i copied some arabic subtitle files from a friend
and when trying to view them on windows 7 home premium with notepad
the texts appears as follows:
ÃíåÇ ÇáÓÇÏÉ ÃäÇ ÇáÂä Úáì æÔß ÅÑÓÇá ÅÔÇÑÉ
ãä åÐÇ ÇáßãÈíæÊÑ ÇáãÍãæá ÚÈÑ ãÒæÏ ÎÏãÉ ÇáÅäÊÑäÊ
as a quick workaround, i open the file with microsoft word, and choose the encoding
Arabic (Windows) , so the text will appear correctly, then i copy the text, and paste it in the srt file, and save the file as UTF-8
but i was looking if there's another good solution to avoid such problem.
please advise.
Best Answer
The software that loads the subtitle normally have a way for you to choose the encoding.
In DirectVobSub it's on the very first tab as a drop-down. In MPC(-HC), it's a similar drop-down in the default subtitle style page in options.