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dart3210

hello guys
i have some movies with the subtitles , the problem i am facing is that the subtitles sometimes are scrambled when i am using KODI so i usually use application called "Subtitle Edit " to change the encoding of the srt file " of the subtitle "
can you help me on how can i make KODI automatically detect and change the encoding of the subtitle file

**Klojum** · 2021-11-25, 15:03

(2021-11-25, 14:45)dart3210 Wrote: can you help me on how can i make KODI automatically detect and change the encoding of the subtitle file

Kodi does not edit/change source files, and that includes subtitles.
If you need a different content/format of a subtitle file, then that's up to you to change. Or simply find the correct subtitle.

dart3210 · 2021-11-25, 15:08

the subtitle is correct and the source is also correct but when kodi views it on the tv screen the letters are scrambled like in the following picture

**Klojum** · 2021-11-25, 15:17

Select the Arial font in the Kodi GUI, it support more character sets.

dart3210 · 2021-11-25, 16:17

actually i already use the Arial font but the characters are still like this

dart3210 · 2021-11-25, 16:20

i think my problem is same to this one

https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=217692

but i don't have a solution so far

**Karellen** · 2021-11-25, 20:32

(2021-11-25, 14:45)dart3210 Wrote: can you help me on how can i make KODI automatically detect and change the encoding of the subtitle file

@CastagnaIT is currently redesigning the subtitle system in Kodi. Maybe he might know off the top of his head what the problem here is.

**enen92** · 2021-11-26, 01:19

This might already be fixed with https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/20458/files

It'd be great if you could give a whirl to one of the most recent nightlies/nexus builds

**CastagnaIT** · (This post was last modified: 2021-11-26, 10:06 by CastagnaIT.)

Quote:the subtitle is correct and the source is also correct but when kodi views it on the tv screen the letters are scrambled like in the following picture

i have already seen that type of weird characters and the cause usually is a wrongly encoded subtitle file,
in this case i don't know if your subtitle file can be fixed,
but:
what version of Kodi you are using?
what language should have the subtitles?
can you try play same video/subtilte with other video players and see what happen?

if the subtitle is wrongly encoded, you can try change "Character set" in Kodi->Settings->Player->Language
but this may not make any effect because it is only a fallback setting