mplayer: encoding iso-8859-1 for subtitles

[Paul Smith]

On 4/12/06, Arthur Pemberton <pemboa at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Does somebody know how to add to mplayer config file the correct
> > > > configuration to have the encoding iso-8859-1 for subtitles?
> > > >
> > > Have you tried downloading the appropriate font from here?
> > > http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html
> >
> > No, Arthur, I have not, as I want to use
> >
> > font="Comic Sans MS"
> >
> > How can I know whether I have it installed with the proper encoding?
> >
> might want to give irc://freenode/mplayer a short for more instant help

Thanks, Arthur. I just added the following line to my config file:

subcp=ISO-8859-1

and the problem became solved.

Paul