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@@ -109,14 +109,17 @@
- ``--aspect=16:9`` or ``--aspect=1.7777``
--ass, --no-ass
- Use libass to render all text subtitles. This enables support for the
- native styling of SSA/ASS subtitles, and also support for some styling
- features in other subtitle formats by conversion to ASS markup. Enabled by
- default if the player was compiled with libass support.
+ Render ASS subtitles natively, and convert text subtitles in other formats
+ to ASS internally (enabled by default).
- *NOTE*: With ``--ass``, some of the ASS subtitle options work for non-ASS
- text subtitles only, because ASS subtitles include their own styling
- information.
+ If ``--no-ass`` is specified, all subtitles are converted to plain text
+ internally. All tags and style declarations are stripped and ignored. The
+ subtitle renderer uses the font style as specified by the ``--sub-text-``
+ options instead.
+
+ *NOTE*: Using ``--no-ass`` may lead to incorrect or completely broken
+ rendering of ASS/SSA subtitles. It can sometimes be useful to forcibly
+ override the styling of ASS subtitles, but should be avoided in general.
--ass-force-style=<[Style.]Param=Value[,...]>
Override some style or script info parameters.
@@ -126,6 +129,8 @@
- ``--ass-force-style=FontName=Arial,Default.Bold=1``
- ``--ass-force-style=PlayResY=768``
+ *NOTE*: Using this option may lead to incorrect subtitle rendering.
+
--ass-hinting=<type>
Set hinting type. <type> can be:
@@ -144,6 +149,8 @@
rendering text subtitles. The syntax of the file is exactly like the ``[V4
Styles]`` / ``[V4+ Styles]`` section of SSA/ASS.
+ *NOTE*: Using this option may lead to incorrect subtitle rendering.
+
--ass-style-override=<yes|no>
Control whether user style overrides should be applied.
@@ -1937,9 +1944,15 @@
Specify the position of subtitles on the screen. The value is the vertical
position of the subtitle in % of the screen height.
+ *NOTE*: this affects ASS subtitles as well, and may lead to incorrect
+ subtitle rendering. Use with care, or use ``--sub-text-margin-y`` instead.
+
--sub-scale=<0-100>
Factor for the text subtitle font size (default: 1).
+ *NOTE*: this affects ASS subtitles as well, and may lead to incorrect
+ subtitle rendering. Use with care, or use ``--sub-text-font-size`` instead.
+
--sws=<n>
Specify the software scaler algorithm to be used with ``--vf=scale``. This
also affects video output drivers which lack hardware acceleration,