[vlc-devel] Arabic subtitles : one step away

[dooooo]

Jean-Baptiste Kempf wrote:
> This is because you compile VLC with fribidi 0.10 and not 0.19.
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> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 09:54:59PM +0300, dooooo wrote :
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>> hi ,
>> I finally managed to display a subtitle with arabic glyphs in vlc . I
>> managed to do that by unchecking  the 'Formatted Subtitles' check-box in
>> Input/Codecs/Other codecs/Subtitles .
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>> One problem remaining though . the line is displayed from Right-To-Left
>> but the characters  in  every  word  are  displayed  separately . Arabic
>> words are not written that way .
>> Screenshots  to explain :
>> (Vlc)
>> http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/8959/111ww1.png
>> (Totem-Gstreamer) {properly displayed subtitle}
>> http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/3602/totemgstreamerwithpropetj5.png
>>
>> I think Vlc can't fix this problem with the current implementations  .
>> Any ideas or suggestions ?
>>
>> System : Debian Sid with VLC nightlies  .
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That actually  worked . No need to (Re)compile VLC by the way . I needed
to compile and install fribidi .19.X only .
The upstream version is not available in the Debian repos . A wishlist
bug was sent requesting the upstream version months ago but the
maintainer didn't act on It . I added a comment seconding the request
but If you guys at VLC can contact the Debian guys maybe they will
listen to you with open minds .

Thank you for the tip .

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