[PROPOSAL] Make UTF-8 the default output encoding #329

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claunia · 2026-01-29T16:41:10Z

claunia commented

2026-01-29 16:41:10 +00:00

Originally created by @aaaxx on GitHub (Aug 14, 2017).

Pretty self-explanatory, I believe.

I can't think of any good reason to keep it Latin-1, especially since even English captions usually use music symbols, which are then replaced with a garbage character.

Actually, might as well go ahead and get rid of other options entirely and always output UTF-8; it's 2017, not 1997. 😎

Originally created by @aaaxx on GitHub (Aug 14, 2017). Pretty self-explanatory, I believe. I can't think of any good reason to keep it Latin-1, especially since even English captions usually use music symbols, which are then replaced with a garbage character. Actually, might as well go ahead and get rid of other options entirely and always output UTF-8; it's 2017, not 1997. 😎

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claunia commented

2026-01-29 16:41:12 +00:00

@cfsmp3 commented on GitHub (Aug 14, 2017):

UTF-8 has been the default in CCExtractor for quite a while already.

options->enc_cfg.encoding = CCX_ENC_UTF_8;

Cannot get rid of the others. Some players and tools (Subrip being one) still assume Latin-1 as default (and may be the only thing they support).

@cfsmp3 commented on GitHub (Aug 14, 2017): UTF-8 has been the default in CCExtractor for quite a while already. options->enc_cfg.encoding = CCX_ENC_UTF_8; Cannot get rid of the others. Some players and tools (Subrip being one) still assume Latin-1 as default (and may be the only thing they support).

claunia commented

2026-01-29 16:41:12 +00:00

@aaaxx commented on GitHub (Aug 14, 2017):

Hmm, that's odd: a clean install defaults to Latin-1 for me (v0.85).

@aaaxx commented on GitHub (Aug 14, 2017): Hmm, that's odd: a clean install defaults to Latin-1 for me (v0.85).

claunia commented

2026-01-29 16:41:13 +00:00

@cfsmp3 commented on GitHub (Aug 15, 2017):

Is this windows or linux?

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Hmm, that's odd: a clean install defaults to Latin-1 for me (v0.85).

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@cfsmp3 commented on GitHub (Aug 15, 2017): Is this windows or linux? On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 3:01 PM, aaaxx <notifications@github.com> wrote: > Hmm, that's odd: a clean install defaults to Latin-1 for me (v0.85). > > — > You are receiving this because you modified the open/close state. > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > <https://github.com/CCExtractor/ccextractor/issues/766#issuecomment-322322140>, > or mute the thread > <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AFrJ2S1GRxIfh1iPypYDuKfWc_bzNfzKks5sYMPTgaJpZM4O2IWc> > . >

claunia commented

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@aaaxx commented on GitHub (Aug 15, 2017):

Windows.

@aaaxx commented on GitHub (Aug 15, 2017): Windows.

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[PR #329] [MERGED] Target file NULL fixed #1169

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[PR #329] Target file NULL fixed #1172

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