Movie Subtitle Size

Ge0force · 2005-12-14, 12:26

I'm new here, so hello to everyone!

I installed mediaportal a few days ago and it's a great program, just what I need!

But I have one problem: I need to have subtitles with my XViD movies, so I installed VobSub (I guess this is needed to show subs in MediaPortal or am I wrong?. Subtitles ARE displayed, but I can't set a fixed size for them.

What I mean is: in VobSub, I've set subtitle font to 22. This is perfect for a movie that's 16:9, but when playing a widescreen movie subtitles ore way too small! When I play a fullscreen movie subtitles are huge!

Isn't there a way to keep the size of the subs fixed, regardless the size of the movie?

Greetz,

Ge0force

Ge0force · 2005-12-15, 12:47

No one using subtitles here? :cry:

scoop · 2005-12-15, 12:53

Hi,

I'm not sure if this fixes your problem, but there's a separate section in the Setup (under Movies) to configure subtitles. There, you can also adjust the size of subtitles.

Kind regards,
Michel

ojo · 2005-12-15, 13:56

Sorry, no !

At least the old tv/video-engine (don't know about the new one) places the sub-titles on the image before the re-scaling to screen is done.

Henc on a good resolution movie you'll get a different result than on a poor resolution movie. Same goes for different screen-resolutions.

The solution would be to convince the programmers to place the sub-titles on the image according to the re-scaling.

But, sorry no, thats not the case right now !

Ge0force · 2005-12-15, 15:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by scoop

Hi,

I'm not sure if this fixes your problem, but there's a separate section in the Setup (under Movies) to configure subtitles. There, you can also adjust the size of subtitles.

Kind regards,
Michel

What exactely does this setting affects? Has Media Portal an own subtitle renderer or are these settings passed to vobsub?

ojo · 2005-12-15, 18:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ge0force

What exactely does this setting affects? Has Media Portal an own subtitle renderer or are these settings passed to vobsub?

I believe that the setting are sent to the Vosub Rederer..... The problem is that the MP renderer does resizing AFTER the Vosub renderer, thereby effectively destroying any hope for a "simple" solution.

mbb · 2005-12-16, 10:34

I have a very good result with using ffdshow subtitle ability.
You have many interresting settings like dynamic size

To do that uninstall vobsub and enable subtitle in ffdshow.

It's solved also accent common problems.

Ge0force · 2005-12-16, 10:58

Thankx m8, I'll try that!

Another question: is there a possibility do to a "custom" pan scan like BsPlayer does? That way it's possible to zoom in on WideScreen movies so they are 16:9. With mediaportal, pan scan zooms in at 4:3 and that's a little too much zoom for me...

2005-12-14, 12:26	#1 (permalink)
Ge0force Portal User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Movie Subtitle Size I'm new here, so hello to everyone! I installed mediaportal a few days ago and it's a great program, just what I need! But I have one problem: I need to have subtitles with my XViD movies, so I installed VobSub (I guess this is needed to show subs in MediaPortal or am I wrong?. Subtitles ARE displayed, but I can't set a fixed size for them. What I mean is: in VobSub, I've set subtitle font to 22. This is perfect for a movie that's 16:9, but when playing a widescreen movie subtitles ore way too small! When I play a fullscreen movie subtitles are huge! Isn't there a way to keep the size of the subs fixed, regardless the size of the movie? Greetz, Ge0force

2005-12-15, 13:56	#4 (permalink)
ojo Portal Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ulstrup, Denmark Posts: 47 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Sorry, no ! At least the old tv/video-engine (don't know about the new one) places the sub-titles on the image before the re-scaling to screen is done. Henc on a good resolution movie you'll get a different result than on a poor resolution movie. Same goes for different screen-resolutions. The solution would be to convince the programmers to place the sub-titles on the image according to the re-scaling. But, sorry no, thats not the case right now ! __________________ ;-) Ojo

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Ge0force Portal User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	No one using subtitles here? :cry:

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scoop Portal Developer Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 610 Thanks: 2 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts My System	Hi, I'm not sure if this fixes your problem, but there's a separate section in the Setup (under Movies) to configure subtitles. There, you can also adjust the size of subtitles. Kind regards, Michel

2005-12-16, 10:34	#7 (permalink)
mbb Portal Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 156 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Country:	I have a very good result with using ffdshow subtitle ability. You have many interresting settings like dynamic size To do that uninstall vobsub and enable subtitle in ffdshow. It's solved also accent common problems.

2005-12-16, 10:58	#8 (permalink)
Ge0force Portal User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thankx m8, I'll try that! Another question: is there a possibility do to a "custom" pan scan like BsPlayer does? That way it's possible to zoom in on WideScreen movies so they are 16:9. With mediaportal, pan scan zooms in at 4:3 and that's a little too much zoom for me...