diff -Nurpa -x '*~' -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' -x '*.swp' vdr-2.0.3/dvbsubtitle.c vdr-2.0.3/dvbsubtitle.c
--- vdr-2.0.3/dvbsubtitle.c	2013-02-22 17:25:25.000000000 +0200
+++ vdr-2.0.3/dvbsubtitle.c	2013-10-14 23:30:34.631714085 +0300
@@ -1266,6 +1266,7 @@ void cDvbSubtitleConverter::FinishPage(c
   int NumAreas = Page->regions.Count();
   int Bpp = 8;
   bool Reduced = false;
+  if (osd->CanHandleOver2BitSubtitles()) {
   while (osd && osd->CanHandleAreas(Areas, NumAreas) != oeOk) {
         int HalfBpp = Bpp / 2;
         if (HalfBpp >= 2) {
@@ -1280,6 +1281,14 @@ void cDvbSubtitleConverter::FinishPage(c
         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;
+         }
+    }
+  }
   cDvbSubtitleBitmaps *Bitmaps = new cDvbSubtitleBitmaps(Page->Pts(), Page->Timeout(), Areas, NumAreas, osdFactorX, osdFactorY);
   bitmaps->Add(Bitmaps);
   for (int i = 0; i < NumAreas; i++) {
diff -Nurpa -x '*~' -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' -x '*.swp' vdr-2.0.3/osd.h vdr-2.0.3/osd.h
--- vdr-2.0.3/osd.h	2013-10-14 23:26:40.211674407 +0300
+++ vdr-2.0.3/osd.h	2013-10-14 23:27:20.687199359 +0300
@@ -914,6 +914,7 @@ public:
        ///< 7: vertical,   falling, upper
   virtual void Flush(void);
        ///< Actually commits all data to the OSD hardware.
+  virtual bool CanHandleOver2BitSubtitles(void) { return true; }
        ///< Flush() should return as soon as possible.
        ///< For a true color OSD using the default implementation with in memory
        ///< pixmaps, the Flush() function should basically do something like this: