Re: WMP11 and Subtitles

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On Thu, 18 May 2006 03:31:01 -0700, Michael
<Michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi!

Does anyone know if WMP11 will handle subtitles differently from older
versions? I would lilke to be able to show subtitles in a layer on top of the
video without actually encoding the subtitles into the media file before it
is streamed.

No, I've tested it, it's pretty much the same. There's still no
facility for text overlays as you might do in Quicktime - I'd use
instead layering in your video editing tool to manage the overlays as
video images.

Cheers - Neil
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