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VLC Constantly Rebuilding Font Cache


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How the hell do you stop VLC from rebuilding the font cache without losing the OSD? I know about the "Dummy renderer" trick but the problem with that is it kills any chance of subtitles or the on-screen display. VLC's been doing this a lot, and it's really ****ing me off. I love VLC, I'm extremely used to the shortcuts, the interface, and I use it to watch movies perfectly in sync with friends who have VLC (using Skype to talk during the movie, don't ask, it's kind of a lame tradition when we can't actually all meet up due ot distance)

I'm really not interested in switching, so how the hell do I tell VLC that yes, I've installed new fonts, but no, I will never ever change the default font that's used for subtitles and OSD?

I'm desperate for help, I'll take any and all suggestions :)

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Go to Preferences, Click All on the bottom, Click drop down arrow next to Video, Click Subtitles/OSD, Where it says Text Rendering Module, change it to Dummy Font Renderer Function

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Go to Preferences, Click All on the bottom, Click drop down arrow next to Video, Click Subtitles/OSD, Where it says Text Rendering Module, change it to Dummy Font Renderer Function

I know about the "Dummy renderer" trick but the problem with that is it kills any chance of subtitles or the on-screen display.

He already knew about that trick. Ill second using an external renderer

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Use an external subtitle renderer.

I think you get that option when your install FFDShow.

But that wouldn't solve the lack of an OSD. My TV shows have their episode name in them, I like queuing them up and seeing what's what with the OSD.

He already knew about that trick. Ill second using an external renderer

Indeed, that would work for subs, but not for OSD :(

Oh crap, I'm sorry.

No worries, I appreciate the attempt to help :)

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Have you tried deleting the *.cache-2 and *.cache-3 files in the VLC folder in your AppData directory (back up first) and letting VLC rebuild the font cache at least once?

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Have you tried deleting the *.cache-2 and *.cache-3 files in the VLC folder in your AppData directory (back up first) and letting VLC rebuild the font cache at least once?

Hmmm, I never actually heard that particular piece of advice. Good to know, though, I'll give it a shot :)

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Hmmm, I never actually heard that particular piece of advice. Good to know, though, I'll give it a shot :)

Cool, keep us posted! I had the same issue and this fixed it. The font cache is only rebuilt when I change my fonts now, as it should be.

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