[MPlayer-users] external file with ass styles

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Sun, Nov 07, 2010 at 11:22:36AM +0100, Malinverni Roberto wrote:
> I'd like to override the styles in a ass subtitle track in a mkv file.
> The MPlayer man page says:
> 
> -ass-styles <filename>
>               Load all SSA/ASS styles found in the specified file and use them
>               for rendering text subtitles.  The syntax of the file  is
>               exactly like the [V4 Styles] / [V4+ Styles] section of SSA/ASS.
> 
> I thought that the "external styles" should override the "internal
> styles", literally substituting them.

No, this option only applies to non-ASS (e.g. SRT) subtitles being
rendered via libass.
-ass-force-style (which annoyingly does things differently, not
with a file bu the styles directly on the command-line) should
be what you are looking for.