[MPlayer-dev-eng] Cannot change subtitle font using -subfont

[Albert Graham]

On 07/07/2009 01:13 AM, Albert Graham wrote:
> On 07/06/2009 11:52 PM, Grigori Goronzy wrote:
>> Albert Graham wrote:
>>> Is it possible to change the bitmap font?, if so how? - as the quality
>>> to terrible.
>>>
>>
>> No.  The subtitles are not using bitmap *fonts*, but bitmaps that make
>> up a full subtitle for a given period of time. You can only the change
>> the color and some scaling options.  See the -spu* and -sub* options in
>> the man page.
>>
>> Grigori
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>
> Grigori,
>
>
> Looking at the bitmap subtitles, they appear to be rendered inverted 
> and somewhat transparent, I think if the original bitmap was inverted 
> and then displayed on a black background (i.e. a black subtitle 
> background color) they would display almost perfectly.
>
> Inverting the image above in gimp pretty much shows a 100% improvement 
> in quality.
>
> Is it possible these subtitles should be rendered inverted by mplayer 
> but are not ?
>
> Albert.
>
>
Just wondering if anyone has a comment on this suggestion ?