DVD Subtitle is grayed/transparent

[gator9er]

I am having the same problem. The subtitles look fine in DVDsubedit. I Deleted everything in appdata/vlc and that did not fix the problem. I am running VLC 1.1.4 on Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit.

[VLC_help]

Did you try the Disable DVD subtitle transparency option?

[gator9er]

I just tried that and it did not make a difference. It looks like it is drawing the outline layer but not the text layer.

[VLC_help]

Do you get any errors/warnings related to subtitles when you open the DVD? (open Tools -> Messages and set Verbosity to 2 before playback)

[gator9er]

I do not have the DVD anymore, it was a rental. I have noticed this problem before, I will try that next time. Thanks vlc_help.

[gator9er]

I've encountered the problem again. It looked fine in Windows Media Player. I disabled transparency. Here is what came to the log file when i turned on the subtitles

main debug: VoutDisplayEvent 'mouse button' 2 t=8
main debug: VoutDisplayEvent 'mouse button' 2 t=9
main debug: auto hidding mouse
main debug: control type=13
main debug: looking for decoder module: 34 candidates
avcodec debug: libavcodec already initialized
avcodec warning: refusing to decode non validated subtitle codec
main debug: using decoder module "spudec"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 3.789 ms - Total 3.789 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 3.789 ms)
main debug: looking for packetizer module: 21 candidates
main debug: using packetizer module "spudec"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.490 ms - Total 0.490 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.490 ms)
main debug: thread (decoder) created at priority 0 (../.././src/input/decoder.c:301)
main debug: thread started
main debug: auto hidding mouse
main debug: auto hidding mouse
main debug: control type=1
main debug: auto hidding mouse
main debug: auto hidding mouse
main debug: auto hidding mouse

[VLC_help]

Does it help if you remove libyuvp_plugin.dll from plugins folder of VLC?

[gator9er]

I tried that and still get the same error in the log

[VLC_help]

I meant does it affect color of those subtitles?

[thechao]

I am experiencing an identical problem, with an identical avcodec warning about using a non validated subtitle codec. The problem occurs in Win7 32bit and on Mac OS 10.5 (latest update).

[gator9er]

I meant does it affect color of those subtitles?

Sorry, I did not understand. But, it still looks the same.

[Adamsy]

old post i know but any solution to this problem yet? I know there was some kind of patch released but i have no idea how to use it.