[vlc-devel] [VLC] #3054: Default charset for EPG should be ISO-6937

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

    MPEG Transport Stream experts,

On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:35:51 -0000, "VLC" <trac at videolan.org> wrote:
> #3054: Default charset for EPG should be ISO-6937
>
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>  Reporter:  md            |       Owner:  courmisch         
>      Type:  defect        |      Status:  new               
>  Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  1.0.x maintainance
> Component:  I don't know  |     Version:  master            
>  Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:                    
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>  As the comment in modules/demux/ts.c correctly states, the default
> charset
>  for EPG should be ISO-6937:
> 
>  {{{
>  2756     if( psz_instring[0] >= 0x20 )
>  2757     {
>  2758         psz_encoding = "ISO_8859-1";
>  2759         /* According to the specification, this should be ISO6937,
>  2760          * but it seems Latin-1 is used instead. */
>  2761         offset = 0;
>  2762     }
>  }}}
> 
>  Indeed, all slovak and czech TV stations use ISO-6937 and don't work
>  correctly now.

IIRC, many Western TV channels are broken, as in they use Latin-1. I
currently lack any DVB source, so I cannot check.
What should be do?

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Rémi Denis-Courmont