Devdroid 21 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Please add a setting for subtitle opacity, as it looks so much better on HDR TVs. Otherwise it's much too bright and hurt your eyes. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37008 Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Hi there, what emby app are you playing from? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandrojpsantos 0 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Yes this is a way to important feature that tend to be overlooked everywhere. I am using emby on my LG pled tv, since the days we have no subtitles options. Now we can change colours which helps but if the movie is way to dark the subtitles pop up like a sun in the living room. Opacity in subtitles is really important for HDR content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandrojpsantos 0 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 P.S: Also I don't really like to have my subs with color. I am rocking the pinkish color which is the most white enough of the bunch while still getting some of the brightness down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandrojpsantos 0 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 P.P.S: Also a great option would be to add grey to the colours. I tested the grey on the competition after posting and works great. Hope it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37008 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Yes we plan to add more color options in future updates. thanks for the feedback. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devdroid 21 Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 (edited) Hi there, what emby app are you playing from? I'm playing on both a Shield TV 2019 using the Android TV client and on a Samsung Q90R using the Tizen client. There's no option to set the opacity for subtitles in Emby in any of the clients, so they're way too bright. My TV really cranks up the brightness around the subtitles, so it's like starring into the sun as @@sandrojpsantos pointed out. Both Amazon Prime and Netflix for example supports opacity for subtitles, and that solves the problem with HDR + subtitles entirely. I think Netflix even enables it by default if you play HDR content? I'm using yellow color with Emby as white is even worse, but being unable to set 50% opacity makes it very hard to watch anything with subtitles enabled in the dark . Daytime is bearable. Edited June 2, 2020 by Devdroid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14903 Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 My question would be should this only be for HDR content? Is that opacity going to make the subs unreadable on non-HDR items? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devdroid 21 Posted June 4, 2020 Author Share Posted June 4, 2020 (edited) My question would be should this only be for HDR content? Is that opacity going to make the subs unreadable on non-HDR items?Good question. It's mostly a problem with HDR, but with local dimming enabled they still get quite bright while playing SDR content, so I guess it depends on the TV? Not sure what would be the best option, but it would probably be optimal with a separate SDR and HDR setting. Or a setting that only applied to HDR if it's easier to add it that way, since it's easier to live with no opacity+SDR vs no opacity+HDR. Edited June 4, 2020 by Devdroid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14903 Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 Separate settings will be very difficult to maintain, explain, etc. Isn't there one setting that would work for both situations (like a grey color)? If not, we may just have to apply an automatic dimming with HDR content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psysfaction 0 Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 I agree, I just got a a Samsung Q90R and it would be great to at least have gray as color and or a semi transparent option like in Netflix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37008 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Hi, yes, more options are possible with future updates. thanks for the feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tchirou 23 Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Sorry to barge in, I don't have access to my shield right now but in the android tv emby app, there is grey and dim options already for subtitles. This is what I use to prevent loosing my eyes with HDR content since I bought an HDR tv in july 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14903 Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 11 minutes ago, tchirou said: Sorry to barge in, I don't have access to my shield right now but in the android tv emby app, there is grey and dim options already for subtitles. This is what I use to prevent loosing my eyes with HDR content since I bought an HDR tv in july 2019 Hi. Yes, that is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psysfaction 0 Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Thank you guys, I found the settings in the Shield Emby app fixing the Bright subtitle issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22tomasz 1 Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Is there any chance for update with grey subtitles for LG TV app? This the simplest option to solve the issue with too bright subtitles, no matter it is hdr or non hdr content. Honestly, it is game changer. This is one option with i am missing, the rest seems very good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37008 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Hi, yes we are looking into improving this. Thanks for the feedback. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amb13 17 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 I watch quite a bit of both SD and HDR content with subtitles and watching HDR with white subtitles is not a very pleasant experience. So It would be a very big improvement if one (or both) of these options was implemented. 1. Be able to change the color of the subtitle from the OSD while a video is playing. On AndroidTV I now have to stop the video, go all the way back to the home screen, go to settings, change the subtitle colour, go back to the home screen, choose the video and start playing again. So being able to change the color from the OSD would save A LOT of clicks. 2. Set separate colour for subtitles for SDR and HDR content and automatically choose the relevant one based on the file that's playing. As for colors, in kodi they have added Dark grey #808080. This one is very good at least on LG OLED tvs. Would it be possible to add this. I find that the grey option in the android apps are still to bright. Would it be possible to add this to all apps? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjtech 4222 Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 I set mine to use 'Grey' and 'Dim' on the AndroidTV App - subs look ok for me in SDR, HDR10 or DV. Do you have yours set to white ? I think it's a good FR regardless, and actually needs to be extended to all aspects of the GUI on the new Android (non AndroidTV) client as that is currently horrendous in SDR, yet alone HDR/DV where I can see the OLED's on my TV scream for mercy every time I test that client ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amb13 17 Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Yeah, I use grey and dim on android TV with HDR content aswell. But i find it a bit dark for SDR content so I prefer plain white for that. It's just so many clicks to change it. And I do it basicly every day. I agree, the android (non tv) client is basicly useless for use on a TV if you plan on using subtitles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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