Rebuilding Font Cache Everytime

[Kozar927]

For some reason the new VLC needs to rebuild font cache every time I play a video. Non of the old versions did this and its very very inconvenient. Is their something wrong? How can I prevent this?
I have the latest version

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Make sure you have the rights to write to your home directory, and that it is located on a local hard drive.

[louie71]

I'm having the same issue uninstalled and re-installed and still have the same issue. This issue is both my XP machine and Vista machine. Also, the video quality is horrible. The video is not smooth and just stutters along when watching an ISO file. Never had this issue before with previous VLC versions. I am using the portable version now as video quality is much better, but would love the added features of the new version.

[mtarzaim]

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.

[fontcache]

I got this fixed by right-clicking vlc.exe and setting the file to run in compatibility mode for Win2000, and I also ticked disable Advanced Text Services.
I then opened a movie file and closed VLC again.
I then turned off the compatibility mode of vlc.exe and reinstated the text services.

Dunno why this should work, but it has worked for me and subtitles still show... I'm running XP.

[Gerry_D]

I just hope I still have the previous version.
This new version locks my win-2k computer up so bad with the "font cache rebuild" that only the reset button will work!
It WAS a great program and I was seriously considering donating, but now.....

Guys, there IS a problem.

[sparkiemj]

Dear All,

Please try this solution - works very well. Seems a problem with the OSD / subtitle display renderer trying to check on other fonts :

viewtopic.php?f=14&t=78236&p=266666#p266666