Problems with subtitles in movie

[Lythrana]

Hi,

I have two problems with the subtitles in a fansub-movie (MKV-format).

1. The font is stretched and sometimes even runs out of the picture.



2. If more than one character speaks (like a character speaks and a tv runs in the background), the subtitles overlay each other, making them unreadable.



Is there anything I can do to fix this?

[Ai Haibara]

What are you using to play the MKV, and display the subtitles? You can try adjusting the font/font size to see if that'll help with the run-off problem.

[Lythrana]

Thanks for your answer.

I'm using VLC Media Player to play movies, and never had problems with subtitles before.

I now extracted the subtitles from the movie, and the configuration of the subtitles is like this:

[V4+ Styles]
Format: Name, Fontname, Fontsize, PrimaryColour, SecondaryColour, OutlineColour, BackColour, Bold, Italic, Underline, StrikeOut, ScaleX, ScaleY, Spacing, Angle, BorderStyle, Outline, Shadow, Alignment, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Encoding
Style: Main01,Ace,37,&H00FFFFFF,&H00FF0000,&H00000000,&H96000000,-1,0,0,0,100,100,0,0,1,1.7,1,2,10,10,15,0
Style: Narration,Ace,37,&H00FFFFFF,&H0000FFFF,&H00000000,&H96000000,-1,0,0,0,100,100,0,0,1,1.7,1,2,10,10,15,0
Style: TV,Arial,32,&H00FFFFFF,&H0000FFFF,&H00000000,&H96000000,-1,0,0,0,100,100,0,0,1,1.7,1,8,10,10,15,0
Style: in-roman,Agenda,32,&H00FFFFFF,&H00E9DCA6,&H002A2919,&H002A2919,-1,0,0,0,100,100,0,0,1,1,0,7,12,10,2,0
Style: in-engli,Agenda,32,&H00FFFFFF,&H00E9DCA6,&H002A2919,&H002A2919,-1,0,0,0,100,100,0,0,1,1,0,7,12,10,28,0
Style: Credits,Goulong,28,&H00FFFFFF,&H0000FFFF,&H00000000,&H00000000,0,0,0,0,95,87,0.3,0,1,0,0,2,10,10,10,0
Style: Cast,Goulong,28,&H00FFFFFF,&H0000FFFF,&H00000000,&H00000000,0,0,0,0,95,87,0.3,0,1,0,0,1,30,30,30,0

I tried changing the font from Ace 37 to Arial 12, but after loading the movie again and importing the changed subtitle file, the font is still the same - absolutely no difference.

I attached the complete subtitle file to this post. You can open it with any text editor, like Notepad. Maybe there is soemthing wrong with the subtitle file?

subtitles.ass

[AlanHK]

I attached the complete subtitle file to this post. You can open it with any text editor, like Notepad. Maybe there is soemthing wrong with the subtitle file?

Get an ASS/SSA editor, like Aegisub
Trying to change it with Notepad is likely to mess it up even more.

[Ai Haibara]

Did you change the font within the subtitle file, or VLC's options?

If you're extracting the subtitle stream and replacing it, you can also try using a format that doesn't include font information... like .srt. I don't know if you can mux .srt streams into an MKV, but you probably can. I'm not sure if certain formats are preferred with MKVs.