libass, asa, and the plans to fix VLC subtitle support...
Can someone explain to me how such projects will affect fansubbing, if at all?
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People will have one more reason to use softsubs.
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Uh, maybe it will finally convince more people to use softsubs. I doubt it though, because hurf durf our intellectual property!!!!111
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Won't full ASS support in VLC essentially make CCCP obsolete in most circumstances?
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No, because VLC is still a buggy piece of crap with the most ugly, user-unfriendly interface ever. It also only works with itself and not with any other applications, like CCCP does.
MPlayer could be close if it had a better GUI, but it suffers from the same problem as VLC does: not working with any other Directshow/VfW apps. |
So, is asa gonna be the successor to ass?
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asa is a renderer, not a subtitle format |
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Yes, asa and libass are both potential successors to VSFilter.
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I say pretty much exactly this to people who preach about VLC, then whinge about not being able to watch various anime releases and say that the subbers suck for using <insert whatever container/format here> when it's their fault for using the pos that is VLC. I don't care if VLC is 'fixed' -- I won't use it on general principle that it's sucked for so long, and it's taken them so long to get around to addressing an, IMO, major issue. The 'death' of CCCP isn't coming any time soon. I'd much rather have it and a media player of choice (I like MPC.) than having to use VLC's ugliness. |
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If ASA ever does get off its feet with full SSA/ASS support, and if AMZ has his way, you'll see newer possibly better subtitle formats emerge. That is so long as we can chain equinox to the coding table n_n. AS5 and all the madness associated with it can only come from the mind of a hoser that plays too much Starcraft.
Active projects in development equals lots of new possibilities at least. Don't ever think new projects won't effect what we're doing, its how we got where we are now. |
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He was joking about the 'hoser' thing. ;)
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more like how Nicholi refers to just about anyone... in an endearing kind of way.
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I'm not a fansubber, but what's so bad about VLC? Ok, so it's self contained. Its library versions are old, and it's an ass to compile. Softsub support sucks (until 0.9.0) and it's not pretty. But it works, and the interface is *normal*. What's so bad about VLC?
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Not that I want to stick up for VLC or anything (god forbid!) but I'd like to see the survey that confirms this factoid :D From a purely literary point-of-view, you understand ;) |
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Yes and I somehow lost the true meaning of hoser many years ago. Now its something else altogether, bwahahahaha. |
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