soft subtitles (VobSub) color in mkv

[beflat]

VLC is one of the few (if not only) media players to support soft (selectable) subtitles (VobSub sub/idx format) muxed into an MKV file.
When playing the video, however, the color is stripped from the inside of the lettering. The outline of the lettering is black. In the original video the inside of the lettering is colored.

1. The MKV file was transcoded and muxed in HandBrake .9.3 (burning in only forced subtitles}
2. The .idx/.sub files coded by VobSub 2.23 by Gabest
3. The Final MKV re-muxed with mkvmerge GUI 2.9.8
(HandBrake svn 2907 now has an option to skip last 2 steps, but the result is the same in VLC)

When playing the file, if I manually load the individual .sub/.idx files, the subtitles look fine and have color (so it is not the VobSub files). Also if I burn them into the video file with HandBrake (step 1) they also look right and have color.

Is this an issue with VLC or am I doing something wrong?
Is there a work-around for this?

Thank You in advance for you reply

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

1. Can you share a broken file so we can fix it?
2. can you file a bug report?

[beflat]

Hi j-b

Thank you for your fast reply,

I have uploaded the following files to
ftp.videolan.org /incoming

vobsub_subtitles_muxed.mkv
vobsub_subtitles_burned_in.mkv
vobsub_subtitles.idx
vobsub_subtitles.sub
vobsub_subtitles.txt

My email address is in the text file.
I am not sure of how to file a bug report. The directions I found on the site direct me here.
If there is another procedure, please let me know.

Also I am not sure this is an issue with VLC (although it seems to be) or with the Matroska container itself

The developers of VLC are doing a great job.
Thank you again

[beflat]

A follow-up:

I had a chance to test the .mkv files in Media Player Classic (with CCCP installed).
MPC also supports soft subtitles in muxed into MKV container.
In MPC the color is proper in the selected subtitle stream.
In VLC it is not...

Thank you