[mythtv-users] No text, but only on live TV over lays...

[stuart]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 04/18/2009 07:10 PM, stuart wrote:
>> Got another one I can't figure out.
>>
>> I am running a front end on a mythtv slave back end box.  Watching 
>> live TV works - but there is no text (channel number, call letters, 
>> description) in the over lay (i.e. I see the overlay graphics, but 
>> there is no text).  A front end running on the master back end mythtv 
>> box works great.  Mythtv menus are working fine on both boxes.
>>
>> I thought it might be missing fonts - I found some fonts instructions 
>> in a Debian mythtv howto and added them - but that hasn't made any 
>> difference.
>>
>> Anyone have any ideas of what to try next? 
> 
> You're likely missing the fonts you need--possibly the MS core web 
> fonts.  However, the specific fonts you need are determined by the OSD 
> theme.  Try changing OSD themes and see if it works with other themes.  
> You can check osd.xml in the theme to find out what font is required for 
> your chosen theme.
> 
> Mike

Ah!  So even after following a mythtv install howto (w/instructions on 
adding fonts) I was still missing some.  Fortunately, I log the output 
of my mythfrontend program and checking I found:

> 2009-04-18 23:28:39.207 Unable to find font: FreeMono.ttf
>                         No OSD will be displayed.

I googled that to where it was suggested to try:

> apt-get install ttf-freefont

And that worked.

Thanks Mike.