Sujet : Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux install?
De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.miscDate : 14. Jul 2024, 03:29:11
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On Sat, 13 Jul 2024 16:00:10 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 22:21 this Wednesday
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On Wed, 10 Jul 2024 13:40:06 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
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Wait, subtitles were saved as bitmap images?
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In DVD-Video, they were called “subpictures”, and had 2 bits per pixel.
That meant a choice of four different colour-table entries.
Interesting, so that's why some subtitles looked different.
It meant they didn’t have to worry about fonts or different writing
systems. All the subtitle text was prerendered at authoring time.