[mythtv-users] Internal video player - avi/mkv files + external srt subtitles

[Paul Gardiner]

David Kubicek wrote:
> On 02/28/2010 02:56 AM, George Nassas wrote:
>> On 2010-02-27, at 8:46 PM, David Kubicek wrote:
>>
>>> I just found that I don't see my plain-text subtitles when trying to 
>>> switch from MPlayer to the internal MythTV player.
>>> ...
>>> I'm using current SVN trunk, BTW. TIA for any info!
>>
>> You have to switch them on by pressing T after the video starts. 
>> Alternatively you could enable the option to always show closed 
>> captioning but then you'd get that for all your TV shows.
>>
>> Subtitles come up in the same font as CC and some people have been 
>> finding the text pretty small. The dimensions are hardcoded so you may 
>> have to apply a change as described here:
>>
>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/423269#423269
>>
>> Oh, if you have any subs muxed into a mkv then myth won't see them.
>>
> 
> I see, I was using ";" just like in TV recordings. I'll have to change 
> the key binding to fix it.
> 
> You're right, the text is ridiculous! I have 1080i mkv videos and the 
> text is *TINY*, barely readable from up close. This should be 
> proportional to the picture height. The font has no outline either, it's 
> completely invisible on white background. All accented Czech characters 
> appear as "<?>" and I expect there's no settings for sub code page. :) 

And the position doesn't account for overscan - just mention that in
case some nice person finds time to look into these issues. :-)

Paul.