subtitles should briefly be cleared before rendering the next one
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Description
MPV doesn't clear the current subtitles before rendering the next one. When my eye movement tracing back from the end of line1 to the start of line2 coincides with the change to the next one, I don't see the change and continue reading, making for very confusing sentences. Or, when you're done reading and you're looking up at the image, you don't see that the subtitles have progressed to the next one.
This small visual aid has been present in analogue TV for as long as I can remember (decades), and I started noticing the absence in modern TVs and players.
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Research direction
No file or test is named. Start by tracing mpv's subtitle rendering path and existing timing behavior, then verify that the current subtitle is briefly absent between successive subtitles without disrupting playback or subtitle synchronization.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- audio-video-rtc
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100