VLC + subtitles + accents
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Hello,
I've been having an issue for over an hour. I have a subtitle file that refuses to play correctly on VLC. Usually, everything works fine, but now all the letters with accents are replaced by question marks! This is quite bothersome after a while. I've seriously tried to watch it anyway, but it gives me a headache (I'm sensitiveeeee! x)
Are there any settings I need to adjust? When reading the subtitle file, there are no errors or spelling mistakes, so it must be something else, but what?
I hope you have an answer for me. In the meantime, have a good evening!
Configuration: Windows 7 / Safari 535.7
I've been having an issue for over an hour. I have a subtitle file that refuses to play correctly on VLC. Usually, everything works fine, but now all the letters with accents are replaced by question marks! This is quite bothersome after a while. I've seriously tried to watch it anyway, but it gives me a headache (I'm sensitiveeeee! x)
Are there any settings I need to adjust? When reading the subtitle file, there are no errors or spelling mistakes, so it must be something else, but what?
I hope you have an answer for me. In the meantime, have a good evening!
Configuration: Windows 7 / Safari 535.7
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Good evening,
the problem does not come from the subtitles but from the file encoding.
It has simply been encoded in a format that does not recognize special characters. If the subtitle file contains accents, the best option is to re-encode it in UTF-8, which is universal and displays accents.
To do this, it couldn't be simpler; I use Notepad++ as a text editor that supports all languages and encodings, very convenient. You can download it for free. Open your subtitle file with this software.
To see the error that occurs, simply click on UTF-8 in the encoding tab. You will see all your special characters replaced by symbols, just like VLC does. That's not what we are interested in here.
Open your subtitle file (encoded we don’t know how) and cut (Ctrl X) all the text. Once the page is blank, go to the Encoding tab and choose UTF-8. Then paste all the text. This time the page is in UTF-8 and the special characters appear correctly. Save it and enjoy the video!
the problem does not come from the subtitles but from the file encoding.
It has simply been encoded in a format that does not recognize special characters. If the subtitle file contains accents, the best option is to re-encode it in UTF-8, which is universal and displays accents.
To do this, it couldn't be simpler; I use Notepad++ as a text editor that supports all languages and encodings, very convenient. You can download it for free. Open your subtitle file with this software.
To see the error that occurs, simply click on UTF-8 in the encoding tab. You will see all your special characters replaced by symbols, just like VLC does. That's not what we are interested in here.
Open your subtitle file (encoded we don’t know how) and cut (Ctrl X) all the text. Once the page is blank, go to the Encoding tab and choose UTF-8. Then paste all the text. This time the page is in UTF-8 and the special characters appear correctly. Save it and enjoy the video!
cooltarget
Thank you, Dimitri, it works great.
HAMMAHAMMA04
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thank you ++++++
E.T.
Thank you for this clear explanation!!
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Awesome solution, thank you very much :)
colargol
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In principle, if the accents are not displayed, it's because the subtitle was poorly created; instead of being encoded in UTF-8 to display the complete alphabet, it was created with a basic code that does not display the accents...
Hi,
I have the same issue. The spelling is more than correct. When I watch the subtitles with VLC, characters like à or ç turn into & or ?.
How can I fix this? Thank you.
I have the same issue. The spelling is more than correct. When I watch the subtitles with VLC, characters like à or ç turn into & or ?.
How can I fix this? Thank you.