Thread: mplayer_1.0rc1-maemo.27
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2008-04-21 , 11:37
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I have written at the previous thread:

Hello, Mr. Serge. I just noticed something in the latest build of mplayer.

I changed the config file located in home/user/.mplayer in order to include the "subfont-encoding=ISO-8859-7" option, as i wanted to properly display external subtitles files of the greek language.

But, the outcome wasn't as expected. The subtitles weren't displayed properly. Instead of ISO-8859-7, i also checked CP1253, but they didn't get any better. They show different (i mean with less symbols like !@$#>?:") from the default Unicode encoding, but still very far from what is normal.

I have used the above two options with success in the desktop edition of mplayer (and VLC), so why not with the maemo version?

Moreover, if i remember well, the "subfont-encoding=ISO-8859-7" option, used to work back at .24 mplayer version.

Later, i am going to uninstall mplayer, and start with .24 again to see if that really happens.

But, is it really a bug?

Anyone noticed something similar with other subfont- encoding options?
and then came the test:

Well, i can confirm now that this subtitles problem doesn't appear at previous versions.

I tested both .24 and .25 from here http://repository.maemo.org/extras-d...ree/m/mplayer/ and everything went well - the subtitles were properly displayed.

I even reinstalled .26 but the behavior described in the above post still remains the same.

I used the subfont-encoding for the greek charset but i think others can easily check it out for other languages.

To sum up, that's a regression.
I just installed the .27 version, but subfont-encoding still doesn't work properly. So, that's a regression.

One more thing: does mplayer use software mixer or hardware?

I am wondering, because i want to use −softvol option in order to boost low volume files, but i don't know if the performance will be worse due to the dependence on software amplification rather than hardware.

Anyone who knows? Thanks in advance!