2023-10-03, 09:45 AM
You can use FFmpeg or mkvtoolnix to extract subtitles from mkv file and check which font is actually used.
If the font is carried with mkv, the subtitles will always render with correct style.
If not, VLC or any other player will use system font. But I don't know how jellyfin-web behave.
Should I install the font on the Jellyfin side or the player side?
Following the direction of a blog I did some hack to make Jellyfin frontend to provide specified font from local folder when rendering ass sub.
It's kind of ugly. After compiling I put all the font on the
If the font is carried with mkv, the subtitles will always render with correct style.
If not, VLC or any other player will use system font. But I don't know how jellyfin-web behave.
Should I install the font on the Jellyfin side or the player side?
Following the direction of a blog I did some hack to make Jellyfin frontend to provide specified font from local folder when rendering ass sub.
It's kind of ugly. After compiling I put all the font on the
assets/fonts folder. And fontNameMap.json is storing all the mapping from font name to its relative path.