Thanks for the post.
For more information about that channel's features and functionality, you'll want to contact the channel support directly to inquire further. Many channels on Roku are developed and maintained by the channel provider themselves.
Thanks,
Danny
Thanks for the post.
For more information about that channel's features and functionality, you'll want to contact the channel support directly to inquire further. Many channels on Roku are developed and maintained by the channel provider themselves.
Thanks,
Danny
RokuDanny-R, I have to be honest, this isn't really a solution. this post was about the build-in Roku app subs, not the individual channel that uses them.
the basic subtitles provided by Roku are, to be quite frank, lacking. their 'white' option is actually more of a gray, they lack a sufficiently bold font, and the outline is simply too thin. I myself was also watching something on Funimation last night, and missed several lines because of how unreadable the text can be at times. And I must echo the sentiment of the previous poster, adding a background simply obscures more of the picture, which is less than desirable.
As a fairly new Roku customer, I've been pleased with almost every other aspect of the device so far (and the few I haven't been pleased with are either due to bad internet connection, which is a problem on my end, or a problem specific to the apps, which is on their end), but the default subtitles that come with the Roku are simply lacking.
One last complaint I suppose I have is that they can't be toggled per app, and must be always on or always off. This is annoying, as I really only need them when watching something in a language other than English, but it's a minor complaint and I can work around it. the subtitle font problem, though, I fear renders some content simply unwatchable.
Cheesebread222 You are a wonderful responder. Please send a way to fix this issue!
This may not be too helpful, but I'll offer it anyway. I'm 75 years old and with my old eyes I use captions a lot. I agree that the Roku captioning leaves a lot to be desired. After much experimenting these are the best settings I've found, given what we have to work with. Maybe other people will at least find this to be a good starting point for their own experimentation.
Text style: Sans serif proportional
Text edge effect: None
Text size: Large
Text color: Yellow
Text opacity: 100%
Background color: Black
Background opacity: 50%
Window color: Black
Window opacity: Off
As a new Roku user, I am having the same issue. The Roku's standard subtitle ("caption") options are just horrible.
Serif / Sans Serif should never be used for subtitles as they are hard to read fast with all the unnecessary decorations.
Roku should and must include widely used fonts, such as Arial, Roboto and Helvatica.
As others also pointed out: the outline isn't thick enough, so white subtitles aren't legible on light surfaces.
Furthermore, it would be really great if they could be completely at the bottom of the screen, instead of ~20% up.
