Index: vdr-1.6.0/dvbsubtitle.c
===================================================================
--- vdr-1.6.0/dvbsubtitle.c
+++ vdr-1.6.0/dvbsubtitle.c	2008-04-25 14:04:32.000000000 +0300
@@ -985,6 +985,7 @@
   int NumAreas = Page->regions.Count();
   int Bpp = 8;
   bool Reduced = false;
+  if (osd->CanHandleOver2BitSubtitles()) {
   while (osd->CanHandleAreas(Areas, NumAreas) != oeOk) {
         int HalfBpp = Bpp / 2;
         if (HalfBpp >= 2) {
@@ -999,6 +1000,14 @@
         else
            return; // unable to draw bitmaps
         }
+  } else {
+    for (int i = 0; i < NumAreas; i++) {
+	 if (Areas[i].bpp > 2) {
+            Areas[i].bpp = 2;
+            Reduced = true;
+         }
+    }
+  }
   if (Reduced) {
      for (int i = 0; i < NumAreas; i++) {
          cSubtitleRegion *sr = Page->regions.Get(i);
Index: vdr-1.6.0/osd.h
===================================================================
--- vdr-1.6.0/osd.h
+++ vdr-1.6.0/osd.h	2008-04-25 14:01:09.000000000 +0300
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@
        ///< 7: vertical,   falling, upper
   virtual void Flush(void);
        ///< Actually commits all data to the OSD hardware.
+  virtual bool CanHandleOver2BitSubtitles(void) { return true; }
   tArea vidWin;
   };