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MPlayer subtitle font problem in Windows

While playing a video with subtitles in mplayer, I was getting the following problem:
New_Face failed. Maybe the font path is wrong. Please supply the text font file (~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf).
Solution is as follows:
  1. Right click on "My Computer".
  2. Select "Properties".
  3. Go to "Advanced" tab.
  4. Click on "Environment Variables".
  5. Delete "HOME" variable from User / System variables.
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Anonymous said…
Woohoo, works. Thanks.
24 September, 2008 16:25
roger said…
For me I had to create
/mplayer/subfont.ttf
file http://betterlogic.com/roger/2011/05/mplayer-windows-font/
08 June, 2011 21:21
Patrick said…
Still very useful (@2013.06.12) !!!
Thanks!
12 June, 2013 16:32
Anonymous said…
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07 August, 2014 00:47
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