[vdr] Re: Questions about the subtitles-plugin

[Ari Huttunen <Ari.Huttunen@f-secure.com>]

˙so-8859-1?B?SORt5GzkaW5lbiBKb3Jp?˙jori.hamalainen@teliasonera.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
> > The subtitles show up and go away somewhat too fast, it's 
> > hard to read the text. I tried changing the value of the 
> > setting 'delay' to 10, and it maybe helped..
> > But maybe it changed something else, that's also possible.
>
> on which subtitles-mode you are on?
> - synchronization yes
> - synchronization no
>
> On "no" mode delay -field affects. The "sync" is done via
> computer clock. DVB subtitles are 'prebuffered' with PTS
> values showing when to put them on screen and when to take
> off. Delay is the delay how long to wait (offset) after 
> receiving the subtitle before showing it on screen and
> taking it off. So you can try to make manual sync with it.
>
> On "yes" -mode delay won't affect. Sync is tried via
> getSTC -method (check mailing lists for discussion about
> this).
>
> I use with "yes" option and also having this experience
> of 'quick' flashing subtitles.
Ahh, hmm, thanks. I can't say I understood you too well,
but I'll experiment when I get home. You'd improve your UI
if you 'grayed out' the delay setting when the "sync=yes".
And if the UI also said what the delay is and what '10' means,
it'd start to be understandable..

> > How are subtitles recorded?
>
> Subtitles are recorded like they are coming from tuner/demux.
> Plugin sets additional DVB-filters to receive subtitles stream
> and tells VDR to capture it when recording.
>
> If you are thinking about DVD you need to convert them.
OK, they don't get written permanently on the video stream on disk,
so I can 'undisplay' them later..

Some things that would be nice are
- Ability to position subtitles lower on the screen
- An anti-aliased font, the current one looks annoyingly sharp-edged

But anyway, great to have it! Thanks.

Ari

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