.mkv File Defaulting to Gray Subtitles?

[Nealhon]

Hello, this may be a n00b question, but I've searched and around and messed with different settings and cannot figure this out.

I am encoding a .mkv file that includes a .ssa subtitle file. The subtitles are set to be white with a black shadow (in the Arial font). However when I run the .mkv file, the color of the subtitles are gray with a black shadow (still in Arial font though). I've messed around with ffdshow's settings and the default font color is white... so I am puzzled. If I load the .ssa file into VirtualDub, then they are the correct white color--so I don't know what's going on.

Anybody know what's going on/what I need to do?

[check]

it's simply that ffdshow has a bad subtitle decoder. For directshow decoding, I recommend vsfilter.

[Nealhon]

Oh I see--I didn't know. Well thanks for the info.