'Error: SDL font open' on Linux Mint 19.3 (Ubuntu 18.04 based) about video-compare HOT 4 CLOSED

Hi @oleole39,

This sounds rather strange. The programs looks for its font (SourceCodePro-Regular.ttf) in the same directory as where the executable is located in the file system. I've tested this works on both Linux, Mac and Windows myself. Perhaps someone else can chime in with an insight here?

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Thank you for this lightning and enlightening answer @jonfryd . That was it, I had moved the executable file out of its folder to the video folder for convenience purposes (to save writing full path of videos) not thinking about it still having dependencies after compilation (maybe due to the conclusion of similar closed issue).
Running the software from the source folder where is located the .ttf file works perfectly!
Helpful piece of software!

PS: adding a second note in the Usage section of the readme file might prove helpful for other users, like:

In order to work properly, video-compare executable file should be run from its source folder to ensure access to its external dependencies (such as SourceCodePro-Regular.ttf).

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Happy to hear you got it working and the software is useful to you, @oleole39.

I've added a note about external dependencies to the README file.

Cheers!

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I edited my issue entry as the ffmpeg::Error previously mentionned was actually due to me executing the command in the wrong directory.
I am actually only stuck with the SDL font open error, which I notice was already the point of the closed issue on a Windows system.

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