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authorGravatar gabucino <gabucino@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2002-12-07 20:28:58 +0000
committerGravatar gabucino <gabucino@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2002-12-07 20:28:58 +0000
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parent6b199214d659f965079ad1ba9960e69cbde1d608 (diff)
uh.. misc fixes
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</PRE>
<P>At this point, MPlayer is ready to use. The directory
- <CODE>$PREFIX/share/mplayer</CODE> contains the <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>
+ <CODE>$PREFIX/etc/mplayer</CODE> contains the <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>
file, which is used to tell the program all the codecs and their
capabilities. This file should always be kept up to date together with the
main binary.<BR>
@@ -771,16 +771,10 @@
<CODE>configure.log</CODE> file usually tells you what is missing.</P>
<P>Though not mandatory, the fonts should be installed in order to gain OSD,
- and subtitle functionality. Download <CODE>mp-arial-iso-8859-*.zip</CODE>
- and/or optional (if exists) language updates. See the
- <A HREF="#subtitles_osd">Subtitles and OSD</A> section for details.</P>
+ and subtitle functionality. The recommended method is installing a TTF
+ font file and telling MPlayer to use it. See the
+ <A HREF="#install_osd">Subtitles and OSD</A> section for details.</P>
-<PRE>
- mkdir ~/.mplayer
- cd ~/.mplayer
- unzip mp-arial-iso-8859-1.zip
- ln -s ~/.mplayer/iso-8859-1/arial-24 font
-</PRE>
<H2><A NAME="gui">1.3 What about the GUI?</A></H2>
@@ -825,6 +819,7 @@
<LI>SSA</LI>
<LI>MPsub</LI>
<LI>AQTitle</LI>
+ <LI>JACOsub</LI>
</UL>
<P>MPlayer can dump the previously listed subtitle formats into the following
@@ -834,6 +829,8 @@
<LI>MPsub: <CODE>-dumpmpsub</CODE></LI>
<LI>SubRip: <CODE>-dumpsrtsub</CODE></LI>
<LI>Microdvd: <CODE>-dumpmicrodvdsub</CODE></LI>
+ <LI>JACOsub: <CODE>-dumpjacosub</CODE></LI>
+ <LI>Sami: <CODE>-dumpsami</CODE></LI>
</UL>
<P>The command line options differ slightly for the different formats:</P>
@@ -945,15 +942,24 @@
<LI>use the font generator GIMP plugin at TOOLS/subfont-GIMP
(note: you must have HSI RAW plugin too, see URL below)</LI>
<LI>using a TrueType (TTF) font, by the means of the <B>freetype</B>
- library. Version 2.0.9 or greater is mandatory! TODO: complete this</LI>
+ library. Version 2.0.9 or greater is mandatory! You have to pass the
+ <CODE>--enable-freetype</CODE> option to ./configure. Then you
+ have two methods:
+ <UL>
+ <LI>use the <CODE>-font /path/to/arial.ttf</CODE> option to specify
+ a TrueType font file on every occassion</LI>
+ <LI>create a symlink: <CODE>ln -s /path/to/arial.ttf ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf</CODE></LI>
+ </UL>
+ </LI>
</UL>
-<P>After that, UNZIP the file you downloaded to <CODE>~/.mplayer</CODE> or
- <CODE>$PREFIX/share/mplayer</CODE>. Then rename or symlink one of them to
+<P>If you chose non-TTF fonts, UNZIP the file you downloaded to <CODE>~/.mplayer</CODE> or
+ <CODE>$PREFIX/share/mplayer</CODE>. Then rename or symlink one of the extracted directories to
<CODE>font</CODE> (like: <CODE>ln -s ~/.mplayer/arial-24
~/.mplayer/font</CODE>). Now you have to see a timer at the upper left corner
of the movie (switch it off with the "o" key).</P>
+
<P>OSD has 3 states: (switch with 'o')</P>
<UL>