Ugly DVD Subtitles (1 Viewer)

wild9

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My DVD subtitles appear very blocky and ugly. Is there anything I can do to alter the fonts or the rendering to get smooth normal fonts like the ones I get whilst playing back other video?
 

mPod

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DVD subtitles are multiplexed bitmap overlays in the DVD stream. So you'd have to re-author the DVD to get nicer fonts for your DVD. :wink:
 

wild9

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Ahh i see your point. I guess on the upside some dvds must have better subtitles than others if they are pre rendered? I could swear they look worse than my home dvd player, must just be a bad disk.
 

mPod

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They are pre-rendered, yes. And some DVD authorers use better fonts, some use worse ones. But some players cheat a bit by softening them, that could also be a cause for the results you experience. MP can't do such at the moment.
 

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