Would it be possible to "portablize" the %APPDATA%\vlc folder? One of its uses is to store a font cache, however, because it is deleted upon exit, VLC Portable always has to recreate the font cache when its started. This is rather inconvenient.
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It copies back any *.cache-3 files that VLC creates and preserves them within VLCPortable\Data\settings for next run. Unless VLC randomly changed their font cache yet again.
Note that the font cache files are PC-specific, so they will need to be regenerated on each new PC. Subtitles are now off by default, so the font cache is normally never even generated unless you turn them on.
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Thanks for the reply. BTW do you know if its possible to have subtitles enabled but prevent VLC from having to create the font cache?
I tried setting VLC to use the dummy font renderer to no avail.
I think the font cache is required to use subtitles. That's actually its only purpose, subtitles.
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