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Posted by Not Me on 10/24/58 11:38
Gareth Halfacree wrote:
> Ridwan Hughes wrote:
>> You'd think DVD players would have now advanced a little so they
>> render subtitles with an antialised font to look a part of the film
>> and not like you were reading ceefax 888 stuff.
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> The subtitles aren't stored as text to be rendered. On a DVD, the
> subtitles are stored as a bunch of bitmap images full frame size in two
> colours. The 'background colour' is the alpha channel, and is shown as
> transparent. The other colour is used to bring up the subtitles.
Wow, was that _really_ the best solution at the time?
Chris
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