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authorGravatar paszczi <paszczi@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2003-12-08 17:40:41 +0000
committerGravatar paszczi <paszczi@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2003-12-08 17:40:41 +0000
commitd5066b11efa2ea244f0efbc0bc07604af5294b75 (patch)
tree58c0e76601715c382ddba985e8259d66790a8fc6 /DOCS
parenta85d14ea1e658c772e51da8f9fb7425d0f9fcfa2 (diff)
reorganization of subtitles and osd section, removed repeating lines, patch by me and Torinthiel
git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@11589 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
Diffstat (limited to 'DOCS')
-rw-r--r--DOCS/xml/en/install.xml51
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml
index cfe5282ec6..71aaed40fd 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml
@@ -712,8 +712,20 @@ OSD/SUB feature. There are many ways to get it:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
+ Use the font generator tool at <filename
+ class="directory">TOOLS/subfont-c</filename>. It's a complete tool to
+ convert from TTF/Type1/etc font to mplayer font pkg (read
+ <filename>TOOLS/subfont-c/README</filename> for details).
+ </para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>
+ Use the font generator GIMP plugin at <filename
+ class="directory">TOOLS/subfont-GIMP</filename> (note: you must have HSI
+ RAW plugin too, see URL below).
+ <!-- FIXME: where's that URL? -->
+ </para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>
using a TrueType (TTF) font, by the means of the <systemitem class="library">freetype</systemitem>
-library. Version 2.0.9 or greater is mandatory! Then you have two methods:
+ library. Version 2.0.9 or greater is mandatory! Then you have two methods:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
use the <option>-font /path/to/arial.ttf</option> option to specify a
@@ -723,6 +735,11 @@ library. Version 2.0.9 or greater is mandatory! Then you have two methods:
create a symlink:<screen>ln -s /path/to/arial.ttf ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf</screen>
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
+ If <application>MPlayer</application> was compiled with
+ <systemitem class="library">fontconfig</systemitem> support, the above methods
+ won't work, instead the <option>-font</option> expects a fontconfig font name
+ and defaults to the sans-serif font. To get a list of fonts known to fontconfig,
+ use <command>fc-list</command>. Example: <option>-font 'Bitstream Vera Sans'</option>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Download ready-to-use font packages from <application>MPlayer</application>
@@ -769,39 +786,7 @@ library. Version 2.0.9 or greater is mandatory! Then you have two methods:
</table>
</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>
- Use the font generator tool at <filename
- class="directory">TOOLS/subfont-c</filename>. It's a complete tool to
- convert from TTF/Type1/etc font to mplayer font pkg. (read
- <filename>TOOLS/subfont-c/README</filename> for details)
- </para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>
- Use the font generator GIMP plugin at <filename
- class="directory">TOOLS/subfont-GIMP</filename> (note: you must have HSI
- RAW plugin too, see URL below)
- <!-- FIXME: where's that URL? -->
- </para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>
- using a TrueType (TTF) font, by the means of the <systemitem class="library">
- freetype</systemitem> library. Version 2.0.9 or greater is mandatory! Then
- you have two methods:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para>
- use the <option>-font /path/to/arial.ttf</option> option to specify a
- TrueType font file on every occasion
- </para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>
- create a symlink:<screen>ln -s /path/to/arial.ttf ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf</screen>
- </para></listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- If compiled with <systemitem class="library">fontconfig</systemitem>
- support, the above methods won't work, instead the <option>-font</option>
- expects a fontconfig font name and defaults to the sans-serif font. To get
- a list of fonts known to fontconfig, use <command>fc-list</command>.
- Example: <option>-font 'Bitstream Vera Sans'</option>
- </para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
-
<para>
If you chose non-TTF fonts, UNZIP the file you downloaded to <filename
class="directory">~/.mplayer</filename> or <filename