[MPlayer-dev-eng] branching off rc4

[Alexander Roalter]

On 07/31/2010 11:51 PM, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:25:43 (EDT), Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 03:38:40PM +0200, Alexander Roalter wrote:
>>> I'm not sure it has to do with this special thread, but when I play a
>>> dumped DVD (vob), mplayer now automatically shows a subtitle.
>>> I have some vague memory that the default demuxer was changed lately (to
>>> lavf?) and while previously I had to specify -sid 0 to have subtitles
>>> and being able to switch them later with 'j', omitting -sid did disable
>>> subtitles, so pressing 'j' during the movie did nothing.
>>
>> The demuxer was not changed. The behaviour was changed since -nosub is
>> now available. If preferred, I have no objections to make this default
>> (and -sid -1 then enabling autoselection of first subtitle).
> 
> I think -nosub should be enabled by default to meet the principle of
> least surprise. All other media players, including commercial dvd
> players that i've seen don't display subtitles by default, and I think
> this is a good choice.
> 
I would concur only if it would still be possible to switch subtitles on
while playing. So the subtitles should be at the 'subtitle disabled'
stage (i.e. the one you reach after you toggle through all available
subtitles + 1), and can enable them with pressing 'j'.



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Cheers,
Alex