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thor42 · 2006-07-15, 10:13

Just stumbled about the fact that fontengine.cpp would NOT be compiled with Visual C# Express. Therefore i assume i have to use Visual Studio to get that file compiled.

thor42 · 2006-07-15, 15:15

Finally i was able to fetch and configure everything to get those files compiled. But as you already told, the resulting characters are really, really too tiny to read. Seems the 2048x2048 .png map. I haven't found the reason, why them are so tiny. The size parameter inside fonts.xml for that font13 could be set to any size it just doesn't matter they are so tiny as before.

If Mediaportal is used in FullScreen mode, the characters are even very blurred, so that's also not an option to achive bigger character size.

rtv · 2007-12-21, 12:25

Sorry for digging out this old thread but are there any devs from asian regions still active here?
Would be nice to get the fontengine fixed to display all chars in the needed size.

darchons · 2007-12-27, 07:58

I have a lot of Chinese content so I did a quick fix to the MediaPortal source code for it to display Chinese - and any other Unicode character for that matter.
I can upload my source code and probably somebody can incorporate it into the trunk, if you can tell me the proper way to do it.
I also have some fix for WebEPG which might be useful as well.

rtv · 2007-12-27, 12:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by darchons

I can upload my source code and probably somebody can incorporate it into the trunk

Yeah - please share everything that might help

darchons · 2007-12-28, 06:14

OK, the two files I changed are in the zip file.
They are based off the current trunk.

Basically I used Direct3D Font objects to do the rendering for characters outside of the font engine range.
Although it's not as efficient as the built-in font engine, in my actual usage it's not bad at all, considering the benefits. When the characters are all within range, the built-in font engine is still called and there's very little added overhead.
I've read Direct3D Font used to be very slow, but starting with DirectX 9.0c its performance was vastly improved. That's probably why I noticed very little slowdown.

rkwisdom · 2008-01-01, 18:49

Is there somewhere where I can download a compiled version of MediaPortal with these unicode updates?

darchons · 2008-01-01, 20:49

Here, this is the compiled version I'm using right now. Just put Core.dll in the MediaPortal directory to replace the old file.
You should probably use it on the 0.2.3.0 release version, not any SVN version, because the file is compiled form the 0.2.3.0 release version of the source code.
After using it for a few weeks the only problem I've noticed is when text is scrolling, the unicode text can get off the edge a little bit. Doesn't bother me.
Let me know if it works or not.

robof · 2008-01-02, 09:24

It works perfectly!!!
Thank you very much for your help.

rkwisdom · 2008-01-04, 14:24

darchons,

Thank you very much! It works great!

2007-12-21, 12:25	#13 (permalink)
rtv Portal Developer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Osnabruck Posts: 2,698 Thanks: 120 Thanked 126 Times in 87 Posts Country: My System	Sorry for digging out this old thread but are there any devs from asian regions still active here? Would be nice to get the fontengine fixed to display all chars in the needed size. __________________

2008-01-01, 18:49	#17 (permalink)
rkwisdom Portal User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	Compiled Version for UNICODE Text Is there somewhere where I can download a compiled version of MediaPortal with these unicode updates?

2008-01-01, 20:49	#18 (permalink)
darchons Portal Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Country:	Here, this is the compiled version I'm using right now. Just put Core.dll in the MediaPortal directory to replace the old file. You should probably use it on the 0.2.3.0 release version, not any SVN version, because the file is compiled form the 0.2.3.0 release version of the source code. After using it for a few weeks the only problem I've noticed is when text is scrolling, the unicode text can get off the edge a little bit. Doesn't bother me. Let me know if it works or not. Last edited by darchons; 2008-01-14 at 21:56.

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thor42 Portal Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Just stumbled about the fact that fontengine.cpp would NOT be compiled with Visual C# Express. Therefore i assume i have to use Visual Studio to get that file compiled.

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thor42 Portal Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Finally i was able to fetch and configure everything to get those files compiled. But as you already told, the resulting characters are really, really too tiny to read. Seems the 2048x2048 .png map. I haven't found the reason, why them are so tiny. The size parameter inside fonts.xml for that font13 could be set to any size it just doesn't matter they are so tiny as before. If Mediaportal is used in FullScreen mode, the characters are even very blurred, so that's also not an option to achive bigger character size.

2007-12-27, 07:58	#14 (permalink)
darchons Portal Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Country:	I have a lot of Chinese content so I did a quick fix to the MediaPortal source code for it to display Chinese - and any other Unicode character for that matter. I can upload my source code and probably somebody can incorporate it into the trunk, if you can tell me the proper way to do it. I also have some fix for WebEPG which might be useful as well.

2008-01-02, 09:24	#19 (permalink)
robof Portal User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	It works perfectly!!! Thank you very much for your help.

2008-01-04, 14:24	#20 (permalink)
rkwisdom Portal User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	darchons, Thank you very much! It works great!