The VideoLAN Forums

Well, we will see if we can patch fontconfig like on Windows.

Good luck with that. Thanks for the help .
- Raz

@raziel2001au: I really don't mean to start a stupid internet fight. But he didn't say it was only subtitles, he said dont jump to conclusions. Maybe you should learn to appreciate the work that they do instead of being condescending. To me it sounds exactly like you want to start a stupid internet...

OMG that code worked!!! i have no more problems with mkv's! So I'm assuming we can ignore your "no its not subtitles" comment from your earlier post, right? Because that terminal command will only fix the subtitle loading issue. Even naushan's confirmed that all his MKVs have subtitles, s...

I believe this is the correct fix.

Well, if you guys intend to keep it as a manual process, at least ship these instructions with the next release somehow... Like, prompt the user in-program if he tries to open something with subtitles if the permissions on that folder is not set correctly.

Awesome, that fix worked... well, I did it slightly differently, I used: sudo chmod a+w /usr/X11/var/cache/fontconfig The first time I loaded an MKV after that it took 1 minute to load, but generated the cache info it needs to go back to loading files with subtitles at normal speed. I hope you guys ...

To fix the slow MKV load problem which is due to subtitles, open up a terminal window and run the following command: sudo chmod a+w /usr/X11/var/cache/fontconfig The first time you load an MKV after that it will take about 1 minute to load, but then it should be fixed and all future MKV loads should...

I figured it is probably a permissions issue. How hard would it be to fix this the proper way (so users just download it and it works without terminal hacks)? I don't know much about X11, but I'm assuming there is a reason why the fontcache is created where it is - could it be moved, say into /Libra...

@raziel: do you know how to use strace? Can you check that a fontconfig cache file is created somewhere? Sorry, you'll have to be a bit more informative on this one... I don't usually debug under the osx environment and know next to nothing about the internals of VLC. Do you have some instructions ...

Anyway, I am quite sure I know how to fix the SSA one. I'll ignore the rest of your post since we obviously won't agree on that point :). I'm sure once naushan replies to my questions we'll be able to confirm my suspicions that he's seeing the same problem. As for you being able to fix the subtitle...

naushan's issue, YOU have NO idea what it is. It might be the same, it might NOT be the same. Yes I do, you're just being stupid right now. It is obvious to me that you have not seen this problem first-hand. Naushan and myself are seeing the same problem after we both upgraded to Snow Leopard. If y...

It your home folder stored on a volume, which is not the startup disk? Yes, that is correct. I have 3 partitions, one for the OS and /Applications, one for my home folder and one for my Bootcamp partition... I've had the same setup in Leopard though, so I don't believe that is the cause of the prob...

This is part of the log, and I've indicated where the 1 minute freeze occurs with a bunch of asterisks: libass debug: adding embedded font Prototype.ttf libass debug: adding embedded font KozMinPro-Heavy.otf libass debug: Setting libass fontdir: /Volumes/Home/Library/Preferences/VLC ****************...

Maybe the issue is about the fontcache not being able to be saved... That is exactly what I was thinking for a while now. I think it is possible that the permissions on a directory has changed on Snow Leopard - a directory VLC uses for its font cache, that would cause VLC to fail saving the font ca...

Can you please read my posts properly before replying? I really don't want to be mean, but I've already posted all the information you need to understand that it isn't an MKV issue, but a subtitle loading issue. I've reposted the same information several times now and you keep arguing with pointless...

We are not sure that this person has the same issue as you have. Yes we are, I am 100% sure it is the exact same issue. Compare his findings to mine: 1) I upgraded to MacOS Snow Leopard yesterday So did I, that's when my MKV's started to take a minute to load as well. 2) found that somehow ... load...

I guess that is just that VLC on mac recreates the SSA fonts cache over and over. I don't know if you're implying that VLC in general recreates the SSA font cache under the Mac, but I would like to point out that this issue is definitely a Snow Leopard only problem... Under Leopard these videos (wi...

Does this also happen when playing files without subtitles No, as I've stated in my original post, if you remove the subtitles, the video starts as fast as it used to on Leopard. and more importantly files which aren't in the MKV container format? (such as MPEG, AVI, MP4, etc.) No, it has nothing t...

This is the problem I have described in: http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=64273 It doesn't have anything to do with MKV's, it has to do with subtitles... As soon as SSA subtitles are loaded you get that 1 minute delay in playback. Can we close this thread and refer people to my thr...

It happens every time you try and play a movie with embedded subtitles - even if you keep VLC running and just load a different file. Once it starts playing everything *seems* to be okay - it just takes ages to get there. I already checked my disk activity, it doesn't seem to be stressing the drive ...

I've just upgraded to the retail of Snow Leopard and found that when playing a video file with embedded SSA subtitles the video can take a minute or more to load - versus less than 5 seconds on Leopard. I've been playing around and I've confirmed that it most definitely is the subtitles rather than ...