Dictionaries

Currently (as of version 0.15.0) built in dictionary parser supports only stardict dictionary format(.ifo/.dict./.idx/.syn). Advanced users can also use external command line tools for looking up dictionary

How to setup dictionaries for use with sdvplayer

Linux

Extract the filename.tar.gz dictionary using unarchieving tool to any of the following directories.

• XDG_DATA_HOME/sdvplayer/dict/stardict/. Usually $HOME/.local/share/sdvplayer/dict/stardict
• sdvplayer/dict/stardict subdirectory of any of the XDG_DATA_DIRS
• /usr/share/stardict/dic

Windows

Extract the filename.tar.gz dictionary using suitable unarchieving tool (e.g: 7zip)to any of the following folders.

• Installation folder\dictionary
• My documents\sdvplayer\dict\stardict

Download dictionaries

No dictionaries are currently available

Where to find more dictionaries?

Several websites host dictionary data files in stardict dictionary format. When downloading dictionaries for use with sdvplayer note that only english alphabets are supported (as of version 0.15.0).

• yeelou.com This site hosts several dictionaries (Both bilingual and eng-eng) converted to stardict format
• stardict.sf.net Check out the stardict home page at sourceforge
• xdxf is a project working on xml base dictionary interchange format. Checkout their download page