Greek subtitles problem

[MultiNikos]

ok problem solved and i recommend showing this thread for any other who will ask about greek subs coz i saw many threads about it

[fighter22]

i have the same problem. In my case i opened my subtitle file on world pad and i can read it properly. But when i play it on VLC, the weird symbols appear again. Do you know what is the problem?? i cannot find any solution

[fighter22]

anybody???

[Nikse]

Perhaps you could try to open it in notepad, file -> save as, choose UTF-8 in encoding and press "Save"

[fighter22]

it didn't work... :/

[fighter22]

my bad.. it worked.. thank you very much!!

[FunGaLike]

Hello, I also have this problem guys, I tried what u said for using firefox, I successful converted it, and I can run it into worldpad and read it, but keeps showing same in the BS player subtitles. any other solution please?

[FunGaLike]

found solution alone!! I just saved file in diff ways, finally saved as original in libre office, the original format it gives, and then opened in worldpad and saved as unicoded txt

[lumierre]

It is not sufficient to have your computer set to Greek, you need to set other language options when subtitling, in your editor, as well.


I work in subtitle translations and I would recommend for any other language that is not English to be saved in the file you use for subtitled (either srt or txt) with UTF 8 pref. UNICODE encoding. Translation and readability of languages other than English require special ANSI codes, if you choose to go with ANSI encoding, and it is a bit more complicated option.

You can easily do an UTF8/UNICODE encoding by selecting the encoding when you save the file (under the file name field, there is a field for encoding). Using Notepad++ when you write your subtitled makes this apparently easier by pressing a button which gives you all the encoding options. I found it easier to use the simple save as... encoded as.. system.






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[PlayboySuperspy]

All these methods are a waste of time.
A very fast, few-click method is to:
use SubtitleEdit > File> Import plain subtitle and manually select encoding> choose Greek/Cyrillic/Arabian Windows, etc.
Then to Translation menu, Translate to language of your choice if necessary.