Invitation to Joost
I'm a user of the Joost beta best and have currently one free beta invite that I can freely give away to one of my readers. To make it fair for everyone I have decided to select one of the readers who replies to this thread today. This ensures that everyone has the same chance to win the Joost beta invitation.
I will be getting more invites as the Joost beta progresses and will give them away as well.You are probably wondering about Joost and what it is all about before you decide whether you want to participate or not.
Joost is a new service on the Internet that aims to provide you with a better-than-TV experience on the Internet. You download their client to watch the shows that they offer using a broadband internet connection. The main advantage over television is the fact that it is more interactive as it integrates features such as search, discussion and chat or show ratings right on the screen.
Video Playback is done in full screen which looks ok. It is definitely not HD quality but the quality is good enough to enjoy the movie.
The current list of programs and shows is rather small which can surely be attributed to the ongoing beta test which does not require access to the latest TV shows. You get to see some documentations, sports and game shows which is a good start but can be viewed elsewhere on the internet as well.
I wish everyone best of luck, may the luckiest one win the beta invitation ;)
Update: Well this post has been covered by Technoratis Buzz TV, check it out if you like. Thanks Aaron for the coverage and the reminder by email.
Update 2: Joost has been taken offline for now, neither the TV client nor the website are functional right now. There is still a slight chance that it will come back at a later time as the site operators published on their site that the service has been paused and not completely abandoned.
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Why not make use of the mplayer.conf?
Huh, I have never even seen this “font cache” pane; videos play at once for me, using VLC & XP SP3.
Mike, in theory this should have only been displayed once to you, at the very first video that you played with VLC. The time this window is displayed depends largely on the number of fonts in your font directory.
huh, I lucked out for a change?? Amazing!!
Apparently VLC keeps this info through version updates, but I didn’t see this message after a fresh OS install about 8 weeks ago, & a new VLC.
yes, yes, i have the same problem. sometimes, VLC crashes when it is playing .mov file.
Error:
Buidling font Cache pop-up
Solution:
Open VLC player.
On Menu Bar:
Tools
Preferences
(at bottom – left side)
Show settings — ALL
Open: Video
Click: Subtitles/OSD (This is now highlited, not opened)
Text rendering module – change this to “Dummy font renderer function”
Save
Exit
Re-open – done.
Progam will no longer look outside self for fonts
Source – WorthyTricks.co.cc
Great tip, thanks a lot Kishore.
@Kishore, I’ll try your tips, but does this mean it will no longer show subtitles either?
I do use subtitles, but the fontcache dialog box pops up (almost) everytime I play a file.
Could this be related to the fonts I have installed? Or if I add/remove fonts to my system?
I’ll try to do a fresh install also, if your tips does no work. I’ll post back here later…
/thanks
/j
@ Javier, The trick i posted will show up subtitles too. If not,
@ Javier, The trick i posted will show up subtitles too. If not,Dont worry, VLC is currently sorting out this issue and the next version will be out soon.
No probs @ Martin !! Its my pleasure
Try running LC with administrator privileges. That seemed to fix it for me
I am using SMplayer 0.8.6 (64-bit) (Portable Edition) on Windows 7 x64. Even with the -nofontconfig parameter in place SMplayer still scans the fonts. Also, I have enabled normal subtitles and it is still scanning fonts before playing a video. Also, it does this every time the player opens a video after a system restart (only the fist video played).
Does that mean that only instrumental versions of songs will be available for non-paying users?