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Penelope061 · 2019-01-12, 18:30

Hello,
I just started using Kodi with Nvidia Shield, mostly with videos I have on an external HDD. Is there a way to add/enable a black background to the subtitles, though? I searched but I have yet to be successful to find a solution. Since my 76 yrs old mom often watches subtitled videos with me, and she has an eyes condition, it would help a lot.
The subtitles I’m using are .srt and are NOT automatically downloaded.

Thank you very much un advance

bkiziuk · 2019-01-13, 16:52

It is possible, however not natively.
You need to have subtitles in Substation Alpha format (.ass) which allows to have solid background.
You can try if this add-on suits your needs (it converts subtitles to SSA format with custom background).

**enen92** · 2019-01-14, 02:42

It is supported natively in Kodi 18. Just set the subtitle background opacity to a value higher than 0% in the subtitles section of the settings

Penelope061 · 2019-02-03, 19:27

(2019-01-14, 02:42)enen92 Wrote: It is supported natively in Kodi 18. Just set the subtitle background opacity to a value higher than 0% in the subtitles section of the settings

Thank you! When I wrote my post Kodi 18 was not available yet on NVidia Shield. After upgrading, I can now set up the black background. Smile

ray2301 · 2019-02-03, 19:55

(2019-01-14, 02:42)enen92 Wrote: It is supported natively in Kodi 18. Just set the subtitle background opacity to a value higher than 0% in the subtitles section of the settings

i don't see this in windows x64. i see "background color" and i've set it to black. but no options for background opacity in settings Undecided

and i don't have a black background on subs even though it's set and i'm in "expert" mode. what am i doing wrong? i just upgraded to 18.

Zodler · 2019-12-08, 02:43

(2019-01-14, 02:42)enen92 Wrote: It is supported natively in Kodi 18. Just set the subtitle background opacity to a value higher than 0% in the subtitles section of the settings

Thank you for this. However this adds a big box. For example if the sub is 2 lines, it creates a big box with the smaller line having a lot of dead spaces.
We need a background color that adds it line by line and it only envelopes each line and not all 2 lines in 1 box.

phil49 · 2021-04-24, 18:59

This feature doesn't appear to be supported in Kodi ver 19. I am using the confluence (Xonfluence) skin