Greek (unicode characters) does not work yet in XBMC for Mac OS X

sigalakos · 2008-02-08, 10:51

I use the latest XBMC 0.1 on a mac mini. Everything works great but I can't get Greek to display correctly both on the menus / filenames and for movie subtitles. I tried changing them from the settings to both ISO and Windows Greek, but did not work.
I opened the XBMC.app package and went to Resources/XBMC/Languages/greek to inspect the xml's and they look fine. I even copied some more ttf fonts from my mac (that support greek) to the media/fonts location but no dice...
I suspect that the language settings are simply ignored by XBMC. Anyone on this?

matt_cyr · 2008-02-08, 16:59

Did you change the setting within xbmc or just on your mac?
You need to change it in the xbmc settings

matt_cyr · 2008-02-08, 17:15

edit: That is, of course, if the feature has been implemented yet.
I haven't used XBOX for Mac OS myself so am not sure.

**Gamester17** · 2008-02-08, 17:35

I am not sure but do you first not have to replace arial.ttf with arialuni.ttf (renamed to arial.ttf) in order to add unicode font support before you change the settings in XBMC?

Seach the whole forums for "arialuni.ttf" and you will find much more information about fonts.

zeolc · 2008-02-08, 18:01

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I am not sure but do you first not have to replace arial.ttf with arialuni.ttf (renamed to arial.ttf) in order to add unicode font support before you change the settings in XBMC?

it is indeed what i always had to do to get chinese and japanese to work with xbmc on the original XBOX.
chinese (and unicode) dont work at all for the time being, that is with arial.ttf. i haven't tried myself but as gamester17 mentioned, it will most certainly work by changing arial.ttf with arialuni.ttf.
to enable unicode:
- right click on XBMC.app and choose "view package content"
- go to / media / fonts
- copy arialuni.ttf to this location. authenticate if needed.
- choose arialuni.tf in XBMC settings (appearance > region)

elan · 2008-02-09, 12:48

Has anyone actually tried this? It didn't work for me. Please experiment and let me know.

Thanks,

-elan

zeolc · 2008-02-09, 13:04

i cant seem to find this font on the web, otherwise i would try...
in theory it should work!

zeolc · 2008-02-09, 13:09

by the way, in "look and feel", did you change the skin fonts to arialuni?

zeolc · 2008-02-09, 13:57

ok, if you have ms office in osx, arialuni is installed on your computer; it is called arial unicode.ttf. you can find it with spotlight...

i tried to do what i described above. i know it works on the xbox, it is the way to get, for instance, english interface with unicode charset or full chinese interface. well, it doesnt work with 0.1. it does switch to arial unicode, you can see the font seem slightly different after the change. however changing language or charset to chinese doesnt work at all and displays crap.

sigalakos · 2008-02-13, 20:49

Hi guys! Tried the suggested swap with Arial Unicode.ttf but it didn't work... In the Region settings I can choose between Greek (Windows) and Greek (ISO). Perhaps the problem is the absence of UTF-8?

2008-02-08, 10:51	#1
sigalakos Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 41	Greek (unicode characters) does not work yet in XBMC for Mac OS X I use the latest XBMC 0.1 on a mac mini. Everything works great but I can't get Greek to display correctly both on the menus / filenames and for movie subtitles. I tried changing them from the settings to both ISO and Windows Greek, but did not work. I opened the XBMC.app package and went to Resources/XBMC/Languages/greek to inspect the xml's and they look fine. I even copied some more ttf fonts from my mac (that support greek) to the media/fonts location but no dice... I suspect that the language settings are simply ignored by XBMC. Anyone on this?

2008-02-08, 17:35	#4
Gamester17 Team-XBMC Project Manager Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 10,582	I am not sure but do you first not have to replace arial.ttf with arialuni.ttf (renamed to arial.ttf) in order to add unicode font support before you change the settings in XBMC? Seach the whole forums for "arialuni.ttf" and you will find much more information about fonts. __________________ Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forum before posting. Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules. For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you read this first.

2008-02-09, 12:48	#6
elan Team Plex Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Maui Posts: 268	Has anyone actually tried this? It didn't work for me. Please experiment and let me know. Thanks, -elan __________________ Plex

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2008-02-08, 16:59	#2
matt_cyr Fan Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 344	Did you change the setting within xbmc or just on your mac? You need to change it in the xbmc settings

2008-02-08, 17:15	#3
matt_cyr Fan Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 344	edit: That is, of course, if the feature has been implemented yet. I haven't used XBOX for Mac OS myself so am not sure.

2008-02-09, 13:04	#7
zeolc Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 9	i cant seem to find this font on the web, otherwise i would try... in theory it should work!

2008-02-09, 13:09	#8
zeolc Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 9	by the way, in "look and feel", did you change the skin fonts to arialuni?

2008-02-09, 13:57	#9
zeolc Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 9	ok, if you have ms office in osx, arialuni is installed on your computer; it is called arial unicode.ttf. you can find it with spotlight... i tried to do what i described above. i know it works on the xbox, it is the way to get, for instance, english interface with unicode charset or full chinese interface. well, it doesnt work with 0.1. it does switch to arial unicode, you can see the font seem slightly different after the change. however changing language or charset to chinese doesnt work at all and displays crap.

2008-02-13, 20:49	#10
sigalakos Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 41	Hi guys! Tried the suggested swap with Arial Unicode.ttf but it didn't work... In the Region settings I can choose between Greek (Windows) and Greek (ISO). Perhaps the problem is the absence of UTF-8?

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