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Arabic Filenames messed up after backup. How to retrieve?
I needed to back up a computer with mixed Arabic and English (Roman) filenames because the computer hard drive was about to fail. The files copied over successfully, or so I thought.
When I went to ...
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Encoding Problems On Linux
I have a file on Oracle Linux Server 5.9 where its charset is utf-8, but when I want to print it with cat, less, tail, nano etc. I can't see some characters. When I copy file to Windows 7, I'm able ...
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how do i view unicode characters on command prompt
I read this post on superuser on how to view UTF-8 characters on command prompt in windows.I tried the steps in the answer which were :
1. Start->Run->regedit
2. Go to ...
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Why some unicode characters are missing in charmap?
In Windows, Character Map doesn't seem to display all of the unicode characters, even if the selected font supports them, and "Character set" selector is "Unicode".
For example, the small envelope ...
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Vim: Can't open a file's directory if it contains special letters
In Vim I can open the directory of an active file using this command:
:silent ! start %:p:h
However, if the directory contains special characters (like Scandinavian letters), I'm getting an error. ...
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Windows 7 and UTF-8 saving and display in programs
I just got a new system, Windows 7 Home Premium, installed Notepad++ and used it for a few days. I wrote some html/php files in Chinese, saved as UTF-8 without BOM. Uploaded to server and tested, all ...
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Arabic subtitle files (srt) encoding is corrupted on windows 7
i copied some arabic subtitle files from a friend
and when trying to view them on windows 7 home premium with notepad
the texts appears as follows:
ÃíåÇ ÇáÓÇÏÉ ÃäÇ ÇáÂä Úáì æÔß ÅÑÓÇá ÅÔÇÑÉ
ãä åÐÇ ...
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Encode HD video to a good format for editing
I have a video that I would like to edit, but it's currently a mov (H.264) file, which makes frame by frame editing impossible. So, I'd like to re-encode it to a better format. I read that DV is a ...
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Change default code page of Windows console to UTF-8
Currently I'm running Windows 7 x64 and usually I want all console tools to work with UTF-8 rather than with default code page 850.
Running chcp 65001 in the command prompt prior to use of any tools ...
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Why does xvid encoding lag/lock up windows 7?
It seems to encode just fine.
If you look at the mouse cursor you'll see firefox locks up once i click it. Calculator seems fine but when i try to move it, it locks up. The resource monitor and task ...
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My WMP only plays sound for my .mov files. How to fix it?
My friend created some .mov files with his mac. Now I'm trying to play them in my Windows 7 machine with Windows Media Player and I only see sound but not image. There must be an encoding issue. But ...
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What would cause a video encoded with HandBrake to become distorted (playing in slo-mo)?
I'm trying to encode a video using HandBrake, but every time I try it seems to make the video twice as long and half the speed.
I've tried default options for different H.264 formats with the same ...
