New Future 3D Technology from Japan
I like those little glimpses at future technologies as it provides me with a better understanding of what may become available in the next decade or so.
The one that I'm writing about today is amazing. It has been taken right out of a Japanese news show, which adds to its legitimacy.
The video shows how character appearances can be changed in real-time on live television.Character is probably not the right word because what I really mean is that an image can be processed in real-time to make it look different. Image in this case can mean a moderator or actor, and that certain features or characteristics get modified in real-time.
The reporters hair was changed in real time for instance which would make this a wonderful application for any barber but also for others who change the appearance of people. This includes makeup, clothing and even plastic surgery I suppose.
This can be quite useful to demonstrate how a new look would look like on you before anything is done. Applications do not stop here, you could try out new clothes without wearing them, or check how you would look like after plastic surgery.
This interactive element can also be interesting for entertainment purposes, video games for example. You could create an avatar that looks like you for example, or use the technology to make on the fly modifications to your in-game avatar.
Take a look at the video, this is really incredible.
I do not think I have seen the technology yet in this form used in any TV show so far. While there have been some interactive elements added to the screen in some, none looked nearly as professional as the demonstration on the video above.
If anyone knows more about the technology let me know in the comments please.
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?