Change Encoding to UTF-8 on Multiple Srt Files.

[smounche]

Hi there,

I have multiple subtitle SRT files - inside different folders.
Example;

d:\show\1\subtitle1.srt
d:\show\2\subtitle2.srt
d:\show\3\subtitle3.srt
d:\show\4\subtitle4.srt
d:\show\5\subtitle5.srt
d:\show\6\subtitle6.srt


is there an easy way i can change them all in once to different Encoding?
to UTF-8 to be exact..

Now i need to go inside every folder. open the SRT subtitle file in notepad, Save As, Change to UTF-8. and overight the exiting one (i need it to be in the same name..)
is really don't wan't to do this 400 times,,,

i was Searching for a program or something in google,, no go..
Please help.
Thanks !

[jan5678]

Maybe you can use this, it's windows commandline though
http://superuser.com/questions/16672/how-can-i-convert-multiple-files-to-utf-8-encodin...and-line-tools

[smounche]

no problem with it being command line.
but my files are srt. not txt.
and how do type the command if i have different folders ?
do i just run it in the rood drive of D ?

[jan5678]

In the example script change .txt to .srt (srt files are just like normal text files)

I don't know if it is possible to make it work for multiple folders. Maybe sub folders if iconv support it

Add it to the path environment. Or put it in the windows directory, you can run it from anywhere than

[sneaker]

Maybe you can use this, it's windows commandline though
http://superuser.com/questions/16672/how-can-i-convert-multiple-files-to-utf-8-encodin...and-line-tools

That's not for the Windows command-prompt.

But for Windows it shouldn't be much different. Windows batch also has FOR ... DO and can work recursively in sub-directories with /r switch. (iconv does not come with Windows)

[jan5678]

@sneaker
You'r right i missed that the question in the provided link was about perl...

Maybe there something like iconv for windows?

[jan5678]

Maybe this is of some help:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/cp-converter/

[videobruger]

As sneaker: a batch job with for /r and use Subtitle Edit cli

SubtitleEdit /convert *.srt srt /encoding:utf-8 /outputfolder:c:\temp

along with a "copy" to overwrite the original.

[Marsia Mariner]

@sneaker
Maybe there something like iconv for windows?

Yep, there is.

[smounche]

Thanks all for your help,

i am a little confused, what program to use ?

[Gino2005]

Use Notepad++ !!! Open the *.srt files in Notepad++, then go to Encoding menu\Character Sets\Central European[for example]\Windows-1250 and then Encoding\Convert to UTF-8, Save All files. Thats All!

[sarksi_yol1]

i searched a lot all solution were not simple a simple solution i found is to download an editor called Emeditor (the encoding conversion is free thankfully) file > open select all your files and open, then go to file > save all with encoding and in the encoding select the encoding you want
Note : utf8 with signature is utf8 with BOM (i wanted this encoding and they have BOM named as signature)