[cosmo321]

Hi, I hope this is the correct place to put this topic, and I couldn't find any other mentions of this through a couple of searches.

I tried the beta 5 earlier this week - and beta 6 this morning as I saw the release notes mentioning subtitle improvements.
It seems subtitles is rendered a lot worse in Kodi 17 than they where in Kodi 16. While Kodi 16 didn't display a lot of subtitles as good as MPC-HC would, it was at least passable most of the time. In Kodi 17 it's very bad.

Some images:
First two from Kodi 16.1





The next two are from Kodi 17





And a final image of the karaoke effect in MPC:




I know anime sub styling is probably a mundane issue no one cares about, but it's a bit annoying to me anyway and having it improved would make me happy. The file in question can be downloaded here.

[FernetMenta]

Your box is most likely AML or Android. Those codecs do not handle sync with subtitles properly. Other platforms work fine.

[cosmo321]

I'm on Windows 10 x64. Tested several computers. Both at home and at work.

[FernetMenta]

Please elaborate on the issue. It is not clear to me what goes wrong from your first post.

[FernetMenta]

Do you mean the font? That is a Windows only issue introduced with upgrade of libass. The responsible developer is aware of the issue.

[cosmo321]

Yeah, I meant the font. It's not using the proper embedded fonts. Glad to hear the developer is aware of the issue.

[FernetMenta]

here is the ticket for tracking the issue: http://trac.kodi.tv/ticket/17057

[cosmo321]

Sorry for bumping this topic, but is there any estimate for a fix? Seeing as nothing has changed from beta 6 through RC4, I assume it won't be fixed for release? Will the problem stay until Kodi 17.1 or 18?