hi

On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 01:18:23PM +0200, Michael Piefel wrote:
> 
> MPlayer complains:
> ...
> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSans.ttf doesn't look like a bitmap 
> font description, ignoring.
> Cannot load bitmap font: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSans.ttf
> ...
> 
> That is in contrast to the Debconf font question.

the "-font" options has this usage:

       -font <path to font.desc file> (OSD only)
              Search  for  the  OSD/SUB fonts in an alternative directory (de-
              fault for normal fonts: ~/.mplayer/font/font.desc,  default  for
              FreeType fonts: ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf).
              NOTE: With FreeType, this option determines the path to the text
              font file.  With fontconfig, this option determines the fontcon-
              fig font name.

              EXAMPLE:
                 -font ~/.mplayer/arial-14/font.desc
                 -font ~/.mplayer/arialuni.ttf
                 -font 'Bitstream Vera Sans'

at install, the package put 
font=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSans.ttf 
into /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf , on your behalf

when MPlayer starts it warns that the chosen font is not 
a bitmap font ... indeed it is not , it is a ttf.

This is annoyning, we will fix it in the future, but it 
is not a bug

if you try using OSD, you will see that it works, thoug
(just hit "o" to show the running time, or "v" to disable
subtitles)

a.


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Andrea Mennucc

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