[mythtv-users] Incorrect characters in the EPG and program name

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Sun Jan 13 19:52:20 UTC 2013


On 01/13/2013 01:58 PM, spst wrote:
> Hi,
> I started to know MythTV a few months ago. I successfully installed on
> opensuse 12.1 64 bit from packman repo. I have many questions because
> Google has't helped me, yet but these aren't important.
>
> I first installed the mythtv 0.24, but now I'm trying 0.26. I have a
> problem what is same for each version what I tried. EPG and program name
> encoding. I use a DVB-C card to watch cable tv on Hungary but character
> encoding is wrong. Hungarian words with accented letters can't be read.
>
> How can I fix it?

What do you mean by "can't be read"?  Does it just show a single 
"character" (such as a square or something) where they go or does it 
show a couple of garbage characters?  If the first, it likely means that 
the font used by your theme doesn't support those characters.

Mike


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