Replay Closed Caption enable mplayer available for DVArchive

Ok, I have an idea. If you know how to set up DVArchive on your

windows machine, you know how to follow directions. Instead of trying

to build a big package that is idiot proof, I will give you a few steps

to follow plus a small package that can be attached here.


For those of you who want to get windows mplayer that works under

DVArchive and displays closed caption, first get this pre-compiled

mplayer package from:

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/rele...r-ReplayTV.zip


Unzip it, and you will get a folder called "mplayer" containing files

and additional folders inside. One the folders inside "mplayer" is

also called "mplayer". Don't get confused. Inside of that "mplayer"

is a file called "config" -- ie, mplayer\\mplayer\\config.


Now, get the additional files from the attached xtra.zip. Unzip it and

you should get a new config file and a font folder. Replace

mplayer\\mplayer\\config with the new config, put the mplayer and the

font folder somewhere convienent, and edit mplayer\\mplayer\\config to

change the font= line to reflect whwere the font folder is.


The setting of font= out of the xtra.zip file assumes mplayer folder is

located at "C:\\Program Files\\mplayer", and the font folder is located

at "C:\\Program Files\\mplayer\\mplayer\\font" .

 

xtra.zip 57.703125k . file

I don't have access to a Mac, but mplayer's web site says Mac OS X is

supported. I will attach the latest patch to the mplayer source code,

which enables CC for both RTV 4K and 5K.


The mplayer binary from the link in my previous article is the windows

version with the patch already applied. The extra.zip is not the patch

but it contains the font and a config file that enables the CC

display. To build the Mac binary, you will need to apply the patch

which I include in this post.


Broadcast TV, DVD, and ReplayTV all use the same CC data stream. Mplayer

already have a CC module to display CC when fed the data stream, and a

a function to extract the data stream from DVD mpeg stream. ReplayTV

stores the stream in a different format, and the patch allows mplayer's

extraction function to recognize ReplayTV formats.


The CC module for mplayer works great for me. However, I have noticed

a couple problems. First of all, it display CC as subtitles -- always

on the bottom of the screen, and always of the same size, color, and

font.


Secondly, it handles the kind of data stream that goes


blah blah blah

more blah blah blah ...


But it does not handle the kind of stream that goes


blah blah blah

more blah blah blah ...


I saw the second form in a news broadcast. I consider that to be a bug

in the mplayer CC module. The text is visible from my rtvccdump program,

but CC is missing from mplayer output. I will see if I can come up

with a patch for it.


The third issue is that CC from standard quality recording looks

different from medium and high quality recording. That is because

standard quality recording mpeg actually encodes a picture that is

narrow. If you play it through an older version of mplayer, you

will see that the picture is compressed horizontally by 50% as if

you were looking at it through a reverse anamorphic lense. The

latest mplayer recognizes that and streches it to full width.

Unfortunately OSD texts are apparently "painted" on before the

stretching, and so they ended up looking fat.


[edit: I have replaced the patch with one that includes the patch that makes

scrolling CC work. I can't provide you with the windows binary at this time

because I don't compile mplayer windows binary. I compile sparc solaris

binary. I will get in touch with one who does compile windows binary]

 

cc_patch.zip 1.265625k . file