Force 'Subtitle Appearance' settings on ASS/SSA Subtitles & More

[ramansgdeep 3]

The title is self explanatory, but is it technologically possible to force the subtitle appearance on all kinds of subtitles? As I rarely see my subtitles settings being used.

Also, whilst on the topic, a grey subtitle color with a black background would also be nice.

Edit: The font that the app currently uses for subtitles has the problem of l and I mix-up. It would be nice if a more legible font could be used to increase the accessibility.
P.S. - Sorry if I'm coming off as a complainer. I'm very grateful for your product.

Edited October 15, 2020 by ramansgdeep
Added more suggestions and changed the title accordingly.

[Luke 42083]

Hi, Ass/Ssa subtitles have their own styles embedded so it would be tricky. In theory we could try to convert them to plain text and then apply the styling, but you're going to be losing subtitle data by doing that, e.g. positioning, graphics, etc.

[zuberilol 0]

How come these ass subs only work on my android emby app and not windows emby theater?

[sooty234 266]

You might be using the store app. Try the app from the emby site.

https://emby.media/emby-theater.html

[Luke 42083]

1 hour ago, zuberilol said:

How come these ass subs only work on my android emby app and not windows emby theater?

Hi there, what does "only work" mean? ass/ssa subtitles are supported in all Emby apps. Please see how to report a media playback issue. thanks.

[ramansgdeep 3]

On 10/15/2020 at 10:40 PM, Luke said:

but you're going to be losing subtitle data by doing that, e.g. positioning

when you refer to subtitle data such as positioning, do you mean in terms of timestamps? or in terms of positioning on the screen. 'Cause if it's the latter then a toggle can be provided to the user if they want to force enable their custom style on all sub types. I don't know much but I'm assuming that emby can provide the sub with the positioning, graphics etc configuration like srt subtitles.

[Luke 42083]

Yes more options are possible in future updates. Thanks for the feedback.