subtitles problem - background for RTL languages

[ofrash]

hello,
i'm using the latest vlc (1.0.5).
I would like to use background for my external subtitle. I know that in order to get background i need to choose "freetype2 text render". When i do so, i get the background but the font get scrambled (instead of hebrew letters i get squares and dots). It works great with English subtitle, and when i'm changing the text render to either "Quartz font render" or "Default" i can read the hebrew subtitle but than there is no background.
i using the Hebrew encoding (iso 8859-8) but i have tried it with hebrew windows 1255, UTF-8 and UTF-16 and it didn't worked .the external subtitle files i'm using are usually SRT. Any idea??
Many Thanks,
Ofra

[ofrash]

Hi again,
I have more info - i have switched back to vlc 1.0.1, this is the most updated version of vlc that supports Hebrew subtitles with background (freetype2). Does someone here have any idea what should i do in order to make it works with the 1.0.5 version? is there any special hebrew font i should use??
Thanks

[snix]

if you have the necessary font installed and know which encoding to use, it should work for srt files.

here's an example of setting up vlc to use korean subtitles:
viewtopic.php?f=12&t=61907#p206952

[Mugzemet]

Hello,
I have looked around here and did the following settings:
1. VLC>Prefs (Basic)>Default Encoding>Hebrew (Windows-1255), Font>I Selected Arial Hebrew (but it will not show it under new version 1.1.0)
2. VLC>Prefs (All)>Video>Subtitles/OSD>Text Rendering Module>Freetype2 font Render.
3. VLC>Prefs (All)>Video>Subtitles/OSD>Text Render>Where is the font selection that was on previous version 1.0.5 gone? I guess it moved to my 4 settings...
so I went there....
4. VLC>Prefs (All)>Video>Subtitles/OSD>Text Render for mac>How do I select a font? there is NO browse button....

The results:
1. VLC tend to crash,
2. Subtitles are coming in Squares instead of characters.
3. I still don't understand the font issue. many times i selct a specific font, but the subtitles will appear in a different one (that is when the option in 2 is NOT selected)

Can somone from the VLC team can help us solve it out?
Thank you

[tasmi]

Hi.

I'm, having the same problem with the special characters of the Spanish language, they appear as squares.

I'm using the last version, 1.1.12, on Snow Leopard