Greek Subtitles Encoding Using VLC on Mac.
Posted on: March 23, 2008
- In: mac
- 67 Comments
Vlc is my favorite player and has stood by my side many times in the past. After the upgrade on Leopard, adopted a strange behavior, so when it came to Greek subtitles encoding, the application adopted some assumptions on the proper encoding character-set, which just weren’t right.
Solution:
Type 88, and goto preferences->Input/Codecs->Other codecs -> Subtitle and set field Subtitles Text Encoding to ISO-8859-7. So simple as that. Now you may enjoy endless Lost/PBreak/Heroes/IT Crowd episodes with the proper subtitles in Greek.
67 Responses to "Greek Subtitles Encoding Using VLC on Mac."
May 12, 2008 at 3:55 pm
I use the latest release of VLC and I cannot watch a movie with displaying greek subtitles as vlc probably cannot recognize them. Although I can find the tab Input/Codecs I cannot find the tab other codecs to change the endoding. please help
June 15, 2010 at 11:01 pm
u have to go >preferences>subs & OSD > default enconding and then choose “greek (ISO-8859-7)
June 3, 2008 at 12:51 pm
I have the same problem with Nikos. I can’t find a tab or something that contains “other codecs” so that I can change the text encoding.
Help, please
I have version 0.8.6f of VLC
July 8, 2008 at 11:08 pm
thank u very much!!!!i’m new in macs and u’ve helped a lot!it works perfectly on 10.5.4!
July 30, 2008 at 3:38 pm
I have tried the above steps…but still no luck with the subtitles….they do not appear at all….
July 30, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Then it maybe an issue with your file encoding. I have tested this both on tiger and leopard and it works like a charm. Anyway if you open your file can you view the content with the correct encoding ?
August 1, 2008 at 6:10 pm
For doxaras……
thank you for your reply re greek subs…. is it possible to help me thru skype…..thank you ….my skype name is tahleea
August 15, 2008 at 11:32 pm
where do i have to type88
where? where? where do you type 88? i don’t get it and i can’t find other codecs either… 😦
October 28, 2008 at 11:41 pm
this works for vlc player for windows to …THank you very much that was very helpfull
October 29, 2008 at 8:51 pm
I was mad because I had the last episodes of Fringe and I couldn’t set VLC to accept Greek. Then I googled your note and I am a very very happy person now. Thanks again.
Nicolas
February 16, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Where do u type 88? And where is the ‘other codecs’ tab?Cant find it Which version of VLC are we talking about again ??
October 17, 2009 at 7:19 pm
A lot of times, displays squares for i with tonos and for final s.
How do you guys fix that ?. I use Snow Leo.
Finally, I tried QT 7 with Perian and is solved
October 23, 2009 at 11:18 am
hi Nik I have the same problem with greek subs.It shows cubes. What do you mean QT 7 ? And what’s Perian?I’m new with mac as well,I would appreciate your help
November 23, 2009 at 2:53 am
since i put snow leopard i could not see greek subs either i try with this settings…any help??
November 27, 2009 at 8:34 am
QT 7 is Quicktime 7, and Perian is a set of codecs that help Quicktime play all different sorts of formats, you can download it for free
January 3, 2010 at 6:40 pm
Guys in order to access the Input/Codecs menu, you have to go to Preferences –> Inout & Codecs and there at the bottom left corner choose “All”.
Then continue following the poster’s solution…
Adios..
July 22, 2010 at 10:49 pm
re paidia..exo ena provlima..exo macs…
kai den emfanizei ta grammata pou einai tonismena..kserete ti mporo na kano?
October 2, 2010 at 10:09 pm
hello! The right setting is greek windows(1…i do not remember) i think ’cause some symbols couldn’t display right…
Ellada vlepw edw…!
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VLC -> Preferences -> Default Encoding Greek (ISO 8859-7)
VLC -> Preferences -> Font Arial Unicode MS (for me with Arial font , greek subs were not working)
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