Sonata Std turns to Myriad !

I have A serious problem??  Everytime I use type tool in illustrator CS4 and choose Sonata Std font as a direct font for use and start typing, Illustrator switches this font to Myriad pro. Ok ! I can get the symbols from glyphs by clicking the symbol but it is not the same thing. It is very "slow" way to write musical symbols into my work.
Y: Mikko

What are your language & region settings? Have you tried inserting those characters via your keyboard/ charmap utility? What is your default language/ encoding/ compatibility setting in Word? Definitely some sort of Unicode issue...
Mylenium

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    # plugin.remove(rom_plugins['image']) will remove the rom drives from the
    # image main menu,
    # plugin.remove('rom_drives.rom_items') will remove the rom drives from all
    # menus
    # See freevo_config.py for a list of loaded plugins
    plugin.remove('tv')
    plugin.remove('headlines')
    plugin.remove('idlebar.tv')
    plugin.remove('idlebar.diskfree')
    plugin.remove('file_ops')
    plugin.remove('tv.generic_record')
    plugin.remove('tv.view_recordings')
    plugin.remove('tv.mplayer')
    plugin.remove('tv.manual_record')
    plugin.remove('tv.scheduled_recordings')
    plugin.remove('tv.view_favorites')
    plugin.remove('video.moviecovers')
    # User setup
    plugin.activate('audio.coversearch')
    # plugin.activate('video.moviecovers')
    plugin.activate('video.details')
    # list of regexp to be ignored on a disc label
    IMDB_REMOVE_FROM_LABEL = ('season[\._ -][0-9]+', 'disc[\._ -][0-9]+',
    'd[\._ -][0-9]+', 'german')
    # list of words to ignore when searching based on a filename
    IMDB_REMOVE_FROM_SEARCHSTRING = ('the', 'a')
    # When searching for a movie title in imdb, should the result be
    # autoaccepted if it is only one hit?
    # 0 = show menu even if it is only one hit (gives you an opportunity to cancel)
    # 1 = autoaccept
    IMDB_AUTOACCEPT_SINGLE_HIT = 1
    SCREENSAVER_DELAY = 30 # of seconds to wait to start saver.
    SCREENSAVER_CYCLE_TIME = 60 # of seconds to run a screensaver before starting another saver.
    plugin.activate('screensaver')
    # Use ivtv_record instead if you have an ivtv based card (PVR-250/350)
    # and want freevo to do everthing for you. TV_SETTINGS must be set
    # correctly. To use you need to set the following two lines:
    # plugin.remove('tv.generic_record')
    # plugin_record = plugin.activate('tv.ivtv_record')
    # Enable this for joystick support:
    # plugin.activate('joy')
    # Headlines
    # You are free to use any rss feeds in the HEADLINES_LOCATIONS below
    # These are just working examples for the Freevo feeds.
    # To turn off Headlines add plugin.remove('headlines')
    # plugin.activate('headlines', level=45)
    # HEADLINES_LOCATIONS = [
    # ('Freevo news releases', 'http://sourceforge.net/export/rss2_projnews.php?group_id=46652'),
    # ('Freevo file releases', 'http://sourceforge.net/export/rss2_projfiles.php?group_id=46652'),
    # ('Freevo summary+stats', 'http://sourceforge.net/export/rss2_projsummary.php?group_id=46652'),
    # ('Freevo donors', 'http://sourceforge.net/export/rss2_projdonors.php?group_id=46652'),
    # CD Ripping
    # CD_RIP_TMP_DIR = '/tmp/'
    # CD_RIP_TMP_NAME = 'track_%(track)s_being_ripped'
    # CD_RIP_PN_PREF = '%(artist)s/%(album)s/%(track)s - %(song)s'
    # CD_RIP_CDPAR_OPTS = '-s'
    # CD_RIP_LAME_OPTS = '--vbr-new -b 192 -h'
    # CD_RIP_OGG_OPTS = '-m 128'
    # CD_RIP_FLAC_OPTS = '-8'
    # CD_RIP_CASE = None # Can be title, upper, lower
    # CD_RIP_REPLACE_SPACE = None # Can be '_', '-', etc.
    # CD Burning
    # CDBURN_AUDIO_DAO = 1
    # CDBURN_MKISOFS_PATH = '/usr/bin/mkisofs'
    # CDBURN_CDRECORD_PATH = '/usr/bin/cdrecord'
    # CDBURN_TEMP_DIR='/tmp/'
    # CDBURN_DEV = '/dev/cdrom'
    # CDBURN_SPEED = 32
    # Re-encode
    # This plug-in transcodes a video to a different format
    # plugin.activate('video.reencode')
    # REENCODE_CONTAINER = 'avi'
    # REENCODE_RESOLUTION = 'Optimal'
    # REENCODE_VIDEOCODEC = 'XviD'
    # REENCODE_VIDEOBITRATE = 1000
    # REENCODE_AUDIOCODEC = 'MPEG 1 Layer 3 (mp3)'
    # REENCODE_AUDIOBITRATE = 128
    # REENCODE_NUMPASSES = 1
    # REENCODE_VIDEOFILTER = None
    # Freevo Music Player Daemon
    # http://www.musicpd.org/
    # plugin.activate('mpd')
    # Freevo Bluetooth Phone Settings
    # This plugin uses The Python bindings for Bluez bluetooth stack.
    # It can be downloaded from http://org.csail.mit.edu/pybluez/download.html
    # or installed with the package manager of your operating system.
    # To this plugin to work you need the j2me midlet installed in a compatible
    # phone.
    # plugin.activate('freevused')
    # if RFCOMM port is already binded wait this seconds to retry binding
    # FVUSED_BIND_TIMEOUT = 30
    # Translation of commands from j2me client to events of Freevo
    # FVUSED_CMDS = {
    # 'PREV': 'UP', # 1st row left
    # 'STRT': 'SELECT', # 1nd row center
    # 'NEXT': 'DOWN', # 1st row right
    # 'RWND': 'LEFT', # 2nd row left
    # 'PAUS': 'PAUSE', # 2nd row center
    # 'FFWD': 'RIGHT', # 2nd row right
    # 'VOL-': 'MIXER_VOLDOWN', # 3rd row left
    # 'STOP': 'EXIT', # 3rd row center
    # 'VOL+': 'MIXER_VOLUP', # 3rd row right
    # 'VOLM': 'MIXER_VOLMUTE', # 4th row left
    # 'SLCT': 'ENTER', # 4th row center
    # 'MAIN': 'MENU' # 4th row right
    # Freevo Button Bar Plug-in
    # plugin.activate('buttonbar')
    # You'll also need to map the 'RED', 'GREEN', 'YELLOW'
    # and 'BLUE' events to keys for example (don't use this
    # it overrides some default keys)
    # KEYMAP[key.K_F5] = 'RED'
    # KEYMAP[key.K_F6] = 'GREEN' #Already mapped to record
    # KEYMAP[key.K_F7] = 'YELLOW'
    # KEYMAP[key.K_F8] = 'BLUE'
    # Freevo Screensaver Plug-in
    # SCREENSAVER_DELAY = 120 # of seconds to wait to start saver.
    # SCREENSAVER_CYCLE_TIME = 60 # of seconds to run a screensaver before starting another saver.
    # plugin.activate('screensaver')
    # plugin.activate('screensaver.balls') # Bouncing balls all over the screen
    # plugin.activate('screensaver.bouncing_freevo') # The freevo logo bouncing around the screen
    # ======================================================================
    # Freevo directory settings:
    # ======================================================================
    # You can change all this variables in the folder.fxd on a per folder
    # basis
    # Example:
    # <freevo>
    # <folder title="Title of the directory" img-cover="nice-cover.png">
    # <setvar name="directory_autoplay_single_item" val="0"/>
    # <info>
    # <content>A small description of the directory</content>
    # </info>
    # </folder>
    # </freevo>
    # Should directories sorted by date instead of filename?
    # 0 = No, always sort by filename.
    # 1 = Yes, sort by date
    # 2 = No, don't sory by date for normal directories,
    # but sort by date for TV_RECORD_DIR.
    DIRECTORY_SORT_BY_DATE = 0
    # Should directory items be sorted in reverse order?
    # DIRECTORY_REVERSE_SORT = 0
    # Should we use "smart" sorting?
    # Smart sorting ignores the word "The" in item names.
    DIRECTORY_SMART_SORT = 1
    # Should files in directories have smart names?
    # This removes the first part of the names when identical
    # DIRECTORY_SMART_NAMES = 1
    # Should Freevo autoplay an item if only one item is in the directory?
    DIRECTORY_AUTOPLAY_SINGLE_ITEM = 0
    # Force the skin to use a specific layout number. -1 == no force. The layout
    # toggle with DISPLAY will be disabled
    # DIRECTORY_FORCE_SKIN_LAYOUT = -1
    # Format string for the audio item names.
    # Possible strings:
    # a=artist, n=tracknumber, t=title, y=year, f=filename
    # Example:
    # This will show the title and the track number:
    # DIRECTORY_AUDIO_FORMAT_STRING = '%(n)s - %(t)s'
    # DIRECTORY_AUDIO_FORMAT_STRING = '%(t)s'
    # Use media id tags to generate the name of the item. This should be
    # enabled all the time. It should only be disabled for directories with
    # broken tags.
    DIRECTORY_USE_MEDIAID_TAG_NAMES = 1
    # The following settings determine which features are available for
    # which media types.
    # If you set this variable in a folder.fxd, the value is 1 (enabled)
    # or 0 (disabled).
    # Examples:
    # To enable autoplay for audio and image files:
    # DIRECTORY_AUTOPLAY_ITEMS = [ 'audio', 'image' ]
    # To disable autoplay entirely:
    # DIRECTORY_AUTOPLAY_ITEMS = []
    # Make all items a playlist. So when one is finished, the next one will
    # start. It's also possible to browse through the list with UP and DOWN
    # DIRECTORY_CREATE_PLAYLIST = [ 'audio', 'image' ]
    # Add playlist files ('m3u') to the directory
    # DIRECTORY_ADD_PLAYLIST_FILES = [ 'audio', 'image' ]
    # Add the item 'Random Playlist' to the directory
    # DIRECTORY_ADD_RANDOM_PLAYLIST = [ 'audio' ]
    # Make 'Play' not 'Browse' the default action when only items and not
    # subdirectories are in the directory
    # DIRECTORY_AUTOPLAY_ITEMS = [ ]
    # ======================================================================
    # Freevo movie settings:
    # ======================================================================
    # Where the movie files can be found.
    # This is a list of items (e.g. directories, fxd files). The items themselves
    # can also be a list of (title, file)
    VIDEO_ITEMS = [
    ('movies', '/home/per/movies'),
    ('movies extra', '/extra/movies'),
    ('tv', '/home/per/tv'),
    ('tv extra', '/extra/tv'),
    # Some people access movies on a different machine using an automounter.
    # To avoid timeouts, you can specify the machine name in the directory
    # to check if the machine is alive first
    # Directory myserver:/files/server-stuff will show the item for the
    # directory /files/server-stuff if the computer myserver is alive.
    # The list of filename suffixes that are used to match the files that
    # are played wih MPlayer.
    # VIDEO_MPLAYER_SUFFIX = [ 'avi', 'mpg', 'mpeg', 'wmv', 'bin', 'rm',
    # 'divx', 'ogm', 'vob', 'asf', 'm2v', 'm2p',
    # 'mp4', 'viv', 'nuv', 'mov', 'iso',
    # 'nsv', 'mkv' ]
    # The list of filename suffixes that are used to match the files that
    # are played wih Xine.
    # VIDEO_XINE_SUFFIX = [ 'avi', 'mpg', 'mpeg', 'rm', 'divx', 'ogm',
    # 'asf', 'm2v', 'm2p', 'mp4', 'mov', 'cue' ]
    # Preferred video player
    VIDEO_PREFERED_PLAYER = 'mplayer'
    # Only scan OVERLAY_DIR and VIDEO_SHOW_DATA_DIR for fxd files containing
    # information about a disc. If you only have the fxd files for discs in
    # one of this directories (and subdirectories), set this to 1, it will
    # speed up startup, 0 may be needed if you have fxd files with disc links
    # in your normal movie tree.
    # VIDEO_ONLY_SCAN_DATADIR = 1
    # try to detect a movie with more than one file and join them as one
    # item
    VIDEO_AUTOJOIN = 1
    # try to find out if deinterlacing is needed or not
    # VIDEO_DEINTERLACE = None
    # Instruct player to use XVMC for playback
    # VIDEO_USE_XVMC = None
    # Pass field dominance parameter to MPlayer
    # VIDEO_FIELD_DOMINANCE = None
    # PRE and POST playing commands. Set these to a runnable command if
    # you wish to do something before and after playing a video, like
    # dimming the lights
    # VIDEO_PRE_PLAY = None
    # VIDEO_POST_PLAY = None
    # ======================================================================
    # Freevo audio settings:
    # ======================================================================
    # Where the Audio (mp3, ogg) files can be found.
    # This is a list of items (e.g. directories, fxd files). The items themselves
    # can also be a list of (title, file)
    # To add webradio support, add fxd/webradio.fxd to this list
    AUDIO_ITEMS = [
    ('music', '/home/per/music'),
    ('music extra', '/extra/music'),
    ('playlists', '/home/per/.mpd/playlists'),
    # The list of filename suffixes that are used to match the files that
    # are played as audio.
    # AUDIO_SUFFIX = [ 'mp3', 'ogg', 'wav','m4a', 'wma', 'aac', 'flac', 'mka' ]
    # Regular expression used to recognize filenames which are likely to be
    # covers for an album
    # This will match front.jpg and cover-f.jpg, but not back.jpg nor cover-b.jpg:
    # AUDIO_COVER_REGEXP = 'front|-f'
    # Format strings used to seach for audio cover images.
    # Fist matching GIF, JPG or PNG image will be used as cover.
    # Examples:
    # AUDIO_COVER_FORMAT_STRINGS = [ 'cover-%(artist)s-%(album)s', 'mycover' ]
    # AUDIO_COVER_FORMAT_STRINGS = [ '%(album)s', '../covers/%(album)s', '../covers/nocover' ]
    # Preferred audio player
    AUDIO_PREFERED_PLAYER = 'mplayer'
    # Show video files in the audio menu (for music-videos)
    AUDIO_SHOW_VIDEOFILES = False
    # ======================================================================
    # Freevo image viewer settings:
    # ======================================================================
    # Where image files can be found.
    # This is a list of items (e.g. directories, fxd files). The items itself
    # can also be a list of (title, file)
    IMAGE_ITEMS = [
    ('pictures', '/home/per/pictures'),
    # The list of filename suffixes that are used to match the files that
    # are used for the image viewer.
    # IMAGE_SUFFIX = [ 'jpg','gif','png','jpeg','bmp','tiff','psd' ]
    # The viewer now supports a new type of menu entry, a slideshow file.
    # It also has the slideshow alarm signal handler for automated shows.
    # It uses a new configuration option:
    # IMAGE_SSHOW_SUFFIX = [ 'ssr' ]
    # The viewer can exclude certain types of images based on the regular expression list
    # eg IMAGE_EXCLUDE = [('thm','tn_')]
    # IMAGE_EXCLUDE = None
    # Mode of the blending effect in the image viewer between two images
    # Possible values are:
    # None: no blending
    # -1 random effect
    # 0 alpha blending
    # 1 wipe effect
    IMAGEVIEWER_BLEND_MODE = -1
    # When viewing images on a TV screen where the pixels are not square
    # the images need to be scaled according to the aspect ratio of the TV
    # Use this setting for 16x9 TVs
    # IMAGEVIEWER_ASPECT = (float(1024) / float(720))
    # Use this setting for 4x3 TVs
    # IMAGEVIEWER_ASPECT = (float(768) / float(720))
    # Use this setting for Monitors including HDTVs
    # IMAGEVIEWER_ASPECT = 1.0
    # IMAGEVIEWER_ASPECT = 1.0
    # ======================================================================
    # Freevo games settings:
    # ======================================================================
    # MAME is an emulator for old arcade video games. It supports almost
    # 2000 different games! The actual emulator is not included in Freevo,
    # you'll need to download and install it separately. The main MAME
    # website is at http://www.mame.net, but the version that is used here
    # is at http://x.mame.net since the regular MAME is for Windows.
    # SNES stands for Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Freevo relies
    # on other programs that are not included in Freevo to play these games.
    # NEW GAMES SYSTEM :
    # =================
    # The GAMES_ITEMS structure is now build as follows :
    # <NAME>, <FOLDER>, (<TYPE>, <COMMAND_PATH>, <COMMAND_ARGS>, <IMAGE_PATH>, \
    # [<FILE_SUFFIX_FOR_GENERIC>])
    # where :
    # - <TYPE> : Internal game types (MAME or SNES) or
    # generic one (GENERIC)
    # - <COMMAND_PATH> : Emulator command
    # - <COMMAND_ARGS> : Arguments for the emulator
    # - <IMAGE_PATH> : Optionnal path to the picture
    # - <FILE_SUFFIX_FOR_GENERIC> : If the folder use the GENERIC
    # type, then you must specify here
    # the file suffix used by the emulator
    # GAMES_ITEMS = [
    # ('MAME', '/home/media/games/xmame/roms',
    # ('MAME', '/usr/local/bin/xmame.SDL', '-fullscreen -modenumber 6',
    # '/home/media/games/xmame/shots', None)),
    # ('SUPER NINTENDO', '/home/media/games/snes/roms',
    # ('SNES', '/usr/local/bin/zsnes', '-m -r 3 -k 100 -cs -u', '', None )),
    # ('Visual Boy Advance', '/home/media/games/vba/roms/',
    # ('GENERIC', '/usr/local/vba/VisualBoyAdvance', ' ', '', [ 'gba' ] )),
    # ('MEGADRIVE', '/home/media/games/megadrive/roms',
    # ('GENESIS', '/usr/local/bin/generator-svgalib', '', '', '' ))
    # GAMES_ITEMS = None
    # These settings are used for the MAME arcade emulator:
    # Priority of the game process
    # 0 = Don't change the priority
    # >0 - Lower priority
    # <0 - Higher priority
    # GAMES_NICE = -20
    # MAME cache directory
    # GAMES_MAME_CACHE = '%s/romlist-%s.pickled' % (FREEVO_CACHEDIR, os.getuid())
    # ======================================================================
    # Freevo SKIN settings:
    # ======================================================================
    # XML file for the skin. If SKIN_XML_FILE is set, this skin will be
    # used, otherwise the skin will rememeber the last choosen skin.
    # SKIN_XML_FILE = 'blurr'
    # Select a way when to switch to text view even if a image menu is there
    # 1 = Force text view when all items have the same image and there are no
    # directories
    # 2 = Ignore the directories, always switch to text view when all images
    # are the same
    # SKIN_FORCE_TEXTVIEW_STYLE = 1
    # Force text view for the media menu
    # (The media menu is the first menu displayed for video, audio, images
    # and games).
    # SKIN_MEDIAMENU_FORCE_TEXTVIEW = 0
    # ======================================================================
    # Freevo OSD settings:
    # ======================================================================
    # System Path to search for fonts not included in the Freevo distribution
    # OSD_EXTRA_FONT_PATH = [ '/usr/share/fonts/truetype' ]
    # Font aliases
    # All names must be lowercase! All alternate fonts must be in './share/fonts/'
    # OSD_FONT_ALIASES = { 'arial_bold.ttf' : 'VeraBd.ttf' }
    # For non-european character sets the OSD_FORCE_FONTNAME and
    # OSD_FORCE_FONTSIZE can be set. The size is a scaling ratio, ie 1.2.
    # Setting OSD_FORCE_FONTNAME='batang.ttf' and OSD_FORCE_FONTSIZE=1.0
    # allows Korean characters.
    # OSD_FORCE_FONTNAME = None
    # OSD_FORCE_FONTSIZE = None
    # Number of seconds to wait until the busy icon is shown in the menu.
    # Busy icon can also be shown right away when there is more than a certain
    # number of files in a directory.
    # Set this to None to disable this.
    # (seconds, files)
    # OSD_BUSYICON_TIMER = (0.7, 200)
    # Number of pixels to move the display to centre the OSD on the display
    # OSD_OVERSCAN_LEFT = OSD_OVERSCAN_RIGHT = 0
    # OSD_OVERSCAN_TOP = OSD_OVERSCAN_BOTTOM = 0
    # Setting the cursors when freevo is run in fullscreen mode
    # OSD_X11_CURSORS = '/usr/lib/X11/cursors/black.cursor /usr/lib/X11/cursors/blank.cursor'
    # Execute a script on OSD startup.
    # OSD_SDL_EXEC_AFTER_STARTUP = ""
    # Execute a script on OSD close.
    # OSD_SDL_EXEC_AFTER_CLOSE = ""
    # Stop the osd before playing a movie with xine or mplayer. Some output
    # devices need this. After playback, the osd will be restored
    # OSD_STOP_WHEN_PLAYING = 0
    # Dim text that doesn't fit instead of using ellipses.
    # OSD_DIM_TEXT = 1
    # OSD sound effects
    # OSD_SOUNDS_ENABLED=False
    # OSD_SOUNDS= {
    # 'menu.navigate': None,
    # 'menu.back_one': None,
    # 'menu.select' : None
    # ======================================================================
    # Freevo remote control settings:
    # ======================================================================
    # Location of the lircrc file
    # For remote control support, Freevo needs a lircrc file, like this:
    # begin
    # prog = freevo
    # button = select
    # config = SELECT
    # end
    # Check contrib/lirc for examples and helpers/freevo2lirc.pl for a converter
    # script.
    # LIRCRC = '/etc/freevo/lircrc'
    # Joystick support
    # 0 = Disable joystick support
    # 1 = Use js0,
    # 2 = Use js1,
    # ... etc
    # JOY_DEV = 0
    # JOY_SENS = 32000
    # JOY_LOCKFILE = /path/to/joystick/lockfile
    # Freevo can support as many buttons as your controller has
    # as long as there is a corresponding entry in JOY_CMDS.
    # You will also need to plugin.activate('joy').
    # FYI: new kernels use /dev/input/jsX, but joy.py will fall back on /dev/jsX
    # JOY_CMDS = {
    # 'up' : 'UP',
    # 'down' : 'DOWN',
    # 'left' : 'LEFT',
    # 'right' : 'RIGHT',
    # 'button 1' : 'PLAY',
    # 'button 2' : 'PAUSE',
    # 'button 3' : 'STOP',
    # 'button 4' : 'ENTER',
    # Here are the PS3 joy stick mappings
    # JOY_CMDS = {
    # 'button 5' : 'UP',
    # 'button 7' : 'DOWN',
    # 'button 8' : 'LEFT',
    # 'button 6' : 'RIGHT',
    # 'up' : 'UP',
    # 'down' : 'DOWN',
    # 'left' : 'LEFT',
    # 'right' : 'RIGHT',
    # 'button 14' : 'SELECT', # <circle>
    # 'button 16' : 'EXIT', # <square>
    # 'button 15' : 'STOP', # <x>
    # 'button 1' : 'ENTER', # <select>
    # 'button 11' : 'VOL+', # <L1>
    # 'button 9' : 'VOL-', # <L2>
    # 'button 2' : 'MUTE', # <L3>
    # 'button 10' : 'MUTE', # <R2>
    # 'button 4' : 'PLAY', # <start>
    # 'button 13' : 'PLAY', # <start>
    # 'button 17' : 'MENU', # <ps>
    # ======================================================================
    # TVtime settings:
    # ======================================================================
    # Location of the TV time program
    # Default: Use the value in freevo.conf
    # TVTIME_CMD = CONF.tvtime
    # ======================================================================
    # MPlayer settings:
    # ======================================================================
    # MPLAYER_AO_DEV = 'oss:/dev/dsp' # e.g.: oss,sdl,alsa, see mplayer docs
    # MPLAYER_VO_DEV_OPTS = '' # e.g.: ':some_var=vcal'
    # DVD_LANG_PREF = 'en,se,no' # Order of preferred languages on DVD.
    # DVD_SUBTITLE_PREF = '' # Order of preferred subtitles on DVD.
    # Priority of mplayer process. 0 is unchanged, <0 is higher prio, >0 lower prio.
    # prio <0 has no effect unless run as root.
    # MPLAYER_NICE = -20
    # Mplayer options to use the software scaler. If your CPU is fast enough, you
    # might try a software scaler. You can disable it later for some larger files
    # with the mplayer option '-nosws'. If you have -framedrop or -hardframedrop
    # as mplayer option, the software scaler will also not be used.
    # A good value for this variable is:
    # MPLAYER_SOFTWARE_SCALER = "-subfont-text-scale 5 -fs -sws 2 -vf scale=%s:-3,"\
    # "expand=%s:%s " % ( CONF.width, CONF.width, CONF.height )
    # older versions of mplayer may need
    # MPLAYER_SOFTWARE_SCALER = '-xy %s -sws 2 -vop scale:-1:-1:-1:100' % CONF.width
    # MPLAYER_SOFTWARE_SCALER = ''
    # Mplayer arguments for different media formats. (eg DVDs, CDs, AVI files, etc)
    # Uses a default value if nothing else matches.
    # MPLAYER_ARGS = { 'dvd' : '-cache 8192',
    # 'vcd' : '-cache 4096',
    # 'cd' : '-cache 1024 -cdda speed=2',
    # 'tv' : '-nocache',
    # 'ivtv' : '-cache 8192',
    # 'avi' : '-cache 5000 -idx',
    # 'rm' : '-cache 5000 -forceidx',
    # 'rmvb' : '-cache 5000 -forceidx',
    # 'webcam' : 'tv:// -tv driver=v4l:width=352:height=288:outfmt=yuy2:device=/dev/video2',
    # 'default': '-cache 5000'
    # Number of seconds before seek value times out. This is used when
    # seeking a specified number of minutes into a movie. If you make
    # a mistake or change your mind, the seek value will timeout after
    # this many seconds.
    # MPLAYER_SEEK_TIMEOUT = 8
    # Autocrop files when playing. This is useful for files in 4:3 with black
    # bars on a 16:9 tv
    # MPLAYER_AUTOCROP = 0
    # Try to set correct 'delay' and 'mc' values for mplayer based on the delay
    # from mmpython.
    # This should correct av sync problems with mplayer for some files, but
    # may also break things. (I don't know, that's why it's disabled by default).
    # WARNING: When seeking, the playback is out of sync for some seconds!
    # MPLAYER_SET_AUDIO_DELAY = 0
    # Mplayer video filter for interlaced or progressive videos. If you have
    # a slow pc, do not use post processing
    # MPLAYER_VF_INTERLACED = ''
    # MPLAYER_VF_PROGRESSIVE = 'pp=fd'
    # For pal and dvb-t recordings, the following looks good
    # MPLAYER_VF_INTERLACED = 'pp=md/de,phase=U'
    # MPLAYER_VF_INTERLACED = 'pp=de/fd'
    # MPLAYER_VF_PROGRESSIVE = 'pp=de'
    # For the autodetect TOP/BOTTOM field first in mplayer
    # (if this feature present in mplayer)
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