[mythtv-users] Burning DVDs doesn't work for me, I think I am missing a font (really, because I'm missing a font?)

[Greg Oliver]

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 8:35 AM, stuart <stuart at xnet.com> wrote:
> Hi...
>
> Burning DVDs doesn't work for me.  I looked in the log files and found this:
>
>>    return FreeTypeFont(filename, size, index, encoding)
>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/PIL/ImageFont.py", line 134, in
>> __init__
>>    self.font = core.getfont(file, size, index, encoding)
>> IOError: cannot open resource
>
> I looked at the script and found this:
>
>> class FreeTypeFont:
>>    "FreeType font wrapper (requires _imagingft service)"
>>
>>    def __init__(self, file, size, index=0, encoding=""):
>>        # FIXME: use service provider instead
>>        self.font = core.getfont(file, size, index, encoding)
>
> I am running Debian and am not sure what package contains this "FreeType"
> font.  Any help would be appreciated.
>
> -thanks

I filed a bug with mythbuntu for this a while ago.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/667241

Easy fix listed in bug...