Styles for text based subtitles
The settings in this section are for text based subtitles such as .ass, and .srt files.
Image based subtitles, such as those from DVD (VobSub) or Bluray (pgs), are not affected by these settings.[1]
Position on screen
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Advanced
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Adjust the on screen location of the subtitle.
Differences between 'Bottom of screen' and 'Manual' positions:
- Manual position
- Allow to set subtitle position by using the Screen Calibration subtitle adjustment.
- Allow to adjust position by using the Action ID's SubtitleShiftUp and SubtitleShiftDown [2] or shortcut keys.
- The position, if changed, is permanently saved (persists over all videos or kodi reboot).
- Bottom of screen position
- Allow to adjust position by using the Action ID's SubtitleShiftUp and SubtitleShiftDown [3] [4] or shortcut keys.
- The position, if changed, is temporary, e.g. playing another video will restore to the default position.
Some subtitle file formats do not allow the position of subtitles to be changed, see also Override subtitles styles setting.
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Font
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Standard
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Select the font for the subtitles.
Additional .ttf and .otf type fonts[5] can be added to the \media\fonts\ folder located in the Kodi data folder
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Size
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Expert
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Increase or decrease the size of the subtitles on screen.
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Style
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Expert
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Add Bold, Italics or Bold italics effects to subtitles.
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Colour
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Expert
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Change the colour of the subtitle text using the pop-up colour picker. May help reduce eyestrain caused by bright white HDR subtitles.
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Opacity
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Expert
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Adjust the opacity of the subtitle
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Border size
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Expert
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Apply a stroke (outline) to the text. Can help increase contrast between text and background.
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Border colour
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Expert
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Change the colour of the stroke (outline) of the text using the pop-up colour picker.
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Blur
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Expert
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Will apply a blur to the border.
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Background type
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Expert
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Displays subtitles in a box which aids in readibility. When the type of background is selected, further settings will become visible which allow colouring of the box, shadow and opacity.
Enabling this setting will disable the Border size and Border colour settings
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Vertical margin
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Expert
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Adds a margin to top and bottom aligned text.
This setting will affect the subtitle position set with the Video calibration setting.
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Override subtitles fonts
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Expert
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| Description:
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Override the subtitle fonts specified in subtitle files such as *.ass and *.ssa.
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Override subtitles styles
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Expert
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Override the subtitle theme and alignments specified in subtitle files such as *.ass, *.ssa and *.vtt (WebVTT).
Enabling this setting may in some cases lead to subtitles being displayed incorrectly.
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Stereoscopic 3D depth of subtitles
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Advanced
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Adjust the visual depth of subtitles for 3D videos. The higher the setting, the closer to the viewer the subtitles will appear.
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Charater set
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Standard
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Select the font character set to use for subtitles.
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Closed caption subtitles
Enable parsing for closed captions
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Standard
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| Description:
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When enabled, Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (SDH) will automatically play.
Requirements:
- For embedded subtitle tracks, the element flag-hearing-impaired (or equivalent, depending upon the container in use) must be enabled for the track.[6]
- For external subtitle tracks, the filename contains SDH. eg Swordfish (2001).eng.SDH.srt
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Download Services
- See: Subtitles
Languages to download subtitles for
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Standard
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Set which language subtitles to search and download.
Check with your selected subtitle provider if subtitles are not found in the specified language.
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Subtitle storage location
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Advanced
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| Description:
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Specify where downloaded subtitles should be saved, the same location as the video or a custom location.
Options: Next to the video or Custom location.
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Custom subtitle folder
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Advanced
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| Description:
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If you chose Custom location in the previous setting, set the location with this setting.
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Pause when searching for subtitles
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Advanced
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Pause the current video while searching for subtitles and resume once the subtitle is available.
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Auto download first subtitle
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Advanced
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| Description:
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Automatically download first subtitle from the search result list.
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Default TV service
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Standard
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Select the service that will be used as default to search for TV-show subtitles.
If none are listed, use the Get more... button
| Available subtitle providers (click 'expand' to view)
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Default movie service
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Standard
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Select the service that will be used as default to search for movie subtitles.
If none are listed, use the Get more... button
| Available subtitle providers (click 'expand' to view)
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References
Settings
