I like the vertical offset option for subtitles, but I think it could be a little bit better.
The main problem right now is that the vertical offset is universal and applies to text- as well as image-based subtitles.
Since SRT subtitles contain no information on their position, having +3 applied to all SRT subtitles, gives you consistent and desired results. However, VobSub subtitles do contain information on their position, and when +3 is applied there as well, the results are probably not what you want.
I can see several ways to improve this (ordered from simple to fancy):
- Applying the offset only to text-based subtitles and disabling it for image-based subtitles;
- Applying the offset only to text-based subtitles and let each movie/tv show with image-based subtitles use a unique offset;
- Still use a universal offset, but apply it in a smarter way to image-based subtitles, so that all the subtitles look like they have the same offset. Perhaps this is simply replacing the y-value in the IDX file or maybe it’s more complicated. In any case, I’m sure it’s doable.
