[def13]

Hi,

I continue to explore 2D/3D/video softwares for Irix … and since 2 weeks, I use PiranhaHD 3.4.1 - IT'S A GREAT COMPOSITING SOFTWARE ! (Works on my Octane 1x400Mhz / 2Gb Ram / V8)
The basics are easy to learn because it works like After Effects or Apple Motion ; and if you've got a Wacom tablet, the paint mode is really powerful and fun to use … But there's a shadow over this compositing paradise : the True Type opening error.
If you want to write a text, you have to create a RotoText FX ; and by clicking the "A" button in the bottom of the canvas, you can place the cursor where you want and starting typing your text … But, when I place the cursor on the canvas, I've got the following message in my winterm :

Code:

Error opening True Type file //.piranha/truetype/arial.ttf

But the file looks to be in the right place  : /usr/ifx/piranha/truetype/arial.ttf

In the PDF manual, they explain that True Type fonts are stored in /usr/IE/amazon/truetype/ , so I create a directory in the same location and I put a copy of arial.ttf in this one. But it don't change anything, the error is still the same.

So if it can't open a *.ttf file, do I have to install a special library to help Irix to recognize this kind of font ? Could freetype2 or fontconfig help me (none are not installed in my system) ?

EDIT : I made a mistake : freetype2 and fontconfig are installed in fact.

[BackPlaner]

Are the permissions set correctly on the truetype file?

[TruHobbyist]

This is more of an dev problem and requires some dev experience to solve.

I would recommend using par on the piranhahd executable and look at the output to get the specific path the program is trying to open, among other useful information.

[def13]

Thanks for your answers.

@BackPlaner : it doesn't seem to be a permissions issue.

@TruHobbyist :  do you mean I have to do piranha -par in a console to start Piranha ?

[TruHobbyist]

Thanks for your answers.

@BackPlaner : it doesn't seem to be a permissions issue ()

@TruHobbyist :  do you mean I have to do piranha -par in a console to start Piranha ?

Say the executable is called piranha, then:

# par -siSS piranha > piranha.par

Then, close the program and open the par file with a text editor/viewer:

# vi piranha.par

Try to locate the open syscalls relevant to your error.

[mrthinlysliced]

Code:

Error opening True Type file //.piranha/truetype/arial.ttf

But the file looks to be in the right place  : /usr/ifx/piranha/truetype/arial.ttf

Looks to me like it might be a case of "missing environment variable" or something like that.

The path "//.piranha/truetype/arial.ttf" seems like a hidden home directory style subdirectory ".piranha" - and there's two slashies next to each other -> maybe it should have been "/usr/people/someuser/.piranha/truetype/arial.ttf".

As TruHobbiest mentions, if you want to track it down you'll need to get some tracing information from the process and see if that gives you any better idea of what it's trying to access.

You could of course randomly try setting $HOME or $USER or $PIRANHA, $PIRANHA_HOME etc.

Sometimes running "strings EXENAME" can provide some info too (if it's an environment var).

Edit: Also, it might be that the "launcher" is in fact a shell script, in which case reading that might make things a little clearer.

[def13]

Thanks very much, it works perfectly !

@TruHobbyist : I'll keep in mind this way to watch what a software does, trully useful !

@mrthinlysliced : You're right ! I didn't take care about the "." before "piranha" … I found this hidden folder in my user account and I put a copy of arial.ttf in it and it works perfectly now.

[lohmos]

anyone used that piranha 4.0b18 thing, i just opened the file but seems to need an serial...