@mitu Well that can be arranged as I tested the VLC mode and it still worked right, however there's still no game info displayed.
What could possibly be causing that? Something wrong with the chosen fonts? The font files? The resolution I'm forcing it to display at (resolution mode is meant for a screen installed in an Arcade1Up gen 3 cabinet)? I'm trying to think of anything that might mess with its subtitles and can't come up with anything.
EDIT: FINALLY figured it out. In video screensaver settings, VLC Resolution needs to be set to Max. Doing that finally shows the game info. Gonna guess this has something to do with video mode, but I don't know for certain. Either way, that fixed it.