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Originally Posted by jiifurusu
roozhou:
I consider the ASS format to be defined by what VSFilter supported and rendered in 2004, not any document, that's simply how things ended up.
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Of course we need a document, and it is already there. How do you define "what VSFilter supported and rendered in 2004"? And VSFilter being windows-only makes things even worse.
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I hope you can agree with me that subtitles need to be rendered exactly the same regardless of who is viewing them and on what system they are displayed.
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Totally agreed, and I hope it will be bit-exact. We need a well-documented spec plus a full-featured, open-source and cross-platform reference subtitle renderer instead of a buggy windows-only software. Many SAP and LCD-TV manufacturers in China are trying to support ASS subtitles in their hardware. They don't need de factor standard because they cannot magically port VSFilter(full of MFC and GDI craps) to their chips.