[mythtv-users] Subtitle clarity

[Jim Stichnoth]

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> 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.