With this commit, the player will still use spudec.c (the "old" DVD sub
decoder), rather than ffmpeg. But it brings the changes needed to enable
this down to a single line change:
--- a/mplayer.c
+++ b/mplayer.c
@@ -1988,7 +1988,7 @@ static void reinit_subs(struct MPContext *mpctx)
#endif
vo_osd_changed(OSDTYPE_SUBTITLE);
} else if (track->stream) {
- if (mpctx->sh_sub->type == 'v')
+ if (mpctx->sh_sub->type == 'v' && false)
init_vo_spudec(mpctx);
else
sub_init(mpctx->sh_sub, mpctx->osd);
Also, copy the DVD resolution heuristics from spudec.c (from the
spudec_new_scaled() function). I'm not sure if this is correct or even
needed, but the sd_lavc codd explicitly reverted back to spudec with
code carrying this comment:
// Assume resolution heuristics only work for PGS and DVB
so it seems likely that the required heuristics were missing, and that
the spudec heuristics may make the DVD compatibility situation at least
as good as with spudec.
Note that it's unlikely that we enable sd_lavc for DVD subs by default,
as there are other problems in combination with direct DVD playback.
Compiling with full features requires development files for several
external libraries. Below is a list of some important requirements. For
more information see the output of './configure --help' for a list of options,
or look at the list of enabled and disabled features printed after running
'./configure'. If you think you have support for some feature installed
but configure fails to detect it, the file config.log may contain information
about the reasons for the failure.
Libraries specific to particular video output methods
(you'll want at least one of VDPAU, GL or Xv):
- libvdpau (for VDPAU output, best choice for NVIDIA cards)
- libGL (OpenGL output)
- libXv (XVideo output)
general:
- libasound (ALSA audio output)
- various general X development libraries
- libfreetype (for libass)
- libfontconfig (for libass)
- libass
- FFmpeg libraries (libavutil libavcodec libavformat libswscale libpostproc)
Most of the above libraries are available in suitable versions on normal
Linux distributions. However FFmpeg is an exception (distro versions may be
too old to work at all or work well). For that reason you may want to use
the separately available build wrapper that first compiles FFmpeg libraries
and libass, and then compiles the player statically linked against those.