diff -Naur vdr-1.5.10/dvbsubtitle.c vdr-1.5.10-new/dvbsubtitle.c
--- vdr-1.5.10/dvbsubtitle.c	2007-10-14 17:02:35.000000000 +0300
+++ vdr-1.5.10-new/dvbsubtitle.c	2007-11-04 13:17:19.000000000 +0200
@@ -982,13 +982,13 @@
      return;
   tArea *Areas = Page->GetAreas();
   int NumAreas = Page->regions.Count();
-  int Bpp = 8;
+  int Bpp = 4;
   bool Reduced = false;
-  while (osd->CanHandleAreas(Areas, NumAreas) != oeOk) {
+//  while (osd->CanHandleAreas(Areas, NumAreas) != oeOk) {
         int HalfBpp = Bpp / 2;
         if (HalfBpp >= 2) {
            for (int i = 0; i < NumAreas; i++) {
-               if (Areas[i].bpp >= Bpp) {
+               while (Areas[i].bpp >= Bpp) {
                   Areas[i].bpp = HalfBpp;
                   Reduced = true;
                   }
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@
            }
         else
            return; // unable to draw bitmaps
-        }
+//        }
   if (Reduced) {
      for (int i = 0; i < NumAreas; i++) {
          cSubtitleRegion *sr = Page->regions.Get(i);