[mythtv-users] Subtitle clarity

[Michael T. Dean]

On 06/06/2012 11:32 AM, Alexander Fisher wrote:
> Does anybody else have issues with some subtitles (from dvd rips),
> being really difficult to read?
>
> I started watching 'Jean de Florette', with English titles turned on,
> but gave up until I figured out how to fix this issue.
>
> The titles are large enough and appear in the correct part of the
> screen, but they look really odd.  They're grey, with a thin white
> edging.  With no antialiasing, this looks awful.
> The same mkv file played with VLC is *much* more pleasing with solid
> white titles that are easier to follow.
>
> Before I open a ticket and attach a sample, I thought I'd check to see
> if it was a known issue.
>

DVD subtitles are image-based subtitles.  It's likely a problem with 
either bad mastering of the DVD or the scaling of the images and/or 
overlaying them on the video that's making them bad.

In other words, since they're not text-based, it's not a font problem we 
can fix.

It is possible that there is some kind of color palette/transparency 
issue in the code, but you should definitely try playing back that DVD 
with another DVD player to see if it's just as bad there.

Mike