Postby mtarzaim » 29 Sep 2010 11:52
Same issue here.
Since several versions, everytime I want to play a video, I have to wait from 30 secondes to 3 MINUTES before vlc kindly let me watch the file.
These are plain old avi files, without subs ou textual stuff.
I even disabled all the OSD, subtitles and everthing I might find in the options related to this font hell.
But it still does it.
Quite a pain, especially when you're trying to do a public projection with several files, and you have to wait stupidly for every movie to begin.
What's the use of this Font cache update ?
I don't even need it (let it do its stuff or cancel it does the same).
Has no one told you "Less is more" ?
Why bothering (to stay polite) your user with irrelevant messages?
Make it play the damn thing, and nothing else!
It's the same problem with the avi index broken BS.
Broken ou repaired, VLC plays it fine.
So why forcing the user to interact where he doesn't need to?
And why forcing him to go through a slower and inefficient process?
NO VERBOSE MODE NEEDED!!!!
Oh yeah. Before you give me the usual answer...
I'm under Windows (from 2000 to 7), admin rights, and I've experienced those annoying stupid problems on every computer I have met until now (i.e months, if not years ! ).
Surprisingly, no Font cache update under Ubuntu. But the avi broken stuff still poping on every videos.
Does WMP ask for it? No.
Does MPC ask for it? No.
So why does VLC ask an user interaction?
Again, we (the silent majority who never posts on forums + the even more numberous majority of people who doesn't understand sh*t about computers) want a no verbose mode enabled by default.
Only with that, you will have a true user-friendly media player, like WMP et MPC.
Thank you.