[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] support for overlapping subtitles

[Dirk]

mplayer.development at graphicscave.com wrote:
>>what are overlapping subtitles?
> 
> 
> subtitles alwais come _after_ eachother.
> logically, subtitle disappears and a new one appears when the next person 
> starts to speak.
> Subtitles may (for example) start at timstamp 01:00:00 and going on till 
> 01:00:05. The next subtitle would start at 01:00:05 or later.
> In "bad" cases the next subtitle would be specified as starting at 01:00:04.
> Now it's unclear which subtitle to display during that overlapping second.
> 

i have problems with overlapping subtitles either.. but my problem is of 
another nature.. it's more like that old subtitles won't disappear and 
get overwritten with every new sutitle..