MPlayer 1.0rc1 cannot load ttf fonts

stelmed · 01-19-2007, 11:22 AM

Hello everybody!
I have been using MPlayer successfully for a long time. Today I decided to compile the new rc1 version. Everything went smoothly except the fonts. Every time I start Mplayer I get the following error: "Cannot load bitmap font /path/to/font.ttf"
Untill now I have used a link from a ttf font to /home/user/.mplayer/subfont.ttf and it has worked perfectly. I wonder if you could help me as I have no idea what could it be.

Thanks in advance

Okie · 01-20-2007, 09:28 AM

open mplayer, then rightclick on the app > select preferences and in the fonts tab add the path to your desired font...

stelmed · 01-25-2007, 12:16 AM

I wish it was that simple! When I do that I got a message that this is not a bitmap font...

Alien Bob · 01-25-2007, 05:09 AM

You could try my SlackBuild script (or download the Slackware package) I made for MPLayer, which will use one of your already installed TTF fonts instead of looking for a font in ~/.mplayer (this is deprecated as far as I know): http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/MPlayer/ . If you want a script or the package that can read encrypted DVD's (using decss) go to http://www.alienbase.nl/slackware/re...uilds/MPlayer/ instead.

Eric

pdw_hu · 01-25-2007, 05:47 AM

Afaik, the new version needs freetype for TTF fonts to work. Anyhow it doesn't work for me either (no matter how, and with what i configure it...)

stelmed · 01-27-2007, 12:51 PM

Finally I decided to use bitmap fonts

, this is a major downgrade but I have no other option, at least for now...
If someone fins out how to use truetype fonts under Mplayer 1.0rc1, please let me know...

stelmed · 01-27-2007, 12:58 PM

Finally I decided to use bitmap fonts

, this is a major downgrade but I have no other option, at least for now...
If someone finds out how to use truetype fonts under Mplayer 1.0rc1, please let me know...

Alien Bob · 01-27-2007, 03:21 PM

As I said, try my package (or use the SlackBuild script to compile it yourself) - when installing the package it will try to link /usr/share/mplayer/subfont.ttf to one of your existing TTF fonts. But only if that file/link does not yet exist.
Also, check your ~/.mplayer/config , maybe there are other locations where you've configured bitmap fonts for an older version of MPlayer that are now only trouble.

This is the comment in my SlackBuild about this:

Code:

# MPlayer will try to use one of the TrueType fonts present on the target
# system for it's On Screen Display (OSD) font.
# Slackware 11.0 ships with the Vera and DejaVu fonts, you may want to add
# more fonts to this list. The first font found will be used by creating a
# symbolic link "/usr/share/mplayer/subfont.ttf" to it.
# The use of bitmapped fonts is considered deprecated, but you can still use
# those if you want. Read http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/fonts-osd.html
# if you want to know more about OSD font configuration.
OSDFONTS="Arialuni.ttf arial.ttf DejaVuSans.ttf Vera.ttf"

Eric

stelmed · 01-28-2007, 10:08 AM

Actually I tried your binary file but I had some dependency problems (with theora I guess)so I quited because I want to keep my slack really neat. BTW what packages are required in order to be able to run your binary with no problem???

Alien Bob · 01-28-2007, 11:41 AM

I build my binaries on a full install of Slackware 11.0, with no other software installed. So I am curious what the complaint of the program was when it started?

Eric

stelmed · 01-29-2007, 06:34 AM

Well, it was about some missing libraries, libtheora.something

Alien Bob · 01-29-2007, 06:36 AM

Libtheora is part of Slackware 11.0 (slackware/l/libtheora-1.0alpha7-i486-1.tgz), so perhaps you just have to install that additional package from the Slackware CDROM.

Eric

urke · 02-05-2007, 07:40 AM

I have Fedora Core 6 and after latest yum update my mplayer can't anymore load TTF font ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf but load some default that is wide (I use Myriad ProCondensed for subtitles).
ldd /usr/bin/mplayer report that mplayer is linked/built with freetype support, freetype is installed, but without effect.

I try to load various TTF's manualy, by mplayer simple ignore that.

Code:

[urke@urosevic]$ rpm -qa|grep freetype
freetype-2.2.1-16.fc6
freetype-devel-2.2.1-16.fc6
[urke@urosevic]$ rpm -qa|grep mplayer
mplayer-gui-1.0-0.69.rc1
mplayerplug-in-debuginfo-3.31-2.fc6.rf
mplayer-1.0-0.69.rc1

Alien Bob · 02-05-2007, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by urke

I have Fedora Core 6 and after latest yum update

It is unfortunate for you, but this is a Slackware forum. We don't do RPM and yum.

Eric

H_TeXMeX_H · 02-05-2007, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alien Bob

It is unfortunate for you, but this is a Slackware forum. We don't do RPM and yum.

Eric

LOL, true dat