[Feature Request]: Captions Styling

[0Raik]

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Problem Description

First let me thank you all for the time and effort put into the app. The latest update was amazing! The new player looks and feels great!! I know is just brand new and mostly the work of a single chad (thank you @absidue!) and you'll all continue to improve it as time goes on.

This time seems the new captions don't support any kind of styling. The current default one is white text with a black background. While might work wonders for reading, not so much for enjoying that subtitle with video. It might already be in the to-do list but I really miss the white text with black edge or shadow.

Thanks again for the love and care for the app. Wish you the best in life. Have a wonderful day!!!

Proposed Solution

Styling options like color, shadow, contour and size.

Alternatives Considered

Using the previous version if really necesary

Issue Labels

improvement to existing feature, visual improvement

Additional Information

No response

[semliki]

I just want to put it here that I cannot read white on black captions, like at all. It is extremely hard for me to read because the contrast between the text and the video itself (which are often bright themselves) is too low, and I cannot make out the text unless it is a bright uncommon color, like yellow, neon green, or orange. It may not look pretty or aesthetic to neurotypicals without visual issues like this, but it doesn't have to be the default either. I just would like to return to the old ability of changing the color of the text, as well as the opacity of the background. I imagine I am not the only one with this issue.

For reference as well this is usually what I set: Yellow text, card background instead of line background, opacity to 75%, and a drop shadow on the text to help outline it (actual outline is too much and hurts my eyes).

Thank you for reading.

[spaceghost24]

I'm not sure if the ability to resize captions is the same issue or a different issue. I don't mind white on black, but would appreciate the ability to make the captions a bit bigger. (But preferably not a return to the previous version, as the ability to resize them was fairly broken there lol.)

[grizzlybeartist]

Seconding this. I can't watch with captions in fullscreen because they're gigantic, and cover a huge portion of the bottom of the screen. I much preferred the old caption system with the ability to change size, font, colour etc, even if it was a tad buggy at times. That was better than not being able to use captions at all because of how much they cover :(