LibASS for Linux still needs some features

[ArkBlitz@…]

LibASS in Linux still doesn't support subtitles with fades, shapes, or karaoke, unlike the Windows ASS parser. Would you please do something to give full ASS support to Linux? That's the main issue that has me stuck with ol' Windows.

[eugeni.stepanov@…]

If by shapes you mean inline vector drawings - yes, they are not supported. Everything else is. Please be more specific.

[ArkBlitz@…]

In my particular case, neither inline vector drawings nor fad / fade tags are working in videos.

[eugeni.stepanov@…]

But fade and karaoke work, I just checked :)
Maybe you are using a _very_ old mplayer?

[ArkBlitz@…]

I'm actually using the LibASS module in VLC, not the MPlayer. Also, I think that Ubuntu repositories are a bit old and that would be a part of the problem. Lines with fades do work, but statically (e.g., no real fade). By the way, will you include support for vectorial graphics in newer versions?

[eugeni.stepanov@…]

(In reply to comment #4)

I'm actually using the LibASS module in VLC, not the MPlayer. Also, I think
that Ubuntu repositories are a bit old and that would be a part of the problem.

It must be something else, they cannot be that old.

Lines with fades do work, but statically (e.g., no real fade).

You mean, it does not work if inside of \t() ?

By the way, will
you include support for vectorial graphics in newer versions?

No plans right now.

[ArkBlitz@…]

I already checked with some testing subtitles, and yep, fade's working. Still I'm waiting for vectorial graphics support (like in Windows), hope somebody has some spare time to program it (it's already done for Windows, so it shouldn't be that hard).

[erappleman@…]

Greg has already implemented this stuff in libass 0.9.7 and the mplayer-build fork.

​http://code.google.com/p/libass/
​http://repo.or.cz/w/mplayer-build.git

[ArkBlitz@…]

Oh really? I'll tell the guys of Aegisub then! Thanks for your help!

[erappleman@…]

I'd like to point out that the libass in the mplayer trunk is still ancient and lacking critical features.

Gstreamer and VLC both now use libass 0.9.8 while mplayer is worse than 0.9.6.

A lot has changed over the past 12 months and it would be wise to have libass become an external library that doesn't require constant patch approval headaches.