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WAQAS AZIZ
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Error problum

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i have install mplayer for plaing vedio's it runs fine and play all files but there is one problum when i open a trak it give a message about font that " new_face failed. may be font path is wrong. pleas supply font text file(~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf). pleas help
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Dear WAQAS AHMED,
Salam,

do ln -s path_to_some_ttf_on_my_system subfont.ttf ~/.mplayer folder

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Post by Faraz.Fazil »

u can also issue a locate subfont.ttf commmand from terminal...then use the path found in the ln -s command to create the symlink as mentioned earlier.
You can also use any graphical find utility as those in kde or gnome for locating the ttf file as well.
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