Marko M?kel? wrote: > 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 Well, ok, of course I wouldn't mind if my "dream device" would allow for several layers of OSD. Personally I find subtitles rather irritating. The other day I watched "Star Wreck - In the Pirkinning" (see http://www.starwreck.com). This is a pretty funny scifi spoof, with CGI sequences that in part are even better than what's in regular scifi shows. Unfortunately they produced it in Finnish (I believe - I'm afraid I can't tell these nordic languages apart), so I had to watch the subtitled version. However, while the subtitles allow me to understand what the actors say, I miss a lot of what's going on in the video, so I frequently have to rewind. Klaus
