[MPlayer-dev-eng] Cannot change subtitle font using -subfont

[Albert Graham]

Hi

I've been pulling my hair out trying to change the default mplayer 
subtitle font.

The -subfont option does not effect the font no matter what I try, the 
-font option work perfectly as illustrated in the linked picture below 
(Warning: 4M picture):

http://www.g-b.net/mplayer-font.jpg

As you can see the menu options (-font) work correctly and changes as 
documented using the -font option.

But as you can see the subtitle font (-subfont) is really blocky and has 
a thick blurry edge - unreadable from a distance.

I've search this mailing list back to 2006 and googled but cannot found 
anyone else having this problem, I get the same result on multiple 
machines of freshly installed FC8, FC9, FC10 and FC11.

I've installed libaas + devel and tried multiple versions of mplayer 
(even last nights snapshot) but no luck!

The mpg file is a rip from my DVD disc using mplayer's -dumpstream option.

I have this exact problem with 99% of my DVD rips.


# file Apocalypto.mpg
Apocalypto.mpg: MPEG sequence, v2, program multiplex

Running mplayer with -v results in the following output:

mplayer -v -sid 0 -subfont ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf  
/mythtv/videos/Apocalypto.mpg
MPlayer SVN-r29412-4.3.2 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
CPU vendor name: GenuineIntel  max cpuid level: 11
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         920  @ 2.67GHz (Family: 6, Model: 
26, Stepping: 4)
extended cpuid-level: 8
extended cache-info: 16801856
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
Testing OS support for SSE... yes.
Tests of OS support for SSE passed.
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNowExt: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 SSSE3: 1
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2 SSSE3 CMOV
get_path('codecs.conf') -> '/home/mtv/.mplayer/codecs.conf'
Reading /home/mtv/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open 
'/home/mtv/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open 
'/usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Using built-in default codecs.conf.
Configuration: --enable-menu
CommandLine: '-v' '-sid' '0' '-subfont' '/home/mtv/.mplayer/subfont.ttf' 
'/mythtv/videos/Apocalypto.mpg'
init_freetype
Using MMX (with tiny bit MMX2) Optimized OnScreenDisplay
get_path('fonts') -> '/home/mtv/.mplayer/fonts'
Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024): Permission denied
Try adding "echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to your system 
startup scripts.
Using nanosleep() timing
get_path('input.conf') -> '/home/mtv/.mplayer/input.conf'
Can't open input config file /home/mtv/.mplayer/input.conf: No such file 
or directory
Can't open input config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/input.conf: No such 
file or directory
Falling back on default (hardcoded) input config
Setting up LIRC support...
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote 
control.
get_path('Apocalypto.mpg.conf') -> '/home/mtv/.mplayer/Apocalypto.mpg.conf'

Playing /mythtv/videos/Apocalypto.mpg.
get_path('sub/') -> '/home/mtv/.mplayer/sub/'
[file] File size is 6843455488 bytes
STREAM: [file] /mythtv/videos/Apocalypto.mpg
STREAM: Description: File
STREAM: Author: Albeu
STREAM: Comment: based on the code from ??? (probably Arpi)
CACHE_PRE_INIT: 0 [0] 0  pre:13421363  eof:0
Cache fill:  0.00% (0 bytes)
LAVF_check: MPEG-PS format
Checking for YUV4MPEG2
ASF_check: not ASF guid!
Checking for REAL
Checking for SMJPEG
Searching demuxer type for filename /mythtv/videos/Apocalypto.mpg ext: .mpg
Checking for Nullsoft Streaming Video
Checking for MOV
Checking for VIVO
header block 1 size: 0
AVS: avs_check_file - attempting to open file /mythtv/videos/Apocalypto.mpg
AVS: File is too big, aborting...
Checking for PVA
Checking for MPEG-TS...
TRIED UP TO POSITION 68681, FOUND 47, packet_size= 0, SEEMS A TS? 0
Checking for LMLM4 Stream Format
Invalid packet in LMLM4 stream: ch=0 size=1140851708
LMLM4 Stream Format not found
system stream synced at 0xD (13)!
==> Found video stream: 0
==> Found audio stream: 128
==> Found audio stream: 129
==> Found audio stream: 130
MPEG-PS file format detected.
Searching for sequence header... OK!
VIDEO:  MPEG2  720x576  (aspect 3)  25.000 fps  9800.0 kbps (1225.0 
kbyte/s)
[V] filefmt:2  fourcc:0x10000002  size:720x576  fps:25.000  ftime:=0.0400
get_path('sub/') -> '/home/mtv/.mplayer/sub/'
X11 opening display: :0.0
vo: X11 color mask:  FFFFFF  (R:FF0000 G:FF00 B:FF)
vo: X11 running at 1920x1080 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local 
display)
[x11] Detected wm supports NetWM.
[x11] Detected wm supports FULLSCREEN state.
[x11] Detected wm supports ABOVE state.
[x11] Detected wm supports BELOW state.
[x11] Detected wm supports STAYS_ON_TOP state.
[x11] Current fstype setting honours FULLSCREEN STAYS_ON_TOP ABOVE BELOW 
X atoms
[VO_XV] Using Xv Adapter #0 (NV17 Video Texture)
[xv common] Drawing no colorkey.
[xv common] Maximum source image dimensions: 2046x2046
Opening video filter: [scale w=1920 h=1080]
SwScale params: 1920 x 1080 (-1=no scaling)
Opening video filter: [dsize=1920:1080]
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred colorspace: Mpeg PES)
Trying filter chain: dsize scale vo
Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
Opening video filter: [scale]
SwScale params: -1 x -1 (-1=no scaling)
Trying filter chain: scale dsize scale vo
The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
Try appending the scale filter to your filter list,
e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp.
VDecoder init failed :(
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Unsupported PixelFormat -1
INFO: libavcodec init OK!
Selected video codec: [ffmpeg2] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-2)
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52
dec_audio: Allocating 3840 bytes for input buffer.
dec_audio: Allocating 6144 + 65536 = 71680 bytes for output buffer.
Using SSE optimized IMDCT transform
AC3: 5.1 (3f+2r+lfe)  48000 Hz  448.0 kbit/s
A52 flags before a52_frame: 0x2A
A52 flags after a52_frame: 0xA
Using MMX optimized resampler
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 448.0 kbit/29.17% (ratio: 56000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [a52] afm: liba52 (AC3-liba52)
==========================================================================
Building audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/s16le -> 0Hz/0ch/??...
[libaf] Adding filter dummy
[dummy] Was reinitialized: 48000Hz/2ch/s16le
[dummy] Was reinitialized: 48000Hz/2ch/s16le
Trying preferred audio driver 'alsa', options 'device=default'
alsa-init: requested format: 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 9
alsa-init: using ALSA 1.0.20
alsa-init: setup for 1/2 channel(s)
alsa-init: using device default
alsa-init: pcm opened in blocking mode
alsa-init: chunksize set to 1024
alsa-init: fragcount=8
alsa-init: got buffersize=32768
alsa-init: got period size 1024
alsa: 48000 Hz/2 channels/4 bpf/32768 bytes buffer/Signed 16 bit Little 
Endian
AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
AO: Description: ALSA-0.9.x-1.x audio output
AO: Author: Alex Beregszaszi, Zsolt Barat <joy at streamminister.de>
AO: Comment: under developement
Building audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/s16le -> 48000Hz/2ch/s16le...
[dummy] Was reinitialized: 48000Hz/2ch/s16le
[dummy] Was reinitialized: 48000Hz/2ch/s16le
Starting playback...
Increasing filtered audio buffer size from 0 to 34816
[ffmpeg] aspect_ratio: 1.777778
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
Trying filter chain: dsize scale vo
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO Config (720x576->1024x576,flags=1,'MPlayer',0x32315659)
REQ: flags=0x477  req=0x0
SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 5 -> 4
SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 5 -> 4
SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 5 -> 4
SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 5 -> 4
[swscaler @ 0x89980a0]BICUBIC scaler, from yuv420p to yuv420p using MMX2
[swscaler @ 0x89980a0]using 4-tap MMX scaler for horizontal luminance 
scaling
[swscaler @ 0x89980a0]using 4-tap MMX scaler for horizontal chrominance 
scaling
[swscaler @ 0x89980a0]using n-tap MMX scaler for vertical scaling (YV12 
like)
[swscaler @ 0x89980a0]720x576 -> 1920x1080
[swscaler @ 0x89980a0]lum srcW=720 srcH=576 dstW=1920 dstH=1080 
xInc=24576 yInc=34953
[swscaler @ 0x89980a0]chr srcW=360 srcH=288 dstW=960 dstH=540 xInc=24576 
yInc=34953
REQ: flags=0x437  req=0x0
VO: [xv] 1920x1080 => 1920x1080 Planar YV12  [fs]
VO: Description: X11/Xv
VO: Author: Gerd Knorr <kraxel at goldbach.in-berlin.de> and others
Xvideo image format: 0x32595559 (YUY2) packed
Xvideo image format: 0x32315659 (YV12) planar
Xvideo image format: 0x59565955 (UYVY) packed
Xvideo image format: 0x30323449 (I420) planar
using Xvideo port 280 for hw scaling
*** [vo] Allocating mp_image_t, 1920x1080x12bpp YUV planar, 3110400 bytes
*** [scale] Allocating (slices) mp_image_t, 720x576x12bpp YUV planar, 
622080 bytes
*** [scale] Allocating (slices) mp_image_t, 720x576x12bpp YUV planar, 
622080 bytes
Unicode font: 4959 glyphs.
Unicode font: 4959 glyphs.
*** [scale] Allocating (slices) mp_image_t, 720x576x12bpp YUV planar, 
622080 bytes
==> Found subtitle: 2:  0.026 ct:  0.040  15/ 15 32%  5%  0.5% 0 0 99%
==> Found subtitle: 1: -0.012 ct:  0.188 133/133 26%  3%  0.7% 0 0 93%
==> Found subtitle: 0
Uninit audio filters... 0.015 ct:  0.156 527/527 27%  4%  0.6% 0 0 96%
[libaf] Removing filter dummy
Uninit audio: liba52
Uninit video: ffmpeg
alsa-uninit: pcm closed
vo: uninit ...


Please, please help!

Albert.