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Hello, using libvlc in Android I'm able to detected and activate / deactivate subtitle track on a streaming video, but I am not able to set the subtitle color / fize / background and any other paramteres, i tried to add options
--freetype-fontsize=..
--freetype-color=..
...
when creating the libvlc and also adding them to the current Media but none of them seems to have effect.
Do these parameters works only on local srt subtitle and not for subtitle track or do I miss something ?

Thank you

It depends on the format of the subtitle track. Some formats are bitmap, so rendering can obviously not be altered. Other formats include rich text. Either way, the FreeType parameters won't apply.

It depends on the format of the subtitle track. Some formats are bitmap, so rendering can obviously not be altered. Other formats include rich text. Either way, the FreeType parameters won't apply.

Hello , is there a way to know the track format?
In my case the track tyoe is: Media.Track.Type.Text
and here the information I can get from the Track:

Tracks Number : 2
Tracks ID : 2
Description : DVB subtitles
Bitrate : 0
Lenguage : und
Codec : DVB Subtitles
Original Codec : DVB Subtitles
Type : 2
level : -1
Profile : -1

Thank you

That would be the track format, yes.

That would be the track format, yes.

Ok, but in this specific case no options has effect on the subtitles

And that's expected. DVB subtitles are typically bitmaps.

And that's expected. DVB subtitles are typically bitmaps.

It's ok then

Thank you very much for your time!