From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 23 20:38:56 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4CF516A4CE for ; Sat, 23 Apr 2005 20:38:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from relay03.pair.com (relay03.pair.com [209.68.5.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5038243D1D for ; Sat, 23 Apr 2005 20:38:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from alejandro@varnet.biz) Received: (qmail 75729 invoked from network); 23 Apr 2005 20:38:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ale.varnet.bsd) (unknown) by unknown with SMTP; 23 Apr 2005 20:38:54 -0000 X-pair-Authenticated: 200.115.214.28 Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 17:39:58 -0300 From: Alejandro Pulver To: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20050423173958.3d84f6b4@ale.varnet.bsd> In-Reply-To: <20050423201914.GB98500@thought.org> References: <20050422201203.GA90690@thought.org> <20050423164433.1fb09c81@ale.varnet.bsd> <20050423201914.GB98500@thought.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12b (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: subbfont.ttf, missing. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 20:38:56 -0000 On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:19:14 -0700 Gary Kline wrote: > On Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 04:44:33PM -0300, Alejandro Pulver wrote: > > On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 13:12:03 -0700 > > Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > I can't figure out how to get mozilla or firefox to > > > play "the writer's almanac" (( any help??)). It plays out > > > of the box on my RH 8.0 box. At any rate, I'm trying to get > > > gmplayer set up with its realaudio codecs, and when I bring up > > > gmplayer, it complains that it is missing > > > ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf. > > > > > > Anybody know where it is hiding? I've installed mplayer-fonts > > > and didn't find the "*ttf" file in the port//work directory. > > > Of course neither is subfont.ttf in > > > /usr/local/share/mplayer/font*. > > > > > > So: a) can I config gmplayer to play realplay files, pref by > > > script? or b) do I need the ttf file for [g]mplayer? > > > > > > thanks for any clues here, gents, > > > > > > gary > > > > > > PS: (Video: is a dontcare). > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > You can try copying the ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf from RH 8.0. > > > > If it is a symlink (probably) just link ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf to > > your favourite font (the font directories are usually under > > "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/"). > > > > Hope that helps. > > > > You've helped me google around for some clue(s)! It looks > like any single ttf file will do, within reason. So the > answer to my question is copy some ((smallish? 14pt?)) > ttf to ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf Ariel is the default. > > Another -question is:: is there a way to set the volume > in mplayer/gmplayer before it's plugin blasts a loud and > distorted stream at me? Or am I suppoesed to use the > mixer for this? > > tx in advance, > > gary > > PS: [g]mplayer is a nice suite; it's just difficult to > set up/use/tune/. > > Hello, The first time I installed mplayer and it prompted me for that file I symlinked it to a font (you can do that instead of copying it), but I was not sure about if that works (I never played a movie with subtitles). I do not know anything about the plugin but this links might be useful (they point to the local version of the MPlayer manual): file:///usr/local/share/doc/mplayer/control.html#ctrl-cfg file:///usr/local/share/doc/mplayer/devices.html#af_volume Hope that helps. P.S.: I have made a CC to you as the header indicates, but it was returned to me with the message: 550.biz spam not wanted. Best Regards, Ale