Index: libs/libmythtv/NuppelVideoPlayer.cpp
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--- libs/libmythtv/NuppelVideoPlayer.cpp	(revision 8375)
+++ libs/libmythtv/NuppelVideoPlayer.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -4725,9 +4725,19 @@
                     }
                 }
 
+                // scale the subtitle images which are scaled for a 720x576 video resolution
+                // to fit the current video resolution
+                float hmult = GetVideoWidth() / 720.0;
+                float vmult = GetVideoHeight() / 576.0;
+                rect->x = rect->x * hmult;
+                rect->y = rect->y * vmult;
+                rect->w = rect->w * hmult;
+                rect->h = rect->h * vmult;
+                QImage scaledImage = qImage.smoothScale(rect->w, rect->h);
+
                 OSDTypeImage* image = new OSDTypeImage();
                 image->SetPosition(QPoint(rect->x, rect->y));
-                image->LoadFromQImage(qImage);
+                image->LoadFromQImage(scaledImage);
 
                 subtitleOSD->AddType(image);