Re: [xine-user] DVD Subtitles

[Jamie M. <ja...@ho...>]

On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 07:29:25AM -0600, Derrik Pates wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Jamie Manley wrote:
> 
> > Can anyone tell me how well current versions of xine (+d4d, dvdnav,
> > etc) handle subtitles?
> 
> The d4d plugin handles subtitles fine, but has a problem out-of-the-box
> handling the last chapter of a DVD (just won't play). Search the list
> archives for a patch for that. The dvdnav plugin supposedly handles them
> correctly - I've not been able to get a movie to play long enough without
> it hanging up to know for myself if dvdnav does or not, however. The DMD
> plugin, otoh, does not yet handle SPU colormaps.
> 

Are the subpicture colors correct now?  That was a big turnoff for me...

> > ps While I'm here, did anyone make any headway regarding loading subs
> > from an external file?
> 
> I think Siggi is working on something to do that, but I don't know where
> he's at with it.
> 

I'd dearly love a 'nix equivalent to dvdsubber.  Anyone have xine
patches that need testing? :)

Jamie

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