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@@ -45,16 +45,15 @@ ______________________ STEP0: Getting MPlayer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Official releases and Subversion snapshots, as well as fonts for the OSD, codec -packages and a number of different skins for the GUI are available from the -download section of our homepage at +Official releases and Subversion snapshots, as well as binary codec packages +and a number of different skins for the GUI are available from the download +section of our homepage at http://www.mplayerhq.hu/dload.html -A set of fonts is necessary for the OSD and subtitles unless you are using -TrueType fonts, the GUI needs at least one skin and codec packages add support -for some more video and audio formats. MPlayer does not come with any of these -by default, you have to download and install them separately. +The GUI needs at least one skin and codec packages add support for some more +video and audio formats. MPlayer does not come with any of these by default, +you have to download and install them separately. You can also get MPlayer via Subversion. Issue the following commands to get the latest sources: @@ -156,17 +155,15 @@ To clean up the source tree run the following command: fakeroot debian/rules clean -____________________________________________ -STEP4: Installing the onscreen display fonts -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +______________________________________ +STEP4: Choose an onscreen display font +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Unpack the archive and choose one of the available font sizes. Then copy the -font files of the corresponding size into /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/ or -~/.mplayer/font/ (or whatever you set with './configure --datadir=DIR'). - -Alternatively you can use a TrueType font installed on your system. Just -make a symbolic link from either /usr/local/share/mplayer/subfont.ttf or -~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf to your TrueType font. +You can use any TrueType font installed on your system. Look at the manual page +to see how to pass the -font option to MPlayer on the command line and/or how to +fix this in your configuration file. Alternatively you can create a symbolic +link from either /usr/local/share/mplayer/subfont.ttf or ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf +to your TrueType font. ____________________________ |