How do I get VLC to display Greek subtitles?

Remember to press Save to save VLC settings and restart VLC after that to make sure changes are enabled. Select Tools → Preferences. Select Subtitles / OSD → Default encoding.

How do I enable encoded subtitles in VLC?

How do I activate subtitles in VLC Media Player?

  1. Start your video file or DVD in VLC Media Player.
  2. Click on SUBTITLE in the MENU BAR at the TOP LEFT:
  3. Click on the SUB TRACK drop-down menu to view your choices:
  4. If your DVD is encoded with Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, the first choice will be SDH.

Why is Subtitles not showing in VLC?

You need to turn on the VLC subtitle option: Go to Tools > Preferences > Subtitle/OSD > check Enable subtitles. Then, VLC will show the subtitles automatically if the video you are playing has subtitles.

How do I fix gibberish subtitles?

I solved it by pressing the Tools tab, then open Preferences, then go to Subtitles & OSD -> change the default encoding to Hebrew (ISO 8859-8) (or whatever your language is). Then restart VLC player. Hope it helps whoever see this post.

How do I change subtitles encoding?

The solution I found is this:

  1. Open Gaupol and go to menu File → Open or click on the button Open.
  2. There is a selection menu in the lower part of the open window, titled Character encoding.
  3. Select an appropriate encoding for your file, e.g. Greek ISO-8859-7, and click on the button Accept.
  4. Now open your .

How do I encode SRT to MP4?

How to Add SRT to MP4

  1. Select Video (MP4) File. Choose the video you want to add subtitles to.
  2. Add SRT file. Click ‘Subtitles’ > ‘Upload Subtitle File’, then select the SRT file you wish to add.
  3. Burn subtitles to video.

How do I change subtitles text encoding in VLC?

This page describes how to change subtitles text encoding . If you see wrong characters on screen or failed to convert subtitle encoding error message you should try to change Subtitles text encoding option. Remember to press Save to save VLC settings and restart VLC after that to make sure changes are enabled. Select Tools → Preferences.

How do I convert subtitles from Greek to Unicode text?

One way you might be able to do it is that you will have to open the original subtitles in Firefox. Change the character encoding options until you fine the correct Greek code page. I am not an expert in Microsoft Word so maybe it can do this, but Libre Office (free) will let you save files as Unicode text.

Why can’t I read the subtitles in Greek?

I can’t read them. They’re weird characters. I can’t read them. They’re weird characters. That means that your computer is not set up correctly for Greek. That is why the subtitles don’t work. Or they are in a weird code page that your PC does not currently support.

Does VideoLAN VLC Player support subtitles?

VideoLAN VLC multimedia player is capable to play almost any movie formats and also to display subtitles in any language. However, you need to manually configure character set encoding of subtitles.