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hello,
i'm using the latest vlc (1.0.5).
I would like to use background for my external subtitle. I know that in order to get background i need to choose "freetype2 text render". When i do so, i get the background but the font get scrambled (instead of hebrew letters i get squares and dots). It works great with English subtitle, and when i'm changing the text render to either "Quartz font render" or "Default" i can read the hebrew subtitle but than there is no background.
i using the Hebrew encoding (iso 8859-8) but i have tried it with hebrew windows 1255, UTF-8 and UTF-16 and it didn't worked .the external subtitle files i'm using are usually SRT. Any idea??
Many Thanks,
Ofra

Hi again,
I have more info - i have switched back to vlc 1.0.1, this is the most updated version of vlc that supports Hebrew subtitles with background (freetype2). Does someone here have any idea what should i do in order to make it works with the 1.0.5 version? is there any special hebrew font i should use??
Thanks

if you have the necessary font installed and know which encoding to use, it should work for srt files.

here's an example of setting up vlc to use korean subtitles:
viewtopic.php?f=12&t=61907#p206952

Hello,
I have looked around here and did the following settings:
1. VLC>Prefs (Basic)>Default Encoding>Hebrew (Windows-1255), Font>I Selected Arial Hebrew (but it will not show it under new version 1.1.0)
2. VLC>Prefs (All)>Video>Subtitles/OSD>Text Rendering Module>Freetype2 font Render.
3. VLC>Prefs (All)>Video>Subtitles/OSD>Text Render>Where is the font selection that was on previous version 1.0.5 gone? I guess it moved to my 4 settings...
so I went there....
4. VLC>Prefs (All)>Video>Subtitles/OSD>Text Render for mac>How do I select a font? there is NO browse button....

The results:
1. VLC tend to crash,
2. Subtitles are coming in Squares instead of characters.
3. I still don't understand the font issue. many times i selct a specific font, but the subtitles will appear in a different one (that is when the option in 2 is NOT selected)

Can somone from the VLC team can help us solve it out?
Thank you

Hi.

I'm, having the same problem with the special characters of the Spanish language, they appear as squares.

I'm using the last version, 1.1.12, on Snow Leopard