[MPlayer-users] Newish Vobsub bug

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 04:55:09PM -0400, Rashkae wrote:
> Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> >On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 03:21:32PM -0400, Rashkae wrote:
> >>When playing a .vob file without proper .idx file with Mplayer, the
> >>subs are displayed way too high.  This is the same as you would see
> >>if playing using an idx file with an incorrect (or missing) vertical
> >>size.  (The only value I've ever seen display subs correctly is
> >>size: 720x480 in the idx file.  The horizontal size doesn't appear
> >>to have much, if any effect, but any value other than 480 causes to
> >>the subs to display halfway up the screen)
> >
> >Huh? Are you using the vobsubs from a DVD with a HD video?
> >That can't work, because
> 
> No, I just have a large number of vob files ripped from DVD's,
> without the rest of the files that would make them work.  Most Linux
> players handle them just fine.  and Mencoder can even extract near
> perfect subs with vobsubout (but then, I have to add a palette for
> MPlayer, otherwise Mplayer doesn't try to do the black/white thing.)
> I've been in the process re encoding these and remuxing into mkv,
> which has been working fine, but noticed with a new svn snapshot of
> mplayer that now they don't display correctly if I just play the vob

How much is it wrong?
Note if no size is given, MPlayer usually defaults to assuming PAL
resolution, could that be the issue?
I should be using NTSC resolution if the video height is 480 or 240
though.
Samples and/or screenshots might help.