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When I try the following command with FFmpeg (v. git-2020-03-24-e5d25d1): ffmpeg -i subs.srt subs.ass (subs.srt), I get a bunch of the following errors:

[srt @ 0000028ea78fa780] Invalid UTF-8 in decoded subtitles text; maybe missing -sub_charenc option
Error while decoding stream #0:0: Invalid data found when processing input

and:

[ass @ 0000028ea78ffe40] ReadOrder gap found between 3 and 4

I found that my .srt file contains the following char: ë I tried adding the flag -sub_charenc UTF-8 as stated here with no success.

How can I successfully convert .srt to .ass?

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  • I can't duplicate the issue using e5d25d1. Please provide subs.srt.
    – llogan
    Apr 10, 2020 at 17:31
  • I've added the file, it's a hyperlink at the top of my post.
    – symonxd
    Apr 10, 2020 at 18:20
  • Try ffmpeg -sub_charenc ISO-8859-1 -i subs.srt subs.ass
    – llogan
    Apr 10, 2020 at 20:31
  • It worked, thank you very much. Take care yourself and others.
    – symonxd
    Apr 10, 2020 at 23:23

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Try:

ffmpeg -sub_charenc ISO-8859-1 -i subs.srt subs.ass

I used uchardet to determine the character encoding:

$ uchardet subs.srt 
  ISO-8859-1
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