Translucent bg opacity subtitles

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Translucent bg opacity subtitles

Postby potatis » 12 Sep 2017 12:09

Could there be an option for having a background for the subtitles in the settings, with opacity?
Sort of like how Quicktime displays subtitles, a translucent background marker which looks nice.
Would work well in bright areas I think, like in b/w films with lot of white text in the prologue,
which makes the subtitles drown and get lost, even with thick borders.

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Re: Translucent bg opacity subtitles

Postby Cantar4 » 16 Sep 2017 08:03

option for having a background for the subtitles in the settings, with opacity
don't we already have this setting in Preferences -> Subtitles,
then displayed in the toolbar?

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Re: Translucent bg opacity subtitles

Postby potatis » 17 Sep 2017 21:56

I see only font / size / color & force bold / opacity / outline thickness & color.
Was thinking of color & opacity for the background, not the subtitle text itself.

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Re: Translucent bg opacity subtitles

Postby Cantar4 » 19 Sep 2017 10:14

I see only font / size / color & force bold / opacity / outline thickness & color.
Was thinking of color & opacity for the background, not the subtitle text itself.
Instead of going through a labyrinth [Preferences> Show All> Video> Subtitles> Text Renderer> Ok> Restart],
simply open the [Subtitles] tab of the tool bar. This allows background opacity adjust and most other text modifications
with immediate verification.
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Re: Translucent bg opacity subtitles

Postby potatis » 04 Oct 2017 11:56

Thanks. Didn't even look there first. I guess I couldn't see the forest for the trees.

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Re: Translucent bg opacity subtitles

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 04 Dec 2017 15:28

Done for 3.0
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