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Subtitles background - Penelope061 - 2019-01-12
Hello,
I just started using Kodi with Nvidia Shield, mostly with videos I have on an external HDD. Is there a way to add/enable a black background to the subtitles, though? I searched but I have yet to be successful to find a solution. Since my 76 yrs old mom often watches subtitled videos with me, and she has an eyes condition, it would help a lot.
The subtitles I’m using are .srt and are NOT automatically downloaded.
Thank you very much un advance
RE: Subtitles background - bkiziuk - 2019-01-13
It is possible, however not natively.
You need to have subtitles in Substation Alpha format (.ass) which allows to have solid background.
You can try if this add-on suits your needs (it converts subtitles to SSA format with custom background).
Subtitles background - enen92 - 2019-01-14
It is supported natively in Kodi 18. Just set the subtitle background opacity to a value higher than 0% in the subtitles section of the settings
RE: Subtitles background - Penelope061 - 2019-02-03
(2019-01-14, 02:42)enen92 Wrote: It is supported natively in Kodi 18. Just set the subtitle background opacity to a value higher than 0% in the subtitles section of the settingsThank you! When I wrote my post Kodi 18 was not available yet on NVidia Shield. After upgrading, I can now set up the black background.
RE: Subtitles background - ray2301 - 2019-02-03
(2019-01-14, 02:42)enen92 Wrote: It is supported natively in Kodi 18. Just set the subtitle background opacity to a value higher than 0% in the subtitles section of the settingsi don't see this in windows x64. i see "background color" and i've set it to black. but no options for background opacity in settings
and i don't have a black background on subs even though it's set and i'm in "expert" mode. what am i doing wrong? i just upgraded to 18.
RE: Subtitles background - Zodler - 2019-12-08
(2019-01-14, 02:42)enen92 Wrote: It is supported natively in Kodi 18. Just set the subtitle background opacity to a value higher than 0% in the subtitles section of the settings
Thank you for this. However this adds a big box. For example if the sub is 2 lines, it creates a big box with the smaller line having a lot of dead spaces.
We need a background color that adds it line by line and it only envelopes each line and not all 2 lines in 1 box.
RE: Subtitles background - phil49 - 2021-04-24
This feature doesn't appear to be supported in Kodi ver 19. I am using the confluence (Xonfluence) skin