-#define spu_CreateRegion(a,b) __spu_CreateRegion(VLC_OBJECT(a),b)
-VLC_EXPORT( subpicture_region_t *,__spu_CreateRegion, ( vlc_object_t *, video_format_t * ) );
-#define spu_MakeRegion(a,b,c) __spu_MakeRegion(VLC_OBJECT(a),b,c)
-VLC_EXPORT( subpicture_region_t *,__spu_MakeRegion, ( vlc_object_t *, video_format_t *, picture_t * ) );
-#define spu_DestroyRegion(a,b) __spu_DestroyRegion(VLC_OBJECT(a),b)
-VLC_EXPORT( void, __spu_DestroyRegion, ( vlc_object_t *, subpicture_region_t * ) );
-VLC_EXPORT( subpicture_t *, spu_SortSubpictures, ( spu_t *, mtime_t, vlc_bool_t ) );
-VLC_EXPORT( void, spu_RenderSubpictures, ( spu_t *, video_format_t *, picture_t *, picture_t *, subpicture_t *, int, int ) );
+/**
+ * This function asks the spu_t core a list of subpictures to display.
+ *
+ * The returned list can only be used by spu_RenderSubpictures.
+ */
+VLC_EXPORT( subpicture_t *, spu_SortSubpictures, ( spu_t *, mtime_t render_subtitle_date, bool b_subtitle_only ) );
+
+/**
+ * This function renders a list of subpicture_t on the provided picture.
+ *
+ * \param p_fmt_dst is the format of the destination picture.
+ * \param p_fmt_src is the format of the original(source) video.
+ */
+VLC_EXPORT( void, spu_RenderSubpictures, ( spu_t *, picture_t *, const video_format_t *p_fmt_dst, subpicture_t *p_list, const video_format_t *p_fmt_src, mtime_t render_subtitle_date ) );