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Old 03-02-2003, 04:33 AM   #1
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help installing fonts in mplayer.....


i just executed gmplayer in terminal and it has an error...
it says:

New_Failed failed. Maybe the font path is wrong.
Please supply the text font file (~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf).

hmmmmmm
where can i get that subfont.ttf?
or what does it mean?
what should i do?
thank you very much
 
Old 03-02-2003, 07:06 AM   #2
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Re: help installing fonts in mplayer.....

If you have True Type Fonts installed on your system you can make a link to your ~/.mplayer directory.

e.g.

ln -sf /full_path_to_a_true_type_font.ttf ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf
 
Old 03-02-2003, 10:03 PM   #3
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kewl... thanks =)
it worked
 
  


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