Disable Building Font Cache Dialog of VLC Player

VLC Media Player displays an annoying “Building Font Cache” dialog when you start playing a media file for the first time after a fresh install.

It does this to display subtitles and for other text rendering options.

Here’s how you can disable this dialog:

1. Open Preferences from the Tools Menu in VLC Player or use the shortcut Ctrl + P.
2. Select “All” under Show Settings on the left pane.
3. Now expand Video entry and select Subtitles/OSD option under it.
4. Now on the right pane, for “Text rendering module” choose “Dummy font rendering functions” and hit Save.



5. Re-open VLC player try to play the file again. It won’t appear anymore.