttf
> subfont-autoscale = 1
> subfont-text-scale = 5
> subcp = latin1
> ffactor = 1
>
> Screenshot:
> http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/d568a70161.jpg
>
> I used the font utopia, because it happens a lot with that font.
>
> Here is a screenshot with the default font and -ass-font-scale 1.2, there
> are some transparency in the last two words:
> http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/6af6fc4b5e.jpg
>
> > Also, does this effect go away if you change font or movie resolution ?
>
> I think that when the font is smaller it looks better, but the effect
> doesn't go away completly. Utopia has this effect even with a smaller font.
>
> Screenshot with the default font (and -ass-font-scale 1.2) and not scaling
> the movie:
> http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/ea3d83c088.jpg
>
> The same but with the utopia font:
> http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/ddd8562bc0.jpg

Can't reproduce. Utopia is the font from X.Org named UTRG____.pfa ? mplayer -v 
will show the location of the font.

Anyway, try this patch. It should solve the problem, but the outlines become a 
little ugly.
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