On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 03:27:35PM +0200, Klaus Schmidinger wrote: > Peter Dittmann wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Please let me know what you think about this, and if I have forgotten > > > anything or got something wrong. > > > > > > Klaus > > > >I would add a seperate layer for subtitle. > >I'm working with DVD decoders and they provide seperate layers for OSD > >and subtitle. > >This would remove the concurrent access to OSD for DVB and DVD subtitle > >generation. > > Is it really necessary to have both subtitles and OSD menus at the same > time? Yes. I have missed the subtitles while using OSD menus. > After all, you can only reasonably use one at a time ;-) Both layers (OSD and subtitles) are mostly transparent or translucent, and the subtitles typically cover only a small area on the screen. I would say you can reasonably use both. At least I routinely simultaneously access the OSD menus and read subtitles on channels that burn the subtitles on the MPEG video stream. Marko
