[MPlayer-users] ASS/SSA subtitle support

thyme pancakes newsbought at hotmail.com
Sun Jan 7 13:01:30 CET 2007


Stupid me. 2.1.0 < 2.1.8.

But I still have the problem of how to link the new version with configure.

What to do.. What to do..

>From: "thyme pancakes" <newsbought at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: "MPlayer usage questions, feature requests,  bug reports" 
><mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu>
>To: mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu
>Subject: Re: [MPlayer-users] ASS/SSA subtitle support
>Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 11:50:20 +0000
>
>Thanks for the help.
>
>I've tried the things you suggested and here are the results.
>config command:
>----------------------------
>./configure --enable-macosx-bundle \
>--with-extraincdir=/usr/X11R6/include/ \
>--with-extralibdir=/usr/X11R6/lib/ \
>--with-freetype-config=/usr/X11R6/bin/freetype-config
>-----------------------------
>config log:
>-----------------------------
>Checking for freetype >= 2.0.9 ... yes
>Checking for fontconfig ... yes
>Checking for SSA/ASS support ... no (FreeType >= 2.1.8 needed)
>-----------------------------
>setion of config where it's failing, line 5448:
>-----------------------------
>int main() { return 0; }
>EOF
>    _ass=no
>    cc_check `$_freetypeconfig --cflags` `$_freetypeconfig --libs` && 
>tmp_run &$
>    if test "$_ass" = no ; then
>        _res_comment="FreeType >= 2.1.8 needed"
>    fi
>-----------------------------
>I've tried installing a newer version of freetype and changeing the 
>configure parameters to reflect that.
>the output of /usr/local/bin/freetype-config --ftversion:
>-----------------------------
>2.2.1
>-----------------------------
>config command:
>----------------------------
>./configure --enable-macosx-bundle \
>--with-extraincdir=/usr/local/include \
>--with-extralibdir=/usr/local/lib \
>--with-freetype-config=/usr/local/bin/freetype-config
>-----------------------------
>config log:
>-----------------------------
>Checking for freetype >= 2.0.9 ... no
>Checking for fontconfig ... no (freetype support needed)
>Checking for SSA/ASS support ... no (FreeType support needed)
>-----------------------------
>This is the same result as when I take out the lib and include directives 
>(which I think are not needed because mencoder links to lame (in the same 
>locale) without them) and use this command:
>-----------------------------
>./configure --enable-macosx-bundle \
>--with-freetype-config=/usr/local/bin/freetype-config
>-----------------------------
>
>I'm not sure if I should try overwriting the systems old freetype with the 
>new free type, since I tried that once and it changed the result to
>-----------------------------
>Checking for freetype >= 2.0.9 ... no
>Checking for fontconfig ... no (freetype support needed)
>Checking for SSA/ASS support ... no (FreeType support needed)
>-----------------------------
>while hosing xterm forcing me to reinstall xwindows. Not fun.
>
>Especially since, according to my headers and lib version from the straight 
>X11R6 version, I don't have anything wrong with my setup.
>test code:
>-----------------------------
>#include <stdio.h>
>#include <ft2build.h>
>#include FT_FREETYPE_H
>#if ((FREETYPE_MAJOR < 2) || ((FREETYPE_MINOR == 0) && (FREETYPE_PATCH < 
>9)))
>#error "Need FreeType 2.0.9 or newer"
>#endif
>int main()
>{
>    FT_Library library;
>    FT_Int major=-1,minor=-1,patch=-1;
>    int err=FT_Init_FreeType(&library);
>
>    if(err){
>        printf("Couldn't initialize freetype2 lib, err code: %d\n",err);
>        exit(err);
>    }
>    FT_Library_Version(library,&major,&minor,&patch); /* in v2.1.0+ only 
>:(((*/
>    printf("freetype2  header version: %d.%d.%d  library version: 
>%d.%d.%d\n",
>        FREETYPE_MAJOR,FREETYPE_MINOR,FREETYPE_PATCH,
>        (int)major,(int)minor,(int)patch );
>return 0;
>}
>-----------------------------
>compile command:
>-----------------------------
>cc fttest.c `/usr/X11R6/bin/freetype-config --cflags` 
>`/usr/X11R6/bin/freetype-config --libs`
>-----------------------------
>a.out output:
>-----------------------------
>freetype2  header version: 2.1.0  library version: 2.1.0
>-----------------------------
>So why configure is telling me :
>Checking for SSA/ASS support ... no (FreeType >= 2.1.8 needed)
>I don't know.
>
>End of the rope here.. Any ideas?
>
>>From: Ergzay <ergzay at gmail.com>
>>Reply-To: "MPlayer usage questions, feature requests,  bug reports" 
>><mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu>
>>To: "MPlayer usage questions, feature requests,  bug reports" 
>><mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu>
>>Subject: Re: [MPlayer-users] ASS/SSA subtitle support Date: Fri, 5 Jan 
>>2007 15:43:01 -0500
>>
>>
>>On 2007/01/05, at 13:30, thyme pancakes wrote:
>>
>>>On Mac OS X 10.3.9. How do I get it to work?
>>>
>>>I've tried installing freetype 2.21 and installing it in the default 
>>>location of /usr/local/.
>>>configure won't detect it. I've tried using configure 
>>>--with-freetype-config; true type still not detected. I've compiled 
>>>libass with true type support using -I "/usr/local/include/truetype2". I 
>>>can make libass, but I can't enable configure to recognize it, nor does 
>>>it work when I physically edit config.mak to set CONFIG_ASS = to yes. It 
>>>compiles without problem but the subtitles are still not displayed.
>>>
>>>End of the rope here. Has anyone got ASS support to work on Mac OS? What 
>>>steps, library versions, commandline params did you use to do it?
>>
>>On 10.3.9 here and running it just fine. You need two special extra 
>>options because of the strange location that somethings get installed.
>>--with-extraincdir=/usr/X11R6/include/ --with-extralibdir=/usr/X11R6/lib/
>>Those two should allow it to detect it just fine.
>>Also its useful to attach that section of your configure.log so its more 
>>easy to identify the problem.
>>
>>Ergzay
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>MPlayer-users mailing list
>>MPlayer-users at mplayerhq.hu
>>http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users
>
>_________________________________________________________________
>Type your favorite song.  Get a customized station.  Try MSN Radio powered 
>by Pandora. http://radio.msn.com/?icid=T002MSN03A07001
>
>_______________________________________________
>MPlayer-users mailing list
>MPlayer-users at mplayerhq.hu
>http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users

_________________________________________________________________
Your opinion matters. Please tell us what you think and be entered into a 
draw for a grand prize of $500 or one of 20 $50 cash prizes. 
http://www.youthographyinsiders.com/R.aspx?a=116




More information about the MPlayer-users mailing list