Trying to render polish subtitles with ffmpeg, many chars isn't showed properly

konstantin1 · 12th March 2018, 18:59

I have downloaded a polish subtitle file for a movie, and I am trying to render it to a movie with ffmpeg. The downloaded subtitle file encoding is iso-8859-2, as far as I know. Because when I try to convert it into ass subtitle format, I had to use the ffmpeg option

Code:

-sub_charenc iso-8859-2

After that I can see many accented polish chars in the now utf-8 encoded .ass subtitle file. However some of the accented polish chars don't show up correctly, for example when I open the file with geany text editor, I can see the following:

Even when I try to render the text with ffmpeg

Code:

ass=subtitle_file.ass

option, I get similar results, special polish characters with accents don't appear properly in the rendered text.

What should I do to properly render the subtitles in polish language? Maybe should I use a different (TTF) font? And which (TTF) fonts do support polish language?

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konstantin1 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 38	Trying to render polish subtitles with ffmpeg, many chars isn't showed properly I have downloaded a polish subtitle file for a movie, and I am trying to render it to a movie with ffmpeg. The downloaded subtitle file encoding is iso-8859-2, as far as I know. Because when I try to convert it into ass subtitle format, I had to use the ffmpeg option Code: -sub_charenc iso-8859-2 After that I can see many accented polish chars in the now utf-8 encoded .ass subtitle file. However some of the accented polish chars don't show up correctly, for example when I open the file with geany text editor, I can see the following: Even when I try to render the text with ffmpeg Code: ass=subtitle_file.ass option, I get similar results, special polish characters with accents don't appear properly in the rendered text. What should I do to properly render the subtitles in polish language? Maybe should I use a different (TTF) font? And which (TTF) fonts do support polish language?