I'm sorry for asking a question that was probably asked many times before.

I seem to have problem reading SOME japanese text files. My computer can read most JP subs, text documents etc. but it's gibberish for some subtitles and books I downloaded.

Example; I downloaded the 1000~ books thing from hongfire but it turned out like this when I extract & try to read one of the txt file:

http://img849.imageshack.us/i/sdssd.jpg/

Try converting the file to UTF8 encoding.

If that doesn't work, try Shift_JIS.

Looks like it's already in Shift_JIS encoding and needs to be converted to something else.

Erm... sorry for the stupid question but how do I actually convert it it to UTF8 or Shify_JIS?

PensukeD Wrote:Erm... sorry for the stupid question but how do I actually convert it it to UTF8 or Shify_JIS?

If that's the case then why not open the files in firefox and let it convert them for you? This allows you to use Rikaichan/PeraPera while reading. Try 'View' > 'Character Encoding' > 'Auto Detect' > 'Japanese' or Japanese (Shift_JIS).

Edit: Drag your text file onto an empty firefox window. Then change the encoding to Shift-JIS.

Oniichan Wrote:

PensukeD Wrote:Erm... sorry for the stupid question but how do I actually convert it it to UTF8 or Shify_JIS?

If that's the case then why not open the files in firefox and let it convert them for you? This allows you to use Rikaichan/PeraPera while reading. Try 'View' > 'Character Encoding' > 'Auto Detect' > 'Japanese' or Japanese (Shift_JIS).

Edit: Drag your text file onto an empty firefox window. Then change the encoding to Shift-JIS.

Yes! It worked. Thanks a million!