[MPlayer-users] [bug] libass + SRT subtitle = CRASH

[Spidey / Claudio]

Problem solved, libass 0.9.13 just got included in the portage tree (I'm a
gentoo user), updated and already tested it. Working perfectly.

Claudio Roberto França Pereira (a.k.a. Spidey)
hardMOB - HTForum - @spideybr
Engenharia de Computação - UFES 2006/1


2011/8/2 Clément Bœsch <ubitux at gmail.com>

> On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 12:07:59PM -0300, Spidey / Claudio wrote:
> > I'm using SMPlayer, but the front end doesn't crash, mplayer crashes and
> > SMPlayer just reports it in a nice error dialog. Just to clarify that the
> > problem is not gui related.
> >
> > Well, I downloaded a standalone SRT subtitle, and found out it's encoded
> in
> > UTF-8, with BOM (byte order mark). I'm using it with a mkv file, it plays
> > fine, no problem at all.
> > When I disabled the ASS/SSA library support in SMPlayer, the video just
> > plays fine. If I enable, it crashes before playing anything.
> >
> > I thought it was related to the BOM, and then tried using the same
> subtitle,
> > without BOM. Same error. I can just play the SRT subtitle + video with
> > libass support disabled.
> > I think that libass should support SRT files, or mplayer should detected
> the
> > type of subtitle and use the proper filter.
> >
> > I can supply a sample video file and the subtitles (bom and no bom) if
> > necessary.
> >
>
> Did you try to update to libass 0.9.13? Chances are that it's related to
> your freetype version; check changelog at
> http://code.google.com/p/libass/.
>
> You might also try to downgrade freetype.
>
> --
> Clément B.
>
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