Simplified Chinese subs display issue
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Description
Important Information
Provide following Information:
- mpv 20230423-git-c7a8e71
- Windows 10
- Source of the mpv binary
- Don't know
- Possible screenshot or video of visual glitches
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Releases are listed here: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/releases
Reproduction steps
Just play any video with build-in srt subs in Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese
Expected behavior
Both Chinese characters display correctly
Actual behavior
Traditional Chinese displays correctly but Simplified Chinese some characters have fallback to another font
Log file
https://zerobin.net/?6122eea95c23f10c#DsgCU2FwdtgGKkqZ9dxCjkZDI5Hv0lNDyl3b/4sFgNY=
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the subtitle rendering on Windows 10 with the reported mpv build, then inspect the linked screenshot and log for the font-selection details. Compare Traditional and Simplified Chinese subtitles; the issue is done when both display correctly without unintended fallback characters.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100