VLC 1.1.0 problems

[AEN007]

7July2010

Greetings.

I run VLC (and S/MPlayer) on my three XP laptops.
Laptop T from 1998 has a PII 233MHz with 160mb RAM.
Laptop G has an Intel Celeron M370 1500MHz & 1gb DDR2 266MHz RAM.
Laptop I has a PIV 1800MHz & 1gb DDR 133MHz RAM.

I use VLC "portable" (no installer).
I recently "updated" to VLC 1.1.0 from 1.0.5.
I don't just unzip the new VLC and start running it.
I go through each subdirectory to see what is different
and then copy the new files into the "install" location.
For the first time I encountered noticeable differences
in files and sub/directories. When I started VLC 1.1.0 on G,
the VLC gui was slightly different -
a sliver of the video window was showing.
When I stared a video, VLC said "rebuilding font cache please wait".
The same thing happened on laptops I & T; however, VLC crashes
after trying to rebuild the font cache on laptop T.
I have the dump report(s).

I don't know if I will be able to use VLC 1.1.0+ on T or not.
I still run 1.0.5 for now.
I know I won't be able to keep up with all new releases forever on T,
but I would like to find out what is happening with VLC for now.

Any helpful replies/insights appreciated.
Thank you.
Regards,
AEN
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[VLC_help]

You have most likely broken font(s) in your computer T.

[AEN007]

12July2010

Greetings.
Thanks for the reply.

I don't know exactly what "broken fonts" means.
Why does 1.1.0 rebuild the font cache when 1.05 and below never did?
Is VLC going to remove the font cache rebuild from VLC?
Why does 1.0.5 have no problem on "T" but 1.1.0 does?

Most importantly, what can I do to keep using VLC releases on "T"?

Any helpful replies/insights appreciated.
Thank you.
Regards,
AEN
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p.s.: Where can I download the .7z no installer for 1.0.6?

[VLC_help]

Caching mechanism changed between 1.0 -> 1.1 jump. VLC 1.1.1 should hopefully provide workaround in case you have broken font files.

[AEN007]

28July2010

Greetings.
Thanks for the reply.

My previous questions still remain; however,
the font cache is no longer my prime suspect»
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=80174
I now suspect that VLC 1.1.x contains numerous un/intended/known side-effects ...
One thing I REALLY don't like about the IT world is the endless tweaking and tinkering ...
Things that once worked very well eventually no longer do after endless tweaking and tinkering ...

Any helpful replies/insights appreciated.
Thank you.
Regards,
AEN
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