[MPlayer-dev-eng] Subtitles

[David Lamparter]

D Richard Felker III wrote:
[snip]
> imo a hack to generate the subtitle images and pipe these things to
> bmovl is a lot harder to write than a proper standalone subtitle
> renderer filter.

Already working at it :). Expect vf_asa & libasa to be done in some 
weeks (goal for 1.0 is full ASS support, no other formats yet. Parser 
and renderer are strictly separated, however, so that adding other 
formats will be pretty easy)

[...]
 > the underlying problem is that mplayer g1 is a pain to code
> for, and writing ugly hacks is usually the only way to get stuff
> done...
> 
Um, yes. To bring it into discussion again: "extern double 
mp_globaltimer;" + some dirty hacks to mplayer.c & mencoder.c currently 
are the only way of getting timing information in a vf - this just plain 
_sux_.


- David

P.S.: you recommended improving the OSD code to me. actually i now think 
about doing it the other way 'round - replacing the OSD with vf_asa 
(well, not directly with the filter, but with code from it). improving 
the OSD enough to support SSA would have required a complete rewrite 
anyway...

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