[MPlayer-users] One last try on the subtitles...

[Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski]

On Sunday, 21 September 2003, Anton wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> I am having troubles with not being able to see subtitles with an avi 
> file. I had them working but now can't remember whether I have watched 
> an avi with subtitles since I uninstalled (rpm) and installed from 
> source. The fonts are there in /usr/share/mplayer/fonts/. Any ideas? Did 
                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> I forget to pass some parameter when installing from source? Should I be 
> seeing subtitles? Or should I recompile?

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> font: can't open file: /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Compare and draw your own conclusion. ;)
What was wrong with the RPMs?

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