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How Germany is portrayed in foreign media
Main Post: How Germany is portrayed in foreign media
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Foreign subtitles encoding on Plex Media Player
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So the Plex Media Player does not seem to be able to display Greek subtitles. It only displays random characters that don't make any sense. The iPhone app and the web UI have no issues. Is this a known bug that is getting fixed or is there a setting that I need to mess with?
Top Comment: 'Plex media player' on what platform is having the trouble?
Media players not displaying foreign (accented) letters in subtitles correctly.
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I don't know if this is the right place to post this but I have gotten no helpful answers from any other subreddit so I don't know where to post this anymore.
Anyway, the problem I am having is when watching any show and pretty much any letter outside the normal English letters are shown like "ü" for example it shows it as "Ã1⁄4".
Why is this happening and how do I fix it?
I have Windows 8 64-bit by the way.
Here is an example - https://i.imgur.com/RgOyUoJ.png
It is supposed to say "Führer" of course.
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Is it an embedded subtitle stream or a separate file? If it's a stream, extract it to a file, then look at the file. Is the correct character there, or is it what you're seeing in the player?
Since it's displaying two characters instead of one, my initial thought is this is a UTF8 subtitle stream but the player's reading it as ASCII (if it were UTF16 being read as ASCII, there'd be a space between all the other letters).
- Latin small letter u with diaeresis is UTF8 0xC3 0xBC
- 0xC3 in extended ascii is 'Ã'
- 0xBC in extended ascii is '1⁄4'
So that's how you got that two-character string in the place of 'ü'
How to fix it? You could try re-saving your subtitle stream forcing it to UTF-8 (believe it or not, notepad.exe would work here -- there's a dropdown you can change on the Save dialog, and notepad will set the BOM where many other text editors don't). If you're using standalone subtitle files, that's probably your best bet.
If your subtitle is merged in the video, you may have more problems. MKV (I'm assuming you're using MKV here, because why would you ever use anything else?) always stores its text streams as UTF-8, so if you're seeing this then it means the input was bad (whoever muxed the video started with a file not in UTF-8 and forgot to set the encoding when muxing or set it incorrectly). That means extracting the stream is probably also going to be bad, so you're going to have to go get another one from somewhere else, remove the offending stream, and mux in the new one following the documentation. Or just remove the bad stream and keep the subtitle file separate.
But if this is happening on every subtitle stream, then the problem is not in your video file. It's your player. Either your player has somehow forced itself to ASCII, or it's a shitty player that doesn't understand UTF-8. Either figure out how to configure your player correctly, or use a different player.
Kazakhstan moves to restrict foreign social media usage
Main Post: Kazakhstan moves to restrict foreign social media usage
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Is ‘Foreign Policy’ a credible source for geopolitics news?
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I’m looking to expand my knowledge of geopolitics. In terms of current affairs as well as theory. Where would y’all recommend I read?
Top Comment: It depends on the region you are interested in, there really is no single in depth universal source for all worlds geopolitical events. For each region you have to adjust your sources. Overall Foreign Policy is not bad (personal opinion), but the articles are often shallow and short. If you find a topic interesting, you should find a site or article that reports on the same issue in more depth.
Is being Facebook friends considered "continuing contact" with a foreign national?
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A long time ago, my sister made contact with some distant cousins of ours who live in Italy via Facebook. My great grandfather immigrated here in the early 1900s and they had old letters from him, including one with a photo from my grandparents' wedding, so we were confident they were legit. We thought it was a cool way to get in touch with our heritage, and in 2013 while on a tourist trip to Europe, I met up with them and stayed at their house for a few days. We haven't kept in touch over the years, but we are still Facebook friends, and will occasionally "like" each others' life updates, i.e. when I posted my wedding photos last year, one of them said "Congratulations" in Italian and left a "heart" reaction. Besides that, we never, talk, text, or otherwise.
Is this considered a foreign contact for purposes of the SF86? The wording of "continuing contact" is fairly ambiguous.
Top Comment: My investigator told me the standard was basically "would you invite them to your wedding?" You can know people but if you're not tight enough to invite them to your wedding they probably aren't close enough to be considered a bond of affection. I listed 10 people and when we went over the list determined that only one of them really met that standard. Probably depends on your investigator though.
Media Reporting on Promotion of Qin Gang to Foreign Minister
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Personally, I consider this very important news. Qin Gang is one of the first high-level promotions of the next generation of Chinese leadership that most notably were not 'sent down' to the country during the Cultural Revolution like Xi's generation.
I saw it first on NPR but then wondered how the other media agencies were reporting, so here is a brief run-down
NPR
Photo Op: Meeting with Elon Musk, March 2022 (ed. Updated to picture of a factory tour in US; Musk picture is embedded lower down) Final paragraph: "If the Taiwanese authorities, emboldened by the United States, keep going down the road for independence, it most likely will involve China and the United States, the two big countries, in a military conflict," he warned." Mention of 'wolf warrior diplomacy': Yes Mention of National Interest essay and that China-US relations were not a zero-sum game: No
Reuters
Photo Op: With GM President at auto show, September 2023 Final paragraph: "He will primarily be an implementer, not a formulator, of Chinese foreign policy," Glaser said. [Quote from neoliberal think tank 'scholar'] Mention of 'wolf warrior diplomacy': Yes Mention of National Interest essay and that China-US relations were not a zero-sum game: Yes
DW
Photo Op: Press conference in US, undated Final paragraph: "US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to visit China in early 2023." Mention of 'wolf warrior diplomacy': Yes Mention of National Interest essay and that China-US relations were not a zero-sum game: Yes
NHK
Photo Op: Meeting with Elon Musk, March 2022 Final paragraph: "Wang had been promoted to join the Politburo in October at the age of 69. Under the party's unwritten rule, top officials are supposed to retire at the age of 68." Mention of 'wolf warrior diplomacy': No Mention of National Interest essay and that China-US relations were not a zero-sum game: No
Al-Jazeera
Photo Op: Same as Reuters Final paragraph: "On Thursday, the US military said a Chinese fighter jet had flown within six metres (20 feet) of a US Air Force surveillance plane over the South China Sea earlier this month." Mention of 'wolf warrior diplomacy': No Mention of National Interest essay and that China-US relations were not a zero-sum game: Yes
BBC no results
BBC World Service no results
MSNBC no results
FOX NEWS no results
AP or AFP no results (Seriously? - they are supposedly wire services)
CNA No results (surprised by this one)
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CNA despite being a Singapore publication feels very USA instead.
[Help] Foreign subtitles for game of thrones
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I figured someone here could help me. I cant find the subtitles for the foreign part in seasons 5-6 ive looked everywhere. Does anyone have?
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In which episodes and at what times are the foreign parts?