The VideoLAN Forums

still ridiculous that this problem hasnt been resolved. tons of people are having it. oh well.

now changing the render engine thing to the dummy one isnt working for me on my laptop so sick of this. does anyoneknow of a alternative that is as good, but actually works? VLC programmers obviously dont give a --please stay polite-- if we use their program or not, a nd dont care about making it us...

why the hell hasnt this been fixed yet? got the newest version of VLC on my laptop, and still having the damn problem. so annoying.
so i have to google and search the forums all over again to find the fix.

is there a VLC like alternative that actually works? if so im switching.

Error: Buidling font Cache pop-up Solution: Open VLC player. On Menu Bar: Tools Preferences (at bottom - left side) Show settings -- ALL Open: Video Click: Subtitles/OSD (This is now highlited, not opened) Text rendering module - change this to "Dummy font renderer function" Save Exit Re-...

im having the same problem, and its damn annoying.
Sometimes it can take longer than 2 min.

hope it gets fixed soon. love VLC player. would hate to look for another.