[mythtv-users] Placement of subtitles / CC text on screen

[Paul Gardiner]

Jim Stichnoth wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Thomas Mørch <tmorch at gmail.com> wrote:
>> What tag in the osd.xml file, defines where on the screen the subtitles /
>> closed caption text should be placed?
>>
>> Or is it defined somewhere else? I have been looking at different themes,
>> metalurgy f.ex. places the subtitles mid left on the screen, and the font is
>> nicely placed inside the black box.
> 
> For EIA-608 and EIA-708 closed captions, position information is part
> of the data, and mythtv honors it.  DVD captions are just bitmap
> overlays.  What kind of captions/subtitles are you asking about?

Not sure if it's the same question as the OP, but I'd like to know
if there is a way to control the position of subtitles read from
.srt files.

Paul.