Custom subtitle fonts

[tilusnet]

Hi.

I am impressed by this initiative. I have been looking for a direct Linux to Chromecast transcoding solution for some time, and this project is on the right track!

For a start, which component is responsible for subtitle font choice? I'd be keen to be able to change the default.

Many thanks.

[keredson]

Thanks!

Subtitle control would be part of the DefaultMediaReceiver web app in Chromecast. There's very little documentation about it last I checked.

We could also code a custom media receiver. That would allow font customization.

On Sat, Jul 11, 2020, 2:18 PM Attila Szász [email protected] wrote:

Hi.

I am impressed by this initiative. I have been looking for a direct Linux to Chromecast transcoding solution for some time, and this project is on the right track!

For a start, which component is responsible for subtitle font choice? I'd be keen to be able to change the default.

Many thanks.

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[tilusnet]

Thanks for the leads @keredson! Just had a brief look now.

Heading off from https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/caf_receiver I discovered the TextTracksManager class which has a setTextTrackStyle() method. Its underlying TextTrackStyle class has a fontFamily property. Wouldn't this be the right place to dig around for changing the displayed font?

[keredson]

i will happily take a PR for a CAF receiver implementation!

[tilusnet]

@keredson would you mind pointing me at the code files in gnomecast where such change would be integrated?

[tilusnet]

Ah forget it, it's probably somewhere in gnomecast.py.

[keredson]

Well this would be a new file since it'd be writing a custom media receiver with the CAF framework. I don't really know what that entails, prob a HTML/JS/CSS package.

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Ah forget it, it's probably somewhere in gnomecast.py.

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