[MPlayer-users] One last try on the subtitles...

[The Wanderer]

Anton wrote:

> I am having troubles with not being able to see subtitles with an avi
> file. I had them working but now can't remember whether I have
> watched an avi with subtitles since I uninstalled (rpm) and installed
> from source. The fonts are there in /usr/share/mplayer/fonts/. Any
> ideas? Did I forget to pass some parameter when installing from
> source? Should I be seeing subtitles? Or should I recompile?

I presume you're talking about external subtitles.

<snip MPlayer output text>
> New_Face failed. Maybe the font path is wrong.
> Please supply the text font file (~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf).
> subtitle font: load_sub_face failed.

This is the relevant information AFAIK. Put a font of your choice at the
location specified, and MPlayer should grab it and use it for subtitles.
You may need to provide font-display parameters when you run MPlayer, in
order to adjust the appearance to your liking; I have to reduce the size
and change the positioning, but it all works out in the end.

If this somehow isn't what you're asking about, or isn't the correct
answer, or something I haven't thought of is going on, then please
accept my apology and I'll probably shut up again for the next few months.

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       The Wanderer

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