[MPlayer-users] Font scan

[Stroller]

On 29 Jun 2010, at 10:55, Phil Rhodes wrote:
> ...
> It has been many months since mplayer has been usable for me because  
> every time I use it I end up looking at a screen full of this for  
> five minutes straight:
>
> Reading Font [184/845]: F:/WINDOWS/Fonts/batang.ttc
>
> etc, etc.
> ...
> What on earth does it need fonts for, anyway? It's a video player!


For subtitles.

> Is there some way of making it not do this?

No real idea, sorry. I don't use the Windows version. On Linux there  
are a couple of config files in /etc/mplayer or ~/.mplayer

I apologise that my response is not *terribly* helpful, however  
responded because I saw one of your questions and felt immediately  
able to answer it. Fonts DO have a valid use in a video player.

Stroller.