Arabic subtitle just shows squares on TV
I'm using an Arabic VTT UTF-8 subtitle file and on the tv I just see square characters. I tried the same subtitle in UTF-8 and had the same issue. I also tried a few other encodings on SRT like window...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Latin_character_sets_(computing)
Roku is limited to those character sets.
To work outside the box you have to use Google Noto. Also keep in mind Roku wants to go left->right. You want right->left so you will need to reverse your string to render correctly in Arabic. Roku is not the device for Arabic users. It is painful and complex to code for.
Roku is limited to those character sets.
To work outside the box you have to use Google Noto. Also keep in mind Roku wants to go left->right. You want right->left so you will need to reverse your string to render correctly in Arabic. Roku is not the device for Arabic users. It is painful and complex to code for.
