[MPlayer-users] Re: DVD subtitles problem, false report or still a bug?

[Sven Hartge]

Paul Ortyl <ortylp at 3miasto.net> wrote:

> http://altmark.nat.uni-magdeburg.de/~jschulen/ocr/

> There is possibility of using it as a library.  As far as the number of
> fonts is limited it may be (maybe not the best, but) a good choice...  

Since subtitles tend to be clear and simple to be readable, there should
be no too big problem to ocr them...

... if there weren't some DVDs which use the subtitle feature to
translate some signs by overlaying them.

This could be a real problem, since this will confuse the ocr software.
Selecting a region of the overlay image to capture only the real
subtitles may be an option, but sometimes, the subtitles are displayed
at the top of the screen or somewhere else.

You see: Not an easy task.

S°

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