Feature #29

Putting subs in a black bar below the screen

Added by anonymous - over 3 years ago. Updated 12 months ago.

Status:Assigned Start Date:
Priority:Normal Due date:
Assigned to:Adrian Stutz % Done:

0%
Category:gui_controls
Target version:undetermined

Description

It would be nice if one could expand the viewing area so that subtitles show up in a black bar below the movie instead of above it.

Screen_shot_2010-03-22_at_4.51.38_PM.png (547.3 kB) die buche, 03/22/2010 04:55 pm

History

#1
Updated by Adrian Stutz over 3 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Assigned

This is a limitation of the current video output. Changing this would require a major rewrite of OSD rendering and that's not going to happen too soon.

#2
Updated by mihai - over 3 years ago

try with these options -vf expand=:-100::35

#3
Updated by die buche about 2 years ago

When adding the -vf option, the subtitles are drawn onto each other; it looks like they aren't "blacked out" when the next sub comes on.
Sry to be so vague, please take a look at the screen for deatils

#5
Updated by Kamil Sarelo 12 months ago

this can easily be accomplished with the following option that has been working for me for years:

-vf scale=1280:-3,expand=1280:800,scale=1280:-3

  • video area expanded to match to my display's aspect ration, thus same results in windowed and fullscreen mode
  • video centered vertically on display, scaled to fill up the horizontal space
  • subtitles always bottom aligned -- partially above movie, partially in black bar below movie, depends on movie height
  • subtitles are NOT drawn onto each other (due to 2x scale)

my display is 1920x1200 (16:10), so by setting 1280:800 I get the same ascpect ratio (important for fullscreen) but the MPlayer window doesn't take up my entire display when just started

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