mpv-player / mpv-player/mpv

Query the subtitle font currently used

Open
#11,616 1 comment 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

meta:feature-request
Dominant language
C
Stars
37k
Forks
3.5k
Avg merge
1d 10h
Merged PRs (30d)
22

Description

How do I query the subtitle font currently used from mpv under Linux?

Cyrillic texts are rendered in normal printed form at other places like the browser, but in mpv they show up as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_cursive г

Going from fc-match --verbose Sans mpv probably also uses Noto, but this doesn't explain why the cursive variant is chosen.

If my video file is at fault: How do I override <italic> subtitles if I don't like them?

I would be very glad if you could elucidate me!

Contributor guide

No contributing guide indexed for this repository

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the issue's fc-match --verbose Sans observation and mpv's subtitle/font configuration documentation; no source file or test is named. A contribution would need a defined documentation target covering how to identify the selected subtitle font and override <italic> styling, then verify the documented behavior on Linux.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
linux
Domain
cli, documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
15/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.